GTT Highlights
No record like this would be complete without a brief listing of highlights. so here goes one perspective: The Great Taste Tasman Trail itself Well constructed, well maintained, and largely […]
GTT Day 2: Mapua to Motueka & Return
An apology First, an apology to anyone reading this (although that’s probably not many). The intention when we set out on this trip was to faithfully update the 5Men blog […]
GTT Day 1
An early start this morning, with the flight to Nelson leaving at 7:40am. This also meant that we shared the flight with the normal coterie of business travellers. Quite what […]
Weather Looking Promising
Weather is looking promising. Possibility of light showers Friday afternoon (something to think about when packing), but otherwise fine and warm. And minimal wind . . . Saturday cloudy but warm. […]
Wedding Bells
While this site is primarily focussed on our cycling ‘adventures’ we do all have other interests – and some of us still have to work for a living! On Saturday […]
You can’t beat Wellington . . .
. . . on a good day. Well, that’s according to a marketing jingle pushed for years by the local City Council. And when a slightly cold morning turned into […]
Keeping Track with Sports Tracker
Although the 5Men are not pursuing any formal fitness programme it is important to us that we keep track of our efforts and improving times. We also want to track […]
Home Ground
Located at the south-eastern end of Wellington, New Zealand’s capital city, the Miramar Peninsula is a special environment for both residents and visitors alike. Visitors to the Peninsula can enjoy miles […]
Tasman’s Great Taste Trail (GTT)
What started as casual “beer talk” at one of our regular meetings 12 months ago at The Local in Strathmore seemed to gather a momentum of its own, and all of a […]
Our First Post!
Five Men on Bikes is a group of friends in our late 50s/early 60s who all reside in Wellington’s Eastern Suburbs. Now with “empty nests” we have taken up recreational cycling for general […]
Five Men on Bikes 