Cycling UK Forum

I flew into Auckland last October. I hired a bike at Natural High (about a half mile from the airport) for a fraction of what the airline were proposing to charge for carrying my own bike. I found customs very friendly but they dissappeared my admittedly filthy tent for 30 mins, sent me off for a coffee and when I picked it up, it was as good as new. I'm not proposing you abuse Kiwi customs as a free cleaning service, equally I wouldn't stress about this. BTW the cycling highlight of both islands for me was Te annu to Queenstown via the back road and the ferry (read up on this before attempting). Dunedin is the nicest city tho they're all pretty good. Don't worry about the roads - despite what you'll read, even Highway 1 is like a Highland B road for traffic. Take good waterproofs - when the weather does go it really goes!