Successful test run with Rose fully laden this morning.

The last run up to One Tree Hill - taken from the Garmin Virb camera

Only three days to go before I am off. Went out for a little test run this morning with all my bags on fully loaded just to see how Rose ran with them on. I guess have left it a little late to do that but I was confident she would be all over it, and she was. 

Good little ride up a couple of Auckland's volcanoes (Mt Eden and One Tree Hill) with a few cheeky steep sections on them. Potentially a false sense of security though as the mountains I will be climbing soon are about 12-15 times higher than the hills I did today. 

Still, the Apidura bags worked well, as did the "granny gears" I changed over yesterday so preparations all going well. Will upload a picture of Rose fully laden soon.