Uh-oh! Look out San Francisco!

[crazycanuck]

YYYAAAYY..she's coming back down under Are you moving back to Christchurch..or is it Dunedin?

I wouldn't even think about using my bike in the US if I had to face MAF when I landed in NZ..

Actually, the biosecurity folks in Australia are just as ..

Hey, you'll be back in time for the World Cup!

C

[DirtDiva]

That's kinda what I was thinking about the whole MAF thing. If I was flying direct to Chch (that answers your question right there ), I wouldn't be worried because I could just leave it at the airport to be fumigated to kingdom come and go pick it up a few hours/days later when it was done.

Kinda gutted to be leaving the UK just as the rugby wc is about to be held (mostly) in France and the mtb world champs are about to be held in Scotland. Can't afford to stay on any longer though. My SF stop-over is being kindly sponsored by the return of the deposit on my flat as it is.

[bikerz]

Well DD, as it happens, I am 5'3" as well - and I have a spare road bike!

I'll start asking around about a mountain bike you could borrow...

[DirtDiva]

You're gonna let me ride your shiny new Seven? Wicked!

[bikerz]

Ha! Nice try!

[jobob]

hmmm, we're about due for a SharffenBerger ride.

[kiwi girl]

We've taken our bikes to Australia 3 times. We've always given them a good clean in the hotel bathtub (and left a big tip for the maid) and have never had any problems with MAF. They just had a look at them to check they were clean. At least last time (I can't remember for sure about the other times) I declared that I had ridden through forests and farmland - I did have slicks on the bikes though and had only ridden on the road - they might be more fastidious if you had been offroad. They were fussier about my tent though - taking it into a sealed room to check (it was also fine)