Leg 3 is a 21 km mountain run through the Wentworth Valley before the final leg a 30
km road cycle from Maratoto back to - where it all began - the Thames Racecourse.
Leg 3 is a kayak up to Cooks Beach via the Whitianga Harbour Mouth and Leg 4 - the final leg of the day - a 28
km road cycle from Cooks Beach to Tairua.
Not exact matches
So, I dusted off my
road bike (the first time I rode it this year), and
cycled almost 100
km with Rob and Sue on Sunday.
Daily exercise, I try to
road cycle every day (i do breaks at least once or twice a week) about 21
km, I walk my dog 6 - 7
km and do 20 - 30 min easy yoga and a bit of at home workouts for 20 - 30 mins.
Official figures suggest 56.4 mpg is possible on the combined test
cycle, and a 117g /
km CO2 figure ensures low
road tax.
Despite this performance CO2 emissions are just 129g /
km — putting the car in VED Band D with no - cost
Road Fund Licence in year one — and the official combined
cycle fuel economy is 57.6 mpg.
The recuperation potential in the NEDC test
cycle allows use of electric assistance in accelerations up to 30
km / h [18.6 mph] and potentially to provide torque assist at other
road speeds including during engine - off coasting.
It returns 35.8 mpg on the combined
cycle, while 183g /
km emissions mean # 200 - a-year
road tax.
Unless you're a serious off -
roader, avoid the four - wheel - drive 178bhp 2.0 diesel as it returns just over 55mpg on the combined
cycle and emits 134g /
km of CO2.
Nissan claims a combined
cycle average of 4.5 L / 100
km and despite being a very fresh engine (just 800
km on the odometer at the time of test), we managed 4.4 L / 100
km on the open
road and 5.4 around town.
Presented for the first time in the new BMW i3s (270 N · m at 0 rpm, 135 kW / 184 HP, power consumption combined in European NEFZ test -
cycle *: 14.3 kWh / 100
km; CO2 emissions combined: 0 g /
km), the system improves traction and driving stability in adverse weather and
road conditions when pulling away, in active Brake Energy Regeneration phases and when accelerating out of tight corners.
It provides a 0 - 100 kmh time of just 7.8 seconds, yet its official fuel consumption is as low as 4.6 litres per 100
km on the open
road cycle and with a combined fuel figure of 5.8 litres per 100
km, it is as all but an economy car, something also illustrated by its CO2 figure of 134 gm per
km.
The only real sign that we were asking it to perform hard was its displayed fuel consumption figure, which was running at 7.1 L / 100
km after 90 minutes of driving on the open
road — a fair way off its stated 4.7 L / 100
km combined -
cycle consumption figure.
Not to worry if you aren't into the challenge, there are over 100
kms of cross country trails on Mountain Shadows and Moonraker trail systems as well as easier
road and mountain
cycling.
Start this leisure
cycling trip on dirt
roads to Khmu Village (about 7
km).
For example you can
cycle by the coast, on terrain that is quite flat, and in fact there's a
road the runs parallel to the Mediterranean, which connects around 30
km of coastline.