Hahahah absolutely classic! Loved the stubbornness, sleeping in a bivvy bag in a the pissing rain 😂

great to see team jofus outnabout. magic shakedown ride topped off by brilliant footage of rufus owning his decisions!! classic moment. good luck fellas from takaka.

Sweet ride Bro 👍

Showing off your Aaron Gate blonde mullet!

Mountain? 😅

Very nice and well thought out setup. Make sure you include a needle and thread- came in very handy for me last year, weighs nothing but can save your bacon

Love a bike check video.

Yeahhh joe! Go boy! Dont worry ill slug this radar for yah 🫡🤣

When are you going to have Rufus build you a bike? You could fit all that gear in one of his frame bags :p

Absolute legends, nuff said.

see you at the start

Nice set up! Is that Fara a prototype? Haven’t heard of a Fara hard tail or XC bike, I’m based in Norway and looking for a bike to race the AMBR curiousto hear your thoughts after the race, good luck!

Following you a Rufus’s effort from Sydney ! All the best !

Hard yakka 👀 all the best lads!!

You mad Kents! Good luck team

Impressive as always!! Good luck with the race - looking forward to seeing the 'highlights' !

Good to see another episode and a race. Looking forward to more updates.

Well done, good training, good luck on your adventure! I'm looking forward to starting. Best regards from Kyrgyzstan and welcome!

Looking fwd to the next instalment all the way from Waltham))

Nice one Joe, say hi to Rufus😊 wondering how much use the aero bars will get in the scheme of things? Looking forward to following all of you kiwis

Awesome. Looks amazing.

Looks like a ton of fun but dam hard work. All that best for the race. Any chance of a video on your bikes sometime ?

Great stuff fellas. Looking forward to following along

Kapai Joe, te waimarie pai to you and Rufus 💪

Go Joe n Rufus. Give em hell.

hi Joe, in the video the very brief glimps of your bike suggest you are using a drop bar. What's your bike setup and why the switch from flat to drop bars?

Rufus must be the only ginger alive that hasn't figured out sunscreen yet.

bring it home lads

Fucking epic 😂 good luck fellas

Nice update Joe. A word on those Sawyer filters: the seam welded bladder can split, especially when the filter itself starts to block up from use and you have to squeeze harder. Grab yourself a crunchy PET plastic water bottle with a screw cap from one of the Dairy/magazines and it should screw onto the filter. They are much tougher.

This going to be awesome! Go hard and have fun guys!! Is that village really called CushCore?

Feel like it'd almost be worth building a rack to hold a spare front wheel with a fat trail or enduro tire to swap in for the descents. Extra 2kkg for rack and wheel would be worth IMO

Amazing! Well done and all the best for the race.

Best of luck to both of you.

All the best for you guys and have a great time.

Your mad you buggars, great to see you made it and that the shakedown has been a success, good luck for the race.

Must be hot its bleached your hair!?

Rider from Kyrgyzstan here !Man I was following you both for a long time now, happy to see you guys ! That storm over Shamshy pass was something 😂😅 see you soon !

Why’s it called that? Te wai pounamu, more or less “greenstone rivers” is the west coast. Cool ride though. Would be great if it was through the molesworth etc gravel to Hanmer. Start in the sounds.

anymore details about that north face hydration vest? Looks like just what im after.

Mad bike scientist. This is awesome.

On a roll! Keep up the good work man... awesome effort!!

Do you have any advice for someone that has been overweight for a couple of years now and does not have an ounce of fitness that wants to get into doing something like this in the future?

Very tidy and succinct in presentation (both the video and the rig)

Every step in this video is so unique! What impress me the most that Rufus gives a lots of thinking behind all details.

Another great video bro well done on the win trails look so much fun and I have to commend you on your politeness with all the other riders great too see onto the next Chur

Such an awesome ride! We'll done Joe!!

Hello Joe, ¿What is weigth before put the water and food, or final weigth with all equipment and food?

Impressive :)

JOE I AM IMPRESSED WITH THE GREAT COVERAGE YOU GAVE US ON THE TOUR DIVIDE 2023, {BEAUTIFUL). YOU SAID AT THE END OF THE VIDEO HERE IS THESE LEGENDS, AFTER WATCHING YOUR COVERAGE OF RACING THE TOUR DIVIDE , THATS WHAT YOU ARE ( A LEGEND) WELL DONE........