<p class="MsoNormal"><span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> Sam Shaw rode the 648km from Auckland to Wellington in a single day with the help of lots of bananas, gingernut biscuits, carrots and cans of Coke.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> He set a new record time for the solo ride, coming in at just over 17 hours - without a single stop along the way.</span></p>