tspoon (if you gain weight, you can become tblspoon) very interesting story, neat idea of taking ones bottom familiar Brooks and some bags, and then buying a bike. While I'd be worried somewhat about what sort of bikes would be available (mind you, at this price, its remarkedly cheap) its clear from the shots that you were able to get it to be setup reasonably well.

anyway, neat take on going somewhere and just winging it with your saddle in tow. Hope you, family and friends were not directly affected by the Christchurch event.
cheers