Road condition? Auck - Welly

[Squiggles]

Anything special going down on SH1? Major roadworks, closures etc
TransitNZ site doesnt tell me much...

[Elysium]

I saw plenty of road works Between Palmy and Kapiti during the weekend, mostly new seal and road alignment.

[Neon]

I saw plenty of road works Between Palmy and Kapiti during the weekend, mostly new seal and road alignment.

There's heaps of work being done on the Linton - Shannon road SH57 and a bit on the Opiki road SH56, both common alternatives to SH1 but not sure about SH1 itself. I rode down and back last week but mostly avoided SH1 apart from Mangaweka-Turangi and Hamilton-Auckland, both stretches fine.

[MSTRS]

Madduck and Sharry rode down 1 last week. They could tell you...

[Squiggles]

Madduck and Sharry rode down 1 last week. They could tell you...

Cheers, have pm'd em

[madmal64]

Road works at Ohingati where they doing a re alignment. Gravel very fine gravel. Not a biggie.
Why SH1? Far better ways to get from A to W

[James Deuce]

Watch out for the anti-psychlist mines on the hard shoulder.

[Bounce001]

Road works at Ohingati where they doing a re alignment. Gravel very fine gravel. Not a biggie.
Why SH1? Far better ways to get from A to W

Might have to stop at the pub there first then!

[Murray]

Forecast looks WET. Like ACC a big bugger!!!!

[Kiwi Graham]

Just guessing here but;

Massive areas of total tar bleed.
Small patches of new chip seal.
Large patches of new chip seal.
Etended areas of new chip seal.
Varying sectons of rough rolled aggregate and lime liberally sprayed with pond water.
Diesil spills.
Cow shit.
Cyclists.

In all or random areas in all points between Auckland & Wellington

The list goes on..........

[Ixion]

So, pretty much normal , then.

[TOTO]

Does anyone know whats the conditions of the road round the East Cape and the Gisbourne gorge at the moment ?

Please

[James Deuce]

Does anyone know whats the conditions of the road round the East Cape and the Gisbourne gorge at the moment ?

Please

Take weed to trade for petrol.

[MSTRS]

Just guessing here but;

Massive areas of total tar bleed.
Small patches of new chip seal.
Large patches of new chip seal.
Etended areas of new chip seal.
Varying sectons of rough rolled aggregate and lime liberally sprayed with pond water.
Diesil spills.
Cow shit.
Cyclists.

In all or random areas in all points between Auckland & Wellington

The list goes on..........

Just a guess here, but there may be quite a few motorcyclists about as well.

[Neon]

Road works at Ohingati where they doing a re alignment. Gravel very fine gravel. Not a biggie.
Why SH1? Far better ways to get from A to W

Oh yeah forgot about Ohingaiti :laugh:

I imagine this is BIKOI related, it's the only reason any sane person would use SH1. :Police:

[Neon]

Just guessing here but;

Massive areas of total tar bleed.
Small patches of new chip seal.
Large patches of new chip seal.
Etended areas of new chip seal.


It's funny you should mention tar bleed. I was gobsmacked to find the road melting in places around the western side of Taupo last week - mostly new seal too. How the fuck is the road melting in November? It must have only been low 20s - ok full sun but still - wtf? :bash:

[Bounce001]

Just guessing here but;

Massive areas of total tar bleed.
Small patches of new chip seal.
Large patches of new chip seal.
Etended areas of new chip seal.
Varying sectons of rough rolled aggregate and lime liberally sprayed with pond water.
Diesil spills.
Cow shit.
Cyclists.

In all or random areas in all points between Auckland & Wellington

The list goes on..........


And none of sign posted

[gwigs]

Take weed to trade for petrol.

How many gallons to the ounce or litres per gram ?:doobey:

[swbarnett]

Forecast looks WET. Like ACC a big bugger!!!!
According to the Met Servces 7-day rain forecast (http://www.metservice.co.nz/public/maps/rain-forecast-7-day.html) the rain won't kick in until Wednesday.

[Murray]

According to the Met Servces 7-day rain forecast (http://www.metservice.co.nz/public/maps/rain-forecast-7-day.html) the rain won't kick in until Wednesday.

Hope your right!! i usually use this one and its reasonably accurate.

if you click on the regions at the top all are showing rain from waikato down to kapiti

http://www.metservice.com/public/ruralWeather/manawatu.html

[Ixion]

Yes , if that's accurate Tuesday should be OK (and Monday except maybe for a bit of a wet over Taupo, right on lunchtime- damn). but she'll be a bit of a wet ride home. All just part of life's rich tapestry.

[riffer]

Metvuw's forecasts are usually spot on.

<img src=http://www.metvuw.co.nz/forecast/2009111118/rain-nzni-2009111118-120.gif>
<img src=http://www.metvuw.co.nz/forecast/2009111118/rain-nzni-2009111118-126.gif> <img src=http://www.metvuw.co.nz/forecast/2009111118/rain-nzni-2009111118-132.gif>

http://www.metvuw.co.nz/forecast/forecast1.php?type=rain&region=nzni&tim=126

[madmal64]

Might have to stop at the pub there first then!

If you are heading south its before the pub. Just lock up the rear & slide straight into the carpark instead of trying to go through the esses:woohoo:

[riffer]

But I don't like Wednesday:

<img src=http://www.metvuw.co.nz/forecast/2009111118/rain-nzni-2009111118-144.gif> <img src=http://www.metvuw.co.nz/forecast/2009111118/rain-nzni-2009111118-150.gif>
<img src=http://www.metvuw.co.nz/forecast/2009111118/rain-nzni-2009111118-156.gif>

[swbarnett]

But I don't like Wednesday:
You forgot to add include the scale. It doesn't look that bad, most of the rain is predicted to be pretty light until later in the day.

Besides "There's no such thing as bad weather, just inappropriate gear."

[riffer]

Besides "There's no such thing as bad weather, just inappropriate gear."

That is certainly true. :yes:

[Gareth51]

Madduck and Sharry rode down 1 last week. They could tell you...

And back again,with a little bit of welly sunburn

[Hopeful Bastard]

At the moment. Road works on the Levin side of shannon - Resealing.

Road works north of Otaki on both passing lanes (Forest Lakes) - Resealing.

havent been any where else recently.. so thats as much as i know

[Sharry]

There were road works on the north side of Taupo.

There were more south of Taupo but I will leave that for Ducky to tell as I am geographically challenged and well may get it wrong :o

[retro asian]

These sites are supposed to let you know of all the happenings on the road/highway:

http://www.transit.govt.nz/road/highwayinfo.jsp


http://www.transit.govt.nz/road/roadworks.jsp

[Elysium]

Well if the rain hits on Wednesday when bikers are heading back up north beaware that if you choose to go through Palmy city centre. Road contractors have out an insane amount of tar snakes all over the city centre roads.