14 May Chch: Heathcote to Hill Top

[TonyB]

Anyone keen for a run to the Hill Top (Akaroa road) on Saturday May 14?

It’s tricky for me to set a time, as I try to go when Zach (20 months) is asleep so that my wife only has to deal Lexie (3). It’s much easier to deal with one horror, so it keeps the peace. Zach usually sleeps after lunch, which would mean me leaving home in Heathcote at about 1pm. BUT, sometimes he sleeps in the morning, so I could be leaving at around 10am ish.
So, anyone keen to go for a ride that might be leaving Heathcote at 10am….or 1pm…ish….? :wacko:

[Artifice]

imay be climbing out of the sack round 10am and by 11 am i may be found heading towards the hills. though i can neither confirm nor deny this. may just end up squinting at the computah screen trying to catch up.

[dangerous]

Yeah.... could be up for that, I'll let ya know on Saturday and I'll find out what the rest are up to.

[k14]

Yeah.... could be up for that, I'll let ya know on Saturday and I'll find out what the rest are up to.

Hey u know that the forecasted high for tomorrow is only 14 degrees, isn't that about 10 degrees below the temperature at which you wheel the vtr out of the gargre?

[TonyB]

Having conferred with the boss, I have been given a pass for a couple of hours anytime Saturday. So whatever works out will be fine with me.

[dangerous]

Having conferred with the boss, I have been given a pass for a couple of hours anytime Saturday. So whatever works out will be fine with me.
beetween 12:00 n 3:00 is the best really as the sun gets bloody low these days...... IMO



Hey u know that the forecasted high for tomorrow is only 14 degrees, isn't that about 10 degrees below the temperature at which you wheel the vtr out of the gargre?
Thank you for ya concern snoty.... but I'll be fine as long as it stays in the double didgets :Punk:

[TonyB]

beetween 12:00 n 3:00 is the best really as the sun gets bloody low these days...... IMO
Yeh, went out last Saturday fairly early, and most of the good corners were still wet.


Thank you for ya concern snoty.... but I'll be fine as long as it stays in the double didgets :Punk: Get them heated grips mate!

[dangerous]

Saturday May 14?
Ahhhhh...... bugger it, duno why I thought ya were meaning Sunday for. unlikely now sorry, might go down to Levels tomorow :ride:

[TonyB]

Ahhhhh...... bugger it, duno why I thought ya were meaning Sunday for. unlikely now sorry, might go down to Levels tomorow :ride: Thought you had that out of your system for a while? Yeh right!
Wouldn't mind wobbling around Levels myself, but will have to wait.

[dangerous]

Thought you had that out of your system for a while? Yeh right!
Wouldn't mind wobbling around Levels myself, but will have to wait.
na mate just for a look...... no way I'm getting out a bed that early on my day off.

[TonyB]

You're gonna ride/ drive aaaallll that way down straight highway one to watch???? Faaark!

Just thought of a comeback you could've used for K14...ahem..

"You'd feel the cold too if you didn't keep warm by pickin' your bike up all the time"

or something like that...

[k14]

"You'd feel the cold too if you didn't keep warm by pickin' your bike up all the time"

Nah sorry, think you should go back to the drawing board :tugger:

[Biff]

Shit - If I'd have read this post an hour earlier I would have said, "Hell yeah!". But I've just promised Ms B I'll crack on with the gardening.

Sunday?

[dangerous]

Sunday?
Yip :ride:

[TonyB]

Will be going today. Just need to mow the lawn, have lunch, then I'm off.

[TonyB]

Bloody southerly started about 2 mins after I left home (alone- sob!). Never mind, at least it didn't rain. Had a good ride.

Anyhoo, I thought it might be an idea to mention the minor road works that's about. There's some random seal patching around Rapaki (after Lyttleton). It's well marked going out, but coming back there's one sign missing- make sure you remmber where it all is as it's on a bend. They're also doing some work on the main hill on the Aka's side just down from the Hill Top- watch this bit as the sign indicates you can do 100 and then there's a bit where they're doing something on the other side of the road and some of the shit is coming into the downhill lane.

[Artifice]

yeh i had a good ride out to aka and back on saturday too, saw a couple of the ol blue and red about. im just not good at meeting up for groups... there was a group ride out today too. the flatmate couldnt manage to drag me out of bed but. people that get up before 10 am are sickos i tell yas.

[dangerous]

Just did the run today with 30UTD and Manuboy..... Biff piked or seriously under the thumb or something, cold but a sweet ride all the same did a we adjustment to the frount end which I think made a differance.... you know how it is, mostly in the head but hey if it works :niceone:

Great ting about the Hiltop run this time of year is the lack of traffic, however 3 coppers, only 1 being bothered to flick his radar on.... so that i dont mind.
The road surface is about as sweet as its ever been up there including the Kiwi rd..... good ride lads, next time aye :Punk:

[gav]

And whats this about looping your bike while trying a few wheelies? :msn-wink:

[dangerous]

And whats this about looping your bike while trying a few wheelies? :msn-wink:
emmmmmmm................ well, how the hell you hear about that then? Just aswell it was my naked bike so no real damage done, but to the old pride, Kickaha grined and said nothing but that wee toe rag K14 split his sides laoughing.... and what made it worse after I chased the hump down I did it again.... but nobody sore it that time. :whistle:

[Flyingpony]

Blast. Missed this ride to met some of the locals.
Was digging up the spuds and working on the car that day.

Either way, read this post today (oops) and oh dear, bike isn't quite healthy enough for a good run just yet (see my other recent posts).

Nice to read there are some Chch runs which don't head out too far.