Anyone else hate SH2 from Wellington to the Hutt?

[Leseid]

Not to sound negative or anything but I really am sick of SH2 from Wellington city to the Hutt valley. I do it just about every day (luckily against rush hour traffic) it's very dangerous so you have to have your wits about you, it's usually gusty and cold there's corners but no fun corners.

Oh and now it has cheese cutters too! so it's even more exiting. :bye:

I know, I know. Just harden the f up and get over it. But I can't be alone in the dislike of this road, is it ok for a grown man to cry over a stretch of road?

[ajturbo]

HTFU...:Punk::Punk:

[rustic101]

I hear ya.

I use to cycle from Silverstream to Welly every day. After too many near misses and my Boss being killed I stopped and got the Bandit. I split everyday so up the steaks with respect to risk. However the road conditions and unpredictable nature of the drivers can at times be,,,, interesting.

To be honest the cheese cutters don't worry me as much as binning over the top of the armco between Thorndon and Aotea. I have periodic flashes of skidding along the top and bouncing off and in-between the posts holding the armco up - Mental but hey its my fear lol.

[Hitcher]

SH2 is my highway to happiness. It takes me over my beloved Rimutakas to the awaiting highways and byways of the Wairarapa. When I'm done over there, it brings me home again.

[blackdog]

i do it 3 to 5 times a week. no issues at all

split in rush traffic, and when its clear, horokiwi to the y-front is a nice set of curves

'fraid i'm with aj.....htfu

[John_H]

The stretch of road is quite possibly, the most, unenjoyable piece of asphalt ever laid by a polynesian road worker in this hemisphere.

[blackdog]

The stretch of road is quite possibly, the most, unenjoyable piece of asphalt ever laid by a polynesian road worker in this hemisphere.

:rofl: u can htfu too!

[Laxi]

HTFU...:Punk::Punk:


'fraid i'm with aj.....htfu

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[John_H]

:rofl: u can htfu too!

OK I'll htfu from the comfort of my living room couch with a beer while you can lane split and stop at traffic lights. :Punk::Punk::Punk:

[twotyred]

I hate it in any vehicle,two wheeled or more...

[Leseid]

I hear ya.

I use to cycle from Silverstream to Welly every day. After too many near misses and my Boss being killed I stopped and got the Bandit. I split everyday so up the steaks with respect to risk. However the road conditions and unpredictable nature of the drivers can at times be,,,, interesting.

To be honest the cheese cutters don't worry me as much as binning over the top of the armco between Thorndon and Aotea. I have periodic flashes of skidding along the top and bouncing off and in-between the posts holding the armco up - Mental but hey its my fear lol.

Man that would have kept you fit! I've ridden the push bike a few times before the green carpet got rolled out. It's not much fun on a bicycle and you have to spend more quality time with SH2. Taking the train seems to be the most enjoyable way of passing through there.

[Matt]

Ha - try doing it by car for a while and it soon becomes awesome on the bike!!! (been commuting UH to Wgtn CBD by bike for last 4 years) - I enjoy the Melling/Belmont/Avalon traffic light grand-prix's too!

[Leseid]

I hate it in any vehicle,two wheeled or more...

I've also walked it once, the road noise from the cars and trucks drives you insane. It's an ok road if you don't have to commute on it as your probably on your way over the big hill and it's just a short bit in a much longer journey.

[blackdog]

OK I'll htfu from the comfort of my living room couch with a beer while you can lane split and stop at traffic lights. :Punk::Punk::Punk:

:lol: 1 set of lights at melling from sv til the top of vivian st. leave at 0530, at wk on tory st at 0555hrs

in real heavy traffic at 5.30-6pm can take up to 45 mins to get home i will admit

[rustic101]

I enjoy the Melling/Belmont/Avalon traffic light grand-prix's too!

Lol yeh have popped the front up a few times pulling away from them lol, by accident of course ;)

[peasea]

Not to sound negative or anything but I really am sick of SH2 from Wellington city to the Hutt valley. I do it just about every day (luckily against rush hour traffic) it's very dangerous so you have to have your wits about you, it's usually gusty and cold there's corners but no fun corners.

Oh and now it has cheese cutters too! so it's even more exiting. :bye:

I know, I know. Just harden the f up and get over it. But I can't be alone in the dislike of this road, is it ok for a grown man to cry over a stretch of road?


Bob Jones once spouted some words that I still find inspirational; "If you don't like your circumstances, change them."
Although I do find it ironic that he still lives in Wellington.:laugh:

[blackdog]

Bob Jones once spouted some words that I still find inspirational; "If you don't like your circumstances, change them."
Although I do find it ironic that he still lives in Wellington.:laugh:

normandale. has to travel sh2 to get to wellyz

[Berries]

That's what I remember from my time up there. Traffic lights on a 100km/h road. Please turn red, please turn red..........

[peasea]

normandale. has to travel sh2 to get to wellyz

Welly region, pedant.

[blackdog]

Welly region, pedant.

irony.......does a pedanticometer tell you how many right steps you've taken?

[peasea]

irony.......does a pedanticometer tell you how many right steps you've taken?

In life; my score....three.

[MSTRS]

normandale. has to travel sh2 to get to wellyz

Has he moved?
His house (was?) the big one you see straight in front of you as you come across Melling Bridge towards the M/W. It was off Tirohanga Rd.

[Lurch]

That's what I remember from my time up there. Traffic lights on a 100km/h road. Please turn red, please turn red..........

Now that's positive thinking! And i guess there aren't too many roads where you get to have drag races from potentially 4? sets of lights in a 100k zone.

[blackdog]

Has he moved?
His house (was?) the big one you see straight in front of you as you come across Melling Bridge towards the M/W. It was off Tirohanga Rd.

yea i call that normandale the toffs probly prefer 'harbour view'

[rebel]

A bloody horrible road if driving in a truck with all those lights. Not too bad on the bike. Possibly a good opportunity to practice launching, even if the general public thinks you're a wanker as they're sitiing behind you.

[BIG DOUG]

every day 37.8 kms ea way 40min from upper hutt I couldn't do it every day by car I would end up killing somebody lol.

[davebullet]

Yeah, try to find something every stretch of road offers. SH2 is a good place to practice controlled launches with all the lights.

[BMWST?]

Taking the train seems to be the most enjoyable way of passing through there.

NOT....would rather be on bike or even my car....i go against the main traffic flow tho

[Bald Eagle]

Taking the train seems to be the most enjoyable way of passing through there.

How can you use the word train and enjoyable in the same sentence ?

I do however prefer my 45 minute coastal commute.

[Eyegasm]

OK, so it might be due to the fact I have only been riding this stretch for the last 6 months...

I do not mind the motorway at all, all you sad sacks complaining about it really do need to HTFU.

Have to take the good with the bad.

Oh, and BlackStig, If that was you I cut up this morning... Sorry (I waved this time tho!)

[Hopeful Bastard]

The stretch of road is quite possibly, the most, unenjoyable piece of asphalt ever laid by a polynesian road worker in this hemisphere.

I think you have sh2 and sh1 through Pukerua bay mixed up somewhere along the way...

[Bald Eagle]

I think you have sh2 and sh1 through Pukerua bay mixed up somewhere along the way...

Couldn't possibly. SH 1 Paraparaumu to City is a wonderful road, feel so secure Concrete wall / rocks on one side WRB on the other surface full of patchs and tar snakes. ( opps wheres the tongue in cheek smillie )

[Hopeful Bastard]

Couldn't possibly. SH 1 Paraparaumu to City is a wonderful road, feel so secure Concrete wall / rocks on one side WRB on the other surface full of patchs and tar snakes. ( opps wheres the tongue in cheek smillie )

I almost fell asleep through there the other week when i was in the cage moving to me new house. What a shame you werent there incase i did have a whoopsie. Woulda given me a nice hard bike to land on ;) Hehehehe.

[Big Dave]

Around Welly is an Oasis of riding pleasure in a desert of boring roads.

[Insanity_rules]

I litterally live at one end of State highway 2 and work at the other. I don't really mind it at all. The bit that really gives me the shits though is the moonshine bridge and the cheese cutter just north of it.

[Big Dave]

I wouldn't mind if the whole lot was like the Western Waikato, Fiordland, Buller, Arthur's.....oh....

[MIXONE]

It's been a rough week for crashes on the Welly motorway.It took mywife 90 minutes to get to work on Monday.That's an average speed of 20kph!Thank god I do it on two wheels and can split.

[Bronson]

I litterally live at one end of State highway 2 and work at the other. I don't really mind it at all. The bit that really gives me the shits though is the moonshine bridge and the cheese cutter just north of it.

Shit, that's some commute! Orkalnd to Welly via East Cape, the Takas and the cheese cutters. Awesome.

[Insanity_rules]

Shit, that's some commute! Orkalnd to Welly via East Cape, the Takas and the cheese cutters. Awesome.

Better quantify that a bit better I live at the foot of the Rimutakas and commute into Wellington So I commute from one end of the Hutt Valley motorway to the other.

[Leseid]

I litterally live at one end of State highway 2 and work at the other. I don't really mind it at all. The bit that really gives me the shits though is the moonshine bridge and the cheese cutter just north of it.

I know what your talking about, and those groves carved into the road to give more grip in the wet also give me the shits. They must be there to channel the blood off the cheese cutting board.

The bit of SH2 I'm specifically talking about is the section along the coast line where there's just no alternative route. The section north of the coast you could go into the valley to take anther route just for shits and giggles, so you don't feel so trapped on the other sections.