Hey Thursday, go F yourself. I am going for a ride.

[.chris]

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Gr4w3OEMfJs/S-t5QoL-iAI/AAAAAAAAItg/gGu-B9AWqJY/s800/IMG_4967.JPG
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http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Gr4w3OEMfJs/S-t5TKr0j7I/AAAAAAAAIts/k26NzmtsKH4/s800/IMG_4981.JPG

[blackdog]

eww i've just come over all tingly.........

[Cary]

What is it with you orange boys, why don't you get real jobs!!

[Devil]

Hey, you! Fluck you buddy! I'm sitting here rebuilding VM hosts!

[Underground]

Nice pics as usual Chris .... still , doesn't tempt me to head norf.

[MIXONE]

You know if I'd had a shit day at work I'd be really pissed off looking at those pics.
I'm not I'm just jealous.

[dino3310]

i like the look of that new tyre, hows it going

[.chris]

What is it with you orange boys, why don't you get real jobs!!
If we did that we would have no time to ride our lovely orange bikes, and they are built to be ridden.


Hey, you! Fluck you buddy! I'm sitting here rebuilding VM hosts!
I would make a VM to make the other VM's for you.



Nice pics as usual Chris .... still , doesn't tempt me to head norf.
You are going to be hard pressed to find anywhere as amazing looking as where you are, I will keep trying tho. :yes:


i like the look of that new tyre, hows it going
It is heaps better than a pretty bald (12,00km) Sahara that is forsure.

[Taz]

Hey I went for a ride today too...... Just thought i'd share that with you chris.

[.chris]

Hey I went for a ride today too...... Just thought i'd share that with you chris.

Yeah I saw that, great to see we did not waste such a nice day.
I am going to head north today, maybe up Goat Island or somewhere.

[Taz]

I'll probably head out for a short ride then home to catch some zzzzzz's before night shift tonight.

[.chris]

I had to cut my ride short, but I did find a nice way to get back to the Shore.

A nice road transition I say.
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Gr4w3OEMfJs/S-yULW1bWaI/AAAAAAAAIuo/ezhnxt3TVfw/s800/IMG_5030.JPG

Cracker day, why aren't you all riding?
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Gr4w3OEMfJs/S-yUU4N73xI/AAAAAAAAIus/xvoyj8o_lZc/s800/IMG_5032.JPG

Great little closed road/track I discovered a while back, but decided it seemed too much like tresspassing, this time after checking my maps, it is a road. So off I went. It was closed from the far end with a sign, but the gate was openable, and only closed by a gate at the south end.
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Gr4w3OEMfJs/S-yUc3-VRvI/AAAAAAAAIuw/UychyKYScBw/s800/IMG_5036.JPG
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Gr4w3OEMfJs/S-yU_PXCVRI/AAAAAAAAIvA/3f3T5yGuKVQ/s800/IMG_5040.JPG
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Gr4w3OEMfJs/S-yW7P2bjAI/AAAAAAAAIvc/ygsL9Lk5tAI/s800/IMG_5037.JPG

Just realised in that photo with my bike, you can see my indicator about to fall off, guess what? It did. Another ride, another indicator.
Must buy some Loctite and some new indicators.

[Taz]

c.h.r.i.s - Cracker day, why aren't you all riding?

I was :) .

[.chris]

Went out for a quick ride today, but mis-read the tides (looked at AK city, not west coast). So I ended up on the beach at high tide.

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_Gr4w3OEMfJs/TZvHX4kNhaI/AAAAAAAAJ34/qmU4GnAI-Kw/s800/IMG_2900.JPG

But at least the waves were looking nice and furious.
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_Gr4w3OEMfJs/TZvIL7hlo8I/AAAAAAAAJ4M/bfEYX3uuzDo/s800/IMG_2903.JPG

[BMWST?]

nice pics!

[Gman71]

I know EXACTLY where that road is, and I usually go for a quick blat down from the forest end, but just cant be bothered will all the gates I find down the bottom of the hill. you might need to show me where the hell it goes.

[Devil]

Screw you and your random work schedule.

I too am interested in the paper road. I'll have my knobbs back on Just before easter...

[.chris]

I know EXACTLY where that road is, and I usually go for a quick blat down from the forest end, but just cant be bothered will all the gates I find down the bottom of the hill. you might need to show me where the hell it goes.

Yeah its a fun track, all be it very short.

There is another one which kinda connects up with that one. But it is a fair bit trickier.
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_Gr4w3OEMfJs/TOiTs1wCpKI/AAAAAAAAJWs/k6BWbN_WKRc/s800/IMG_8163.JPG

google maps link, its called Boathouse Hill Road, but a road yeah right! (http://maps.google.co.nz/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=boathouse+hill+road&aq=&sll=-36.647117,174.48923&sspn=0.006611,0.01236&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Boathouse+Hill+Rd,+Helensville+0875,+Aucklan d&ll=-36.647048,174.488983&spn=0.006611,0.01236&t=h&z=17)

[michael e]

I know EXACTLY where that road is, and I usually go for a quick blat down from the forest end, but just cant be bothered will all the gates I find down the bottom of the hill. you might need to show me where the hell it goes.

fuk im keen.just bring that road down my ways:yes:

[.chris]

Decided to go for a ride today. Went Waiwera, Puhoi back roads (including a few no exit roads just to see where they went), then down onto Muriwai beach (after a very slippery trip down Alpine Road, trip being almost the best description it was very slippery).

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-O__c_DlcOBc/ToEw_tKxjTI/AAAAAAAAKf4/3WZGnumn7CE/s800/IMG_5602.jpg

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[Gman71]

And we wonder why NZs productivity is fucked! :doh: nice work Chris, went the same way to waiwera on Saturday myself.

[Crisis management]

(after a very slippery trip down Alpine Road, trip being almost the best description it was very slippery).


Right, it was Alpine road, I had a brief wander up there from the Pinchgut end a week or two ago but became a little concerned I was wandering around someones' back yard. Time for another explore....wet weekend coming up, what's it like on road tyres? :facepalm:

[.chris]

Right, it was Alpine road, I had a brief wander up there from the Pinchgut end a week or two ago but became a little concerned I was wandering around someones' back yard. Time for another explore....wet weekend coming up, what's it like on road tyres? :facepalm:


It was very very sketchy, tried creeping my way down, about 10% into the downhill locked up the front she went sideways, let go and 1st gear engine brake/out-of-control slide all the way to the bottom, by some miracle I stayed upright.

The start of this vid is Al pretty much doing the same thing ( started my slide a bit earlier than he did )
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[Crisis management]

Right, so I should just throw the bike down and slide down on my arse then....

Do you start off from Alpine road or from the Pinchgut road end (I'm sort of picking the Alpine road end....the other looks very dodgy)?

[.chris]

Right, so I should just throw the bike down and slide down on my arse then....

Do you start off from Alpine road or from the Pinchgut road end (I'm sort of picking the Alpine road end....the other looks very dodgy)?

Yeah going Alpine to Pinchgut road heading south.
You would need a pretty decent tire to get back up that face, but I am keen to have a try, my half worn E-07 will be fine :facepalm:

[.chris]

Went for a ride today, was mean to be with some aussie tourists, but somehow I missed them.

Muriwai Township up the beach to south-head, then back down with a quick sorte out to Wilson Road and back to the beach.

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-pF3T7FYiTqk/TqZOrtJYTgI/AAAAAAAAKjI/vp5WXFt0QTs/s640/IMG_5937.jpg (https://picasaweb.google.com/data/media/api/user/c.p.whitehead/albumid/5667303658912242497/photoid/5667303693852626434)


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