Road status query for SH1 (18 May)

[Nutter34]

Hi all. I may be riding a bike down from Hamilton on Friday afternoon, from Hamilton to Wellington.

The question is this, can anyone tell me the condition of State Highway one all the way down please. Any road works, gravel, etc. Otherwise I may opt to go via Napier...

Thanks in advance.

[Skyryder]

Hi all. I may be riding a bike down from Hamilton on Friday afternoon, from Hamilton to Wellington.

The question is this, can anyone tell me the condition of State Highway one all the way down please. Any road works, gravel, etc. Otherwise I may opt to go via Napier...

Thanks in advance.


There's some a few k's north of the Hutt. Nothing seriouse and it may well all be done by now. I went North of SH1 and came home via Napier. All good as far as I can recall.

Skyryder

[TerminalAddict]

you're a nutter (ha!)

te awamutu-->taumaranui-->national park-->ohakune-->sh1

that was my planned route, until I got bored, and turned off at vinegar hill :) .. then joined back up with sh1 at levin

[ZeroIndex]

What time you arriving in Hamilton, and what bike you picking up?

[robertydog]

Its sweet between Hamilton and Taupo

[Riff Raff]

te awamutu-->taumaranui-->national park-->ohakune-->sh1
Yeah that's my preferred route. SH1 so boring.

[wilber]

Roadworks few kms north of Foxton redoing road again

[Colapop]

Just the bit along by Foxton as said above the rest is just a long straight boring road...

[Warr]

Hi all. I may be riding a bike down from Hamilton on Friday afternoon, from Hamilton to Wellington.

The question is this, can anyone tell me the condition of State Highway one all the way down please. Any road works, gravel, etc. Otherwise I may opt to go via Napier...

Thanks in advance.
PM me the time and place you are in Hams - could escort you some of the way back :)

[yod]

Yeah that's my preferred route. SH1 so boring.


yeah except keep heading south at raetihi through to wangavegas

[sisterecho]

Lots of resealing works from Mercer to Hamilton on SH1. Transit's consultants can give more details if you need.

[cowpoos]

Yeah that's my preferred route. SH1 so boring.
and to behonest....going the napier route via napier taupo hw is a bit dodgy if damp...reat of the way down east coast is sweet usually though!! its my preffered route :)

[cowpoos]

and to behonest....going the napier route via napier taupo hw is a bit dodgy if damp...reat of the way down east coast is sweet usually though!! its my preffered route :)
shit....quoted wrong person!!

[ZeroIndex]

PM me the time and place you are in Hams - could escort you some of the way back :)

That's what I was thinking... Warr, please can you PM me with what's going on for then?

[Nutter34]

Thanks for all the responses guys.

This is the situation. I've bought a bike off Trademe, an 06 ZX10, to be exact. I'll be flying up from Nelson and hopefully arriving in Hamilton just before 1pm. The bike should be at the airport, so that will be my departure point.

The reason I thought of SH1 was in case something went wrong, there'd be enough traffic to possibly get help. I know very little of the other roads you guys have mentioned.




te awamutu-->taumaranui-->national park-->ohakune-->sh1

that was my planned route, until I got bored, and turned off at vinegar hill :) .. then joined back up with sh1 at levin

That sounds like a good option, though


yeah except keep heading south at raetihi through to wangavegas

Or this way... I'd rather travel a touch further and have a fun ride than sit on the straight and boring... That said, it actually looks shorter on the map than SH1...

I'll let you guys know closer to the time about my arrival etc.

Thanks again for the advice and inputs...

[TerminalAddict]

if you don't do the vinegar hill option then my route is shorter.

and less travelled so speed needs less care :niceone:

[Nutter34]

if you don't do the vinegar hill option then my route is shorter.

and less travelled so speed needs less care :niceone:

I don't know this vinegar hill you speak of...
Also, I don't plan on doing anything silly on roads I don't know and I don't know any of those.

[TerminalAddict]

ham to ohakune and onto sh1 is all very predictable roads.

vinegar hill runs from sh1 north of hunterville to fielding
http://smaps.co.nz/nz/rangitikei/hunterville+rural/vinegar+hill+road/

[Nutter34]

So far, the provisional journey is from Hams -> Te Kuiti -> Taumaranui -> National Park...
Which of the other two, Wanganui or Taihape, is the best bang for the buck? At this stage I'm inclined to go Wanganui but if you lads and lasses say the other way is better, I shall incline the other way...

PS: I may have to change my flight plans yet, but I'll let you guys know. Work and shite determines this...

[more_fasterer]

Take a look on a map and have a look at all the lovely squiggles between National Park & Wangavegas. SH1 thru Taihape is really rather boring, like the rest of that road (in the north is. anyway).

[Nutter34]

That is true but as Cowpoos pointed out with the Napier way, the roads may be damp. Do the Wanganui squiggles dry out this time of year? Or remain damp?