Totara Park Ride - This up-coming weekend (26-27 September)

[evoetr]

Anyone going on the Totara park ride this weekend ?

Cheers
CB

[Ride it till the red]

Yeah mate I'm planning on it, hopefully convince a few of the boys to head out. Should be a reasonable ride

[evoetr]

http://kmmc.co.nz/kmmwebcal/view_ent...&date=20090926

$30 or something

Cheers
CB

[evoetr]

Yeah mate I'm planning on it, hopefully convince a few of the boys to head out. Should be a reasonable ride

Sweet man, have you been before ? Does it end up Karapoti or something ?

[Ride it till the red]

Nah havent done it before myself but have heard good reports from those that have. Wouldn't have a clue, I'd imagine it will loop back onto itself to end where it started.

[kezzafish]

It went around a wee loop in the puketiro forrest last year. was real enduroey and slick as fuck last year. had road sections to join the hard sections. The carpark is just on the other side of the bridge from SH2 then you ride up the stop bank and up the hill to the trails... put your fuel on the back of a truck.

Not a very long loop but they seem to go in and cut a new track for it each time or use different combinations of existing tracks... there's heaps of trails in there. Justin from KMMC has run heaps of enduros in there and he loves it tricky. I'll be there with the camera... say cheeeeese

[rossrc]

The year before the loop was a fair bit longer, but last year they lost a lot of that due to wind blow... so I guess it depends what has been happening in the forest.

Kezza, don't know if I'll manage cheese... more likely a wheez as I crawl past

[Pedrostt500]

Yep had alot of fun last year, but working all this weekend.

[motor_mayhem]

I'm going, have done a fair bit of exploring up there, both running and riding. Wil be interested to see what trails are used.

weather is supposed to be crap

http://www.metservice.com/public/loc...ellington.html

[Fryin Finn]

I'm one of the helper type dudes. We had the quads up there last Sunday and smoothed out the track. Nice and slippery with a couple of challenging bits. I'll be out there this Sunday to pick up the pieces and sweep at the end of the day. Last weekend one of the sweeps ran out of gas and needed rescuing - will try and avoid that this Sunday

[crfchick]

I'm one of the helper type dudes. We had the quads up there last Sunday and smoothed out the track. Nice and slippery with a couple of challenging bits. I'll be out there this Sunday to pick up the pieces and sweep at the end of the day. Last weekend one of the sweeps ran out of gas and needed rescuing - will try and avoid that this Sunday

Eeek! You guys are making me nervous about this ride! I'd better start eating lots of spinach now so that I can be as strong as Popeye, for all the times I crash off my bike and have to pick it up - hope you dont get a pic of that Kezza!

[pete.ktm]

jeez just checked my photo album and i havn't done the totara park ride since '07, seems like not that long ago. was a fun ride but hate the clay in the wet so i'm checking the forecast. if you want to check out what it *might* be like (if they havn't altered the track too much) have a look at http://www.zaq123.net/gallery/album184

[crfchick]

jeez just checked my photo album and i havn't done the totara park ride since '07, seems like not that long ago. was a fun ride but hate the clay in the wet so i'm checking the forecast. if you want to check out what it *might* be like (if they havn't altered the track too much) have a look at http://www.zaq123.net/gallery/album184

Cool pics Pete! Looks like the track was pretty dry that year's ride - fingers crossed this rain doesnt come to much!

[Midget200]

Eeek! You guys are making me nervous about this ride! I'd better start eating lots of spinach now so that I can be as strong as Popeye, for all the times I crash off my bike and have to pick it up - hope you dont get a pic of that Kezza!

You will rock the track crfchick! Make sure you've got nice new tires on, are they pretty good? If you can ride slippery stuff you'll improve pretty fast! You go girl! I think the forecast is fine! It's been raining like hell up here, I've got new tires for the last of the 2 man. Wish you lived closer!

[crfchick]

You will rock the track crfchick! Make sure you've got nice new tires on, are they pretty good? If you can ride slippery stuff you'll improve pretty fast! You go girl! I think the forecast is fine! It's been raining like hell up here, I've got new tires for the last of the 2 man. Wish you lived closer!

Thanks Midget! I hope you kick arse at the 2Man! I'm sure you will find it so much better with new tyres (which I dont have - not sure if I want to spend more dosh on it if I'm going to get a new bike...eventually!).
I wish I lived closer too, that'd be awesome! I think that rain you've got is heading down this way today and tomorrow..!