Once again another excellent mng was had. A big thanks to John G and also Jim D. A very comprehensive format was organised and many new skills mentioned and taken on board.
Herding it thru the long grasses and 4 x 4 wheel drive tracks
Hardcore Biker
Once again another excellent mng was had. A big thanks to John G and also Jim D. A very comprehensive format was organised and many new skills mentioned and taken on board.
Herding it thru the long grasses and 4 x 4 wheel drive tracks
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Hardcore Biker
03rd MARCH PORONUI EXPLORE/WHIRINAKI/RANGITAIKI BERM BUSTING AROUND THE MOUNTAIN/ SUN TUKINO EXPLORE (FOR MORE)
Please contact me no later than Weds as this is the last closing date for registration for this ride.
11THMARCH SUNDAY -
VERY FIRST SOUTH HEAD FOREST ADV RIDE - yes, IN South Head Forest
DUAL PURPOSE adv BIKES as this is what we are about - THIS IS A MNG RIDE, a beach run MAY be added if tides are in our favour.
Bring lunch/snacks/plenty fluid. Registration and sign on taken at Shelley Beach - 9am - Riders brief after sign on.
Gravel Club Members $15 Non Gravel Club Members $25 (this to cover forest/ride access fees)
WE MAY LOOK TO REPEAT THIS SOUTH HEAD FOREST ADV RIDE IN MAY ALSO AND WILL BE ON A SATURDAY
CONCEPT THIS SEASON: MORE TO TAKE IN SETTLED WEATHER
SAT - 07th APRIL -TA PORA/JOURNEYS END - one day gravel road riding
Two groups running for this one
CUT CATS - Group 1
Mid Rangers - Group 2
Plse ensure you are riding in the correct group so to cater for ALLLLL skill levels. New club new concepts. All makes and models of bikes, all skill levels welcome.
ONE DAY RIDE free to Gravel Club Members - $10 ride fee for NON Gravel Club Members
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01st JUNE - QUEENS BIRTHDAY WEEKEND - JOIN US AWAKINO ON FRIDAY NIGHT
WILL BE A REPEAT OF OUR TUNNEL TOUR FROM THOSE WHO LIVE IN THE AREA
Details posted here MARCH, put these dates in your diary.
19thMAY - Kaiwaka one hour farmland tour - details posted shortly
NEW AND UPCOMING FOR SEPT POSS 16TH SEPT - PORONUI ON SAFARI ADV RIDE
Ride high up into the 16thousand acres of this property into the Big Deer and Stag Hunt Blocks. Visit transmittor towers and high scenic views. More details posted shortly. Private ride by registration only.
NEW FOR LABOUR WEEKEND OCT - MOTU MADNESS - Ride will be over private farmlands and down to visit the Motu River itself
Will cross approx 30 stream crossings on our journey thru. Two groups will be running and we will look to catch up throughout the ride itself.
Free ride for gravel club members and a ride fee for NON gravel club members. Accomm being organised along with lamb on the spit.
More details posted shortly.
NEW AND STILL TO BE WORKED INTO THIS CALENDAR????? ANOTHER PRIVATE BLOCK HAS COME TO HAND
DETAILS SHORTLY THIS WILL OFFER COASTAL VIEWS AND BE AUCKLAND BASED ALONG WITH ACCESS TO FORESTRY TRAILS
WILL ALSO BE BIG BIKE FRIENDLY AND WE WILL LOOK AFTER MID RANGER RIDERS ALSO
ALL SKILL LEVELS WELCOME AND OUR ROUTES WE WILL PLAN AROUND BIG BIKE FRIENDLY RIDING ALSO
This ride poss over winter - maybe June or July Details to hand shortly
BERM BUSTING FOR THOSE THAT WISH TO TAKE IT OUT THERE ALSO THE KTM'S WILL BE ON TAP ALSO
- CAPE REINGA STINT
90 MILE BEACH/AHIPARA AND MORE................
WE ARE WORKING ON IT ALONG WITH MANY MORE
2 Groups will run for this one also as we will look to cover as much gravel and off road on the way up also
Hardcore Biker
I have purchased a domain name for our new club.
This will help to keep our upcoming rides in a static state. This is very much work in progess but I am working on this a small portion each day.
http://www.northerngraveladventureri...com/index.html
http://www.weebly.com/weebly/main.php
S Q
Hardcore Biker
The adverse incoming weather this sat has caused us to reschedule our visit to the Poronui lands.
Our hosts have now forwarded us a postponement date being the 31st March.
We will be running with this new date and will plan our routes etc around this new date.
Not available on the 03rd???? you may now be able to join us on the 31st.
Please pm me for any interest in this.
THIS WEEKEND:
We are running in a new bike and will be down Taupo this weekend.
Looking for gravel road riding??????
We will be Taupo based and will maybe do a Pureora forest explore on the sat FORECAST Rain, Rain and Poss More Rain.
See you there.............
pm me if you are interested in a Something To Do Ride At The weekend..............................
Will be heading back to Taupo on the sat night and we have something extra special planned for a Sun ride. You will need to be there to find out............. or just view my pics next weeek......................
Sun will be a ride to a high lookout point.................... more on Sunday
S Q
Hardcore Biker
Hey Sue What's In The Box Competition
Our new web site is beginning to take shape
A new box has arrived at the CycleSpot Euro store
What could be in this box????
Enter my competition
1) You will need to describe correctly what product you think may be in THE SAID box
Being a recipient of Short Syndrome - a major rebuild project will be underway
2) Guess correctly what YOU think this might entail and what bits and pieces may have been purchased???
All eligible to enter and a prize wil be issued to the closest winner Prize drawn 31st March Winner notified close to that date once we have scrutinized all entries.
Winner to collect or arrange collection of THEIR prize from CycleSpot Euro Store new store located Barry's Point Road Takapuna
So put those thinking caps on and lets be with this............
Note: a new pic clue will be loaded onto our web site maybe every second day I promise it will get easier closer to the draw date.... no I will make it easier with each pic
Use our new web site and enter online
http://www.weebly.com/weebly/main.php
Hardcore Biker
Originally Posted by suzieq
FOR MORE DETAILS ON OUR RIDES OR JUST INFO IN GENERAL:
Visit our new web site (work in progress and I will add to this periodically)
www.northerngraveladventureriders.com
Hardcore Biker
A good call it was to call off and to reschedule our Poronui adv ride at the weekend. A thanks to our Poronui hosts who have rescheduled our date to ride over their lands to the 31st March.
Listening to the radio tirelessly to find out when the storm would pass and so bring out those bikes for a small explore, we were advised tht the tail end would be over around the 10am mark on the sat mng. The winds were so big they called off the Taupo Iron Man event and that has not happened in very many years. A first in quite some time. So 9:30am we met up at the mobil at Taupo Lake Front nd did indeed put together a small explore mission.
I have not ridden in winds this big in a few months and was giving it second thoughts as we were parked up waiting for our KTM visitor to arrive on his 690 ADV bike. Just being parked was not good. Tough and go if the bikes would stay upright ??? But Jim did give me a talking to about being able to ride a bike in ALLLL weather conditions. So it was thought to be a good experience also.
WE decided to venture out and over to Pureora forestry and then we thought we would get some shelter once tucked away inside. The ride out the back of Kinloch was a bit hairy in places but the small XT held its own and we did manage to make it to Pureora in one piece. Taking in one or two new gravel roads on the way over those big hill ridgelines in the open places very scarey and I frequently got blown off my wheel tracks and into the thick stuff in the middle of the roads. Was not sure in places whether to open the XT up to the max or slow it down ???? No one was around and the boys had long goneeeeeee So decided to open her up and cut through it was prob the best option.
Making it to Pureora itself the big winds had held the rains back so now it was time to stop roadside and to gear it up. Big rain and a soaking was now to be had. But great explores in many of the side roads running thru there also. After our explore we pushed on to Whakamaru and a nice warm up for a brief time before pushing on again into the Waikaiti Valley to do some more exploring. Another full day was had.
Those big winds played havoc with the new Shoei helmet and was constantly buffeting my head in every direction. The wind picks up that helmet quite a lot. Also hanging off the sides of the small XT with the big wind gusts to try and stay upright and stop being blown across the road with those cross winds quite a mission.
Great ride and excellent company and a right buffeting was had.
Sunday another KTM joined with the lads and they set off to do a SPECIAL explore. They rode up the second highest hilltop in Taupo and took in fantastic views over the Lake Taupo and Kinloch areas and also visited the transmittor station. From here they set off out to do more explore missions over that side of the country and found many many more new gravel roads.
Another excellent weekend.
Looking forwards to catching up with many on our very first South Head Forest ride coming up this weekend. This is a very first for our new club and a new experience this club will be working to build on. Here we will be riding on the back of Forestry permit. We wish to thank Forestry for this privilege.
Hardcore Biker
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=329095930471481
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A big thanks for providing us with the access for our Special viewing
Best Frenemy you could have!
Would the Shelly Beach meeting place be here: http://maps.google.co.nz/maps?q=Shel...kland&t=h&z=12
?
Hardcore Biker
http://maps.google.co.nz/maps?q=Shel...kland&t=h&z=12
Directions:
End S H 16 turn left and head towards Parakai and onto South Head Road
Those with SMALL fuel tanks with a range of less than 180kms fuel range turn right and head into Helensville township and gas up your bikes first before back onto South Head Road and then into SHelley Beach. Shelley Beach turnoff will be on your right hand side.
Turning right????? beware this is a turnoff that will hit you quickly. We are using the small camp store at Shelley Beach itself. No fuel here, only refreshment stop. Make sure you also have enough liquid and snacks to last also. Attending a beach run AFTER the ride and a small fuel range??? good idea to bring that extra fuel to top up. I can arrange fuel cans to be delivered back to Shelley Beach Store for collection later. More sooon.
Sign on/riders brief and then you will be sent on up the highway again.
Exact fuel range for this ride will be posted here by the end of this week.
For those with less than 180kms of fuel make sure you register at Shelly Heach with a FULL tank. You could look to bring a 5Litre with you as we can store it for you also.
More at the end of this week.
Hardcore Biker
Gas up your bikes at Helensville prior to attending our pre registration at Shelley Beach 9am
If you can make 180kms out of your fuel tank that should be enough for our mng.
Beach run MAY be added for those that wish after our forest stint.
We run Rain or Shine on the Sunday.
S Q
http://www.northerngraveladventureri...com/index.html
our new web site for what to expect
Impromtu gravity attacks
No guarantees but I will try to be there for 9.00am, sounds like a good ride!
High tide at Muriwai is at 1.00pm so unless you're feeling really macho it won't be ridable until 4.00pm...... conversely it would be a good morning ride up there at 7.30 to get to Shelley beach for 9.00, maybe via Wilson road?
Can I get up that early?
Pasta farts
Can you please tell me what mng stands for? You seem to use it everywhere and it makes no sense whatsoever.
Minge? Mange? Mangere in the house, yo?
Adventourious Maxiumus
I will also be in the maybe column for this ride.No guarantees but I will try to be there for 9.00am, sounds like a good ride!
High tide at Muriwai is at 1.00pm so unless you're feeling really macho it won't be ridable until 4.00pm...... conversely it would be a good morning ride up there at 7.30 to get to Shelley beach for 9.00, maybe via Wilson road?
Can I get up that early?
Ian, the trip up the beach can be quicker than the road (if you know what I mean)
Impromtu gravity attacks
No, no idea what you mean....I will also be in the maybe column for this ride.
Ian, the trip up the beach can be quicker than the road (if you know what I mean
If I do go then I would be at the Muriwai carpark (entrance to the beach) at say 7.45 ish if any other law abiding citizens were interested?
For me, it will be a saturday evening decision so if your relying on me, don't.
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