Anyone heading to Gladstone Trail Ride Sat 3rd Dec - Masterton

[thecharmed01]

dude... you must have been only minutes in front of us on the drive back!

We went past the motorcyclist you had pics of when they had got him in the ambo and we got diverted at the Upper Hutt crash just after the cops arrived.
Was a good day to be cruising slow home that's for sure!

Hope the motorcyclist is okay, I was a bit relieved to see him with his head lifted on the ground tbh. We watching to see anything in the news, so was crossing my fingers that no news meant he was okay!

[pete.ktm]

Great pics! I so need a P&S for xmas! The DSLR is way too chunky to get out when I'm riding.

just get good insurance to go with it. this year i lost one camera on a ride, replaced it. that lasted two hours on the next ride before i fell on it or something hit it. using an older camera till i decide what to do. they're weatherproof cameras and not that cheap.

Pic 12.. man I have NO idea why they were all backed up there. It wasn't all that hard even first thing, you just had to NOT go hard at it. If you put too much power on you slid out, but steady power and the hill was easy.

yeah you got it, smooth and steady. but to be fair i was blocked by some guys half way up and i couldn't get going again, had to go back and take another run at it.

what tyres did you have? i had pirelli mx extra's that were pretty rounded, they were spinning up under any acceleration. guy i was riding with had a metzeler mc5 and had almost no problems.

Pic 30 is kinda sad... shows how many people there "weren't" on the ride. Was like a ghost town!

saturday rides never gets the numbers, guess a fair few have to work.

Pic 34... BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA look it's my butt :P

yeah thought you'd appreciate that

[pete.ktm]

Hope the motorcyclist is okay, I was a bit relieved to see him with his head lifted on the ground tbh. We watching to see anything in the news, so was crossing my fingers that no news meant he was okay!

we were like 15 feet away from the van he hit.

he was moving around a bit before they told him to stay on his back so hopefully he's ok.

they must have been out on an organised run coz all the old bikes had route maps.

one of the other competitors said he was an 80 year old.

[thecharmed01]

just get good insurance to go with it. this year i lost one camera on a ride, replaced it. that lasted two hours on the next ride before i fell on it or something hit it. using an older camera till i decide what to do. they're weatherproof cameras and not that cheap.

yeah you got it, smooth and steady. but to be fair i was blocked by some guys half way up and i couldn't get going again, had to go back and take another run at it.

what tyres did you have? i had pirelli mx extra's that were pretty rounded, they were spinning up under any acceleration. guy i was riding with had a metzeler mc5 and had almost no problems.

saturday rides never gets the numbers, guess a fair few have to work.

yeah thought you'd appreciate that

Bridgestone on the front, Michelin on the back. Both were pretty decent tread though, the back one was cut a couple rides ago and the front is fairly new.
Tyres make ALL the difference, the boys keep drumming it into me haha
If you ever need one cut let me know, the boy-person is pretty good at it now, he does a fair few.

I can imagine if your tyres weren't the best that whole ride would have been fun for you, specially in the morning! And yeah I was lucky when I went up, everyone was being such a nana about it they were all just standing round waiting for christmas to come LOL So no one in front of me to fall off haha

Thankfully we have good insurance, but I reckon a little P&S I would totally not really give two hoots about aye. Pretty disposable compared to the 12k of work camera gear I cart around on shoots!
Because I'm a photographer I do have pretty hefty equipment and if I break stuff, it means I can't work till I get replacements/repairs done.
I just want to be able to whip out a little camera and take some snapshots of the rides without taking half an hour to do it!!!

Did you know it was me when you took that pic???? I cracked up when I saw it!
Mark looks like he has no neck cause he's still got all his gear on hahahahaha
Such an unflattering angle hahahaha

[motor_mayhem]

My view of Gladstone

[pete.ktm]

If you ever need one cut let me know, the boy-person is pretty good at it now, he does a fair few.

cheers. i've even got a proper "knobby knife" but since saturday is my usual maintenance day it didn't get done - big fail.

Pretty disposable compared to the 12k of work camera gear I cart around on shoots!

my mate had three nikon bodies at one stage and took his least favourite on a ride once, got some good shots but rode a little slower than usual.

Did you know it was me when you took that pic???? I cracked up when I saw it!

yeah i thought it was you, you don't think i'd take shots of a random chicks ass do you?

My view of Gladstone

nice vid, enjoy seeing other riders doing the same sections as i've done. got much from the first lap with everyone sliding around?

[thecharmed01]

my mate had three nikon bodies at one stage and took his least favourite on a ride once, got some good shots but rode a little slower than usual.

Yeah my Canon doesn't fit in my backpack well, and it's quite heavy to pull out. Would DEF make for a slow ride having to negotiate it in and out of my bag.
I want something little, plan is to strap it to my armour with a clever plan that allows for quick and easy access, but safe under armour in case I get roosted

yeah i thought it was you, you don't think i'd take shots of a random chicks ass do you?

bwahahahahaha well.... you never know


Awesome little vid Paddy, funny how all those hills never look as steep in photos or videos. They sure look a heck of a lot steeper when you are riding them!

[noobi]

Sounds like it was pretty much what one would expect from a farm ride. Slippery grass, or dust. $30 is about right for a trail ride, and I've never been to a trail ride where lunch was supplied, must be a Wellington thing. As long as you enjoyed it, didn't get hurt and the bikes are still in one piece, it wasn't a waste of a day. Saturday rides generally do have lower numbers, work, sport etc.

[thecharmed01]

Sounds like it was pretty much what one would expect from a farm ride. Slippery grass, or dust. $30 is about right for a trail ride, and I've never been to a trail ride where lunch was supplied, must be a Wellington thing. As long as you enjoyed it, didn't get hurt and the bikes are still in one piece, it wasn't a waste of a day. Saturday rides generally do have lower numbers, work, sport etc.

I beg to differ, we do a lot of organised trail rides (there is only one we do in the Wellington area per year) and there have only been a couple of rides each year that charged $30 for the ride.
We ride most weekends.....

Perhaps you should check out Silver-Bullet sometime and have a look at what rides usually cost.....

Most of the Wairarapa and Manawatu rides are $25 including lunch and occasionally $25 with lunch to be purchased, Tendertips, The Asparagus Farms (up Foxton ways) always has lunch as an extra cost, but at least they are crystal clear on the flyer that you need extra cash to pay for lunch. So you arrive prepared and either have cash on you or you take your own food.
They also have huge signs with the cost of the food and drink and they provide a great spread. For the past 4 years they have had sausies, meat, onions and bread, with choices in cakes, muffins, fruit and a selection of soft drinks and candy bars.
The ride there is really worth the money and it's worth it to buy their food as it's pretty good food!

[noobi]

I beg to differ, we do a lot of organised trail rides (there is only one we do in the Wellington area per year) and there have only been a couple of rides each year that charged $30 for the ride.
We ride most weekends.....

Perhaps you should check out Silver-Bullet sometime and have a look at what rides usually cost.....

Is your . button stuck?

We also ride most weekends, well over 100 hours a year. I don't remember ever going to a ride where food was supplied as part of the entry fee. Recently, most trail rides around us have been $30, only some permanent facilities are under that. I guess you do things differently down welly ways.

[thecharmed01]

Must do. We have lots of riding here, we get out at least every fortnight usually.
Always something on and we will travel as far north as Waiouru so as I said, it's not a Welly thing at all as I've only done 2 rides in the Wellington area in the last 4 years.

Most of the rides we do are over the Wairarapa, or up through the Manawatu area. Majority would be between Palmerston North and Taihape, through the central plateau.