Worsleys Road condition -Chch

[Transalper]

Well Christchurch Adventure Riders, I've just been up Worsleys Road and can tell you it's at it's most rutted and rocky i've seen it in ages. There's also a boggy bit about 3/4 the way up, at the bottom of a little climb that claimed my chain guard today. After three goes at that bit i turned around and headed home before it got dark.
Attached is me holding the chain guard with my boots, pants, gloves and bike turning the colour of drying clay.

So anyone want to go adventuring or trail riding Saturday?

[PLUG]

Nice TA ... thanks for the warning ... did it smell ??? ... Yp to the 2nd question.

[oldrider]

Carl, I will have to get a new definition of adventure riding, I do not intend to get all grubby like that anymore!
I thought we were supposed to ride "on" the roads, not "through" them! John.

PS: I have ordered a set of Mitas tyres.

[Transalper]

yes, well, i'm glad i was doing it on a 250. As soon as my boots sunk into the goo, i was wishing i had worn my proper off road stuff.

[Ruralman]

Well Christchurch Adventure Riders, I've just been up Worsleys Road and can tell you it's at it's most rutted and rocky i've seen it in ages. There's also a boggy bit about 3/4 the way up, at the bottom of a little climb that claimed my chain guard today. After three goes at that bit i turned around and headed home before it got dark.
Attached is me holding the chain guard with my boots, pants, gloves and bike turning the colour of drying clay.

So anyone want to go adventuring or trail riding Saturday?

OK for those of us who are geographically challenged - where the heck is Worsley Rd??? Looks like you needed 2 stroke power transalper!! - floats like a butterfly, stings like a beeeeeeee

[miSTa]

What a mess, I hope cleaned that bike before you done anything else

Question, where's Worsleys Road?

[far queue]

So anyone want to go adventuring or trail riding Saturday?

I can't this weekend, but will probably go for a play somewhere the following Saturday (23/9) somewhere - not the Waimak, I want a change from there. If the weathers nice I might go for photo ride round the the South side of Banks Peninsula.

OK for those of us who are geographically challenged - where the heck is Worsley Rd???

Question, where's Worsleys Road?

Chch, Port Hills, Cashmere...ish, kind of round behind PMH hospital.

[T.W.R]

Question, where's Worsleys Road?

About half a KM past Princess Margaret Hospital heading towards Halswell, runs past Craecroft house (sp?) heads up to Marleys Hill & joins the Summit Rd about 1.5km from The sign of the Kiwi.

TA ; Geez looks as if it's getting tough going through there these days, used to be hard enough when it was wet in a 4x4

[Ruralman]

Bit hard to tell from the pic but it looks like that back tyre is well down - is it and did that make a difference?

[PLUG]

[QUOTE=Ruralman;753594]- where the heck is Worsley Rd???

... no where near Taupo ... off Cashmere rd just past Princess Margaret horsepiddle ... continuation of Worsleys rd ... comes out on Summit rd ... she ain't big bike country that track ...

[miSTa]

Chch, Port Hills, Cashmere...ish, kind of round behind PMH hospital.

About half a KM past Princess Margaret Hospital heading towards Halswell, runs past Craecroft house (sp?) heads up to Marleys Hill & joins the Summit Rd about 1.5km from The sign of the Kiwi.

Thanks guys, I have a good idea of where you mean.

[Transalper]

Bit hard to tell from the pic but it looks like that back tyre is well down - is it and did that make a difference?

Nope, the tyre is fairly new. A proper mud tyre might have helped..or not. It was a hard slipery climb up the clay rise straight out of a bog. I didnt have enough momentum and dragging the bike back out was a real effort.
I wish i'd had the camera with me on the track. Maybe i'll do a helmet cam run Friday? Would be better if there was someone infront if i do. Otherwise i might just go take a couple of photos... but photos never do the tracks justice.
The X on the map is as far as i got comming in from HoonHay Rd end.

[cooneyr]

Well Christchurch Adventure Riders, I've just been up Worsleys Road and can tell you it's at it's most rutted and rocky i've seen it in ages. There's also a boggy bit about 3/4 the way up, at the bottom of a little climb that claimed my chain guard today. After three goes at that bit i turned around and headed home before it got dark.
Attached is me holding the chain guard with my boots, pants, gloves and bike turning the colour of drying clay.

So anyone want to go adventuring or trail riding Saturday?

The poor old gerbil, you play nice now TA.

Actually it looks like fun - damn licence crap - I wanna have a go. I'd be keen this weekend but off to the region of sun. Keen to go somewhere in future weekends but I'm still limited to off road only though. Any other off road tracks in the chch vicinity, Ashley river, Leathfield river, Eyre River etc?

Cheers
R

[SDU]

That looks like you had fun. I'll have to do that road sometime.
So do you have a new toy now or is it a loaner. Was J with you? the serow luvs that sort of stuff.

[Transalper]

Na, was scouting it ready to go with J on Sunday but now i think we will go elsewhere. Would be a bit much too soon with her new bike. And yes, i do have a new toy too.
Don't look like i'm getting back there today with cameras, been called in to work so will not be home with enough light left to go.