Coro Loop ...HOw LOng???

[montsta56]

How long does the Coro Loop normally take at a medium type pace???

[bugjuice]

I'd give up most of ya day.. depending on where you're comin from
Normally I prefer the east coast, can leave Kopu around 11 and get to coromandle by 1ish, then back to whitianga for lunch, then back to kopu, get there around 4.. then how ever long it takes you to get to/from Kopu
west coast sux.

[idleidolidyll]

How long does the Coro Loop normally take at a medium type pace???

it takes as long as the piece of string i'm holding......................................maybe 3 hours from kopu to kopu, depends on your stops

[Waylander]

From Papamoa figure 6 hours there and return. depending on speed and cop concentration ofcourse.

[montsta56]

From Papamoa figure 6 hours there and return. depending on speed and cop concentration ofcourse.

Cheers thanks for that , Do you prefer clockwise or anti clockwise???

[BarBender]

Clockwise.

[bugjuice]

east coast only

[Maha]

it takes as long as the piece of string i'm holding

So that would be the measured distance between the beginning and the end???

[slinky]

east coast only

Presuming the east coast is the one we did, and taking into account its the only way i have gone.
i second that!!

[Waylander]

Cheers thanks for that , Do you prefer clockwise or anti clockwise???

east coast only

What Buggy said. West coast has too many townships and heaps of traffic and bugger all places to pass.

[beyond]

Depends how fast your moderate pace is

When with a group you can figure on 10.30am to about 3.30pm cos of gas stops lunch etc.

On your own or with a couple of same speed buddies you can do it in 3 hours okay with one gas stop and a maggot pack tossed in to keep the worms quite for the day.

I prefer doing the East coast anticlockwise and then going back the same way. You get to all the good bits twice but that makes for a longer ride. The West coast is quite good but a lot of 50kmh and 70kmh areas once you get about halfway to Thames from Coromandel.

All said and done, however you go about it, it is an awesome ride for the day.

[Jeff Sichoe]

What the hell is a maggot pack??

[Gremlin]

Doing east and west coasts, Kopu to Kopu, non-stop, I did it in just under 2 hours and I certainly don't consider myself fast.

Its 190km iirc

[iwilde]

What the hell is a maggot pack??

Big Ben or Irvines pie thats luke warm and been sitting in the pie warmer for 1 week with less moisture than nuns pussy. But when hungry and in a hurry, who cares!

[bugjuice]

You get to all the good bits twice but that makes for a longer ride. The West coast is quite good but a lot of 50kmh and 70kmh areas once you get about halfway to Thames from Coromandel.

it's not actually that much longer. Last year, i met some Kbers at Kopu semi accidental. They took off up the west coast, and I and one other (can't remember who now..) shot over the west coast, and we met in Coromandle. They had been sat for only a couple of minutes after parking up, before I turned up.. The west coast has so many limits that it slows you down. So the east coast is way longer, but 80%+ is all at '100kph'