Wires track, Thames?

[Rupe]

Anyone been here before, and know what it's like?

Is it still open to use?

http://www.nztrails.com/BikeParkDetail.aspx?rideId=11

Sounds interesting

[Danger]

Talked to a guy today who just rode it last week, said it was a real mission! Done it many times on MTB and once on motorbike but my riding buddies Honda (wouldn't ya know it) crapped out and the ride was cut short before we really got to get into some of the off shoots. I would be keen to ride it if someone else was keen. $5.00 honesty box.

[Rupe]

Talked to a guy today who just rode it last week, said it was a real mission! Done it many times on MTB and once on motorbike but my riding buddies Honda (wouldn't ya know it) crapped out and the ride was cut short before we really got to get into some of the off shoots. I would be keen to ride it if someone else was keen. $5.00 honesty box.

Yep me and another would be keen, give us a shout if you fancy heading down. Would be best to go with a few people incase anything went wrong.

By the way, whats the boulders bit like????

[Danger]

Yeah already spent a good half day pushing a bloody Honda outa there!
The guy I spoke to today said it was really hard, the boulders were very slippery even though they were not wet. Now would be the time to do it before it did rain again. Off course on a MTB you can just pick up your bike over anything you can't ride, but I don't actually remember not being able to ride any of it on MTB's but we didn't ride the off shoots. We used to ride right over to Whangamata and back on the MTB's, but you could not do that on motorcycles, because I don't think you were even sposed to ride MTB's on the Whangamata side from memory once you get to a certain point, it becomes popular with hikers. I have not been there for about 7 years. Last rode it on MTB's about 10 years ago. Actually been trying to talk a mate into a Coromandal ride recently, its the ideal time of year.

[cave weta]

I ride there about twice a month. Yes you need balls of steel to get round the loop track, the 'rock garden' is crap! do not go without at least 3 riders.and take a tiedown for towing. please use the $5.00 honesty box. the upkeep on this track is high due to heavy rain and the clay base. Also beware of other riders at this time of year,- earlier this week I met 8 riders up there

[Firefight]

yes done it many times, not in the last couple of years, bloody hard work on the rock slide (decent), run by doc, not sure but I thought we paid more than NZ$5.00, the best river crossing's in the NI, think the track crossed back and forward over the river about 4-5 times, as others have said
don,t ride alone !, oh yeah and lock your car/van, remote car parking midweek.


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[Firefight]

By the way, whats the boulders bit like????

bloody long, and often steep decent, of fukin big boulders, slippery if too early in the am, or raining, seems to go on for ever, challanging to say the least, ,hard to say how long it goes for, but good ride once at the bottom,


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[cave weta]

bloody long, and often steep decent, of fukin big boulders, slippery if too early in the am, or raining, seems to go on for ever, challanging to say the least, ,hard to say how long it goes for, but good ride once at the bottom,


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Ha ha - I love the way you guys all talk about the 'decent' down the rock garden! it is a loop track- you guys had better make sure you head off the right way around cos, doing it backward is even more fun!

[Rupe]

thanks for the heads up.

Anyone know where it is as the link doesn't help much????

[Firefight]

thanks for the heads up.

Anyone know where it is as the link doesn't help much????

will send u a pm


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[kevfromcoro]

Is that the Maratoetoe loop track?
Done it a few times...on bikes and 4wds.
its hard going alright...
used to be a donkey track that went down to whangamata.. never done it..to overgrown.
Manukau 4wd went in there once.. at 10 am sunday morning...and didnt get out till about 8am Monday....

[kiwisurf]

Rode it on Friday. Lots of twisty turny single track. Its nice and dry at the moment so nows the perfect time. The gut buster is changelling and a real mission if you ride it up hill.
Take the road from Paeroa to Thames. About 10mins or so out of Paeroa you will get to Maratoto road (i think). Its has a sign that says "The Wires" anyway. 10mins down there you get to Wires road which has a entrance but we entered through another part which is a bit further down the road. When the road turns to gravel theres a track (first one) with an area for carparking and the motorbike track runs from there.

[Danger]

Ok just resurecting this for Fridays ride. Which is the best loop direction to tackle this? As I recall the loop is on the left as you ride up the initial track. Do you take the first left option or do you continue on and take the second left option (as the track continues onto Whangamata as I recall via MTB).
How long is the loop and how long typically does it take?
Unfortunatley we are still only at two riders.

How about you Scott, fancy another day off work riding? Come on if your reading this I know your interested ha ha!

What about you Caveweta, are you in?

[Rupe]

Ok just resurecting this for Fridays ride. Which is the best loop direction to tackle this? As I recall the loop is on the left as you ride up the initial track. Do you take the first left option or do you continue on and take the second left option (as the track continues onto Whangamata as I recall via MTB).
How long is the loop and how long typically does it take?
Unfortunatley we are still only at two riders.

How about you Scott, fancy another day off work riding? Come on if your reading this I know your interested ha ha!

What about you Caveweta, are you in?

Are you sure you don't fancy going Sat???

can you post a bit of detail on what the course is like, after you've been there. It's all a bit unclear what it's like and I'm real keen to go soon, so all/any info would be cool.

Anyway, if anyone can answer some of Danger's questions above, that would help too.

[Danger]

Yeah I will report back. At this stage its still a Friday ride, it suits my riding mate and there will be less other trail users. This dry weather can't last forever so I think this will be a great opportunity to tackle it when it should be a little less extreme.