Lake Chalice / Mt Patriarch?

[JATZ]

Mate I couldn't believe you could ride with tyres that slick. Ok I guess we'll be taking turns pushing

Momentum is everything

[topo]

Momentum is KEY!!!!!!!

[CrazyFrog]

Crazy's got it sorted, the rain gods are being slayed as we speak and we're gonna meet at the Northbank Rd intersection at 9am. . Bring on the weekend!

How about we push this out to 10am for your Blenhiem crew to meet at Northbank Rd Highway int, which will give the Nelson riders more time to get over there....Boys, it's still winter, dark and chilly at 7.00am!!! Yeah I'm soft, turn it up.
Gives us an option to take road over (less time) or Mangatapu for the keen ones -they'll need half hour more. Any suggested meeting time in Nelson anyone? Perhaps 8am for Mangatapu riders, 8.30 for roadies.

[buggsubique]

Yeah, whatever works, 10am sounds good. Weather looks like it will be fine too - although the metservice have been getting it wrong here lately...

[NordieBoy]

Hang on aren't you coming 3rd?

3rd after 3 rounds.

My cunning plan is to race 1 race of a 4 race series and get a trophy

[NordieBoy]

Gives us an option to take road over (less time) or Mangatapu for the keen ones -they'll need half hour more. Any suggested meeting time in Nelson anyone? Perhaps 8am for Mangatapu riders, 8.30 for roadies.

That should make it 9am at Pelorus then

[buggsubique]

Well it's pretty cold over here and I see there is snow on the hills around Okaramio / Kaituna and snow cloud pretty much covering all other hills around here! Met service reckons it'll be fine tomorrow though.

I'm still keen to shoot up for a look see - if it's snowed in then we could still come back a few k's and head through Onamalutu's forest tracks / roads.

Bring some tread and mittens would be my recommendations.

Oh, I think Havelock is out of gas too, so might pay for the Nelson lads to come through to Renwick to fill up? Just a couple of K's past our meeting spot anyway.

[CrazyFrog]

Yeah, plenty snow here too, could be a cold one.
I might have tyre tread issues, I can't get to the bike shop today to get the tyre changed, but I'll give the track a crack anyway, could be entertaining for spectators! Heated grips going on tonight. Mmmm, warm hands.

[zeRax]

damn, i want heated grips , anyone tried those oxford heated grip wraps?

[topo]

Just heard from "family" whose house look's a mt Patriarch from the wairau valley, they currently have 150mm of snow on their front deck and snow is still falling. possibly another derstination is in order? franch pass, or somewhere nearer to sealevel perhaps.

[JATZ]

See you 's tomorrow then

[zeRax]

that much snow on their front deck o_O

[Padmei]

I would be happy with a ride anywhere reasonalbly close by. There seems like shitloads of snow around looking at the front of tonites paper. What do you others think?

If it's still shitty tomm morning I may pull the pin & do a short ride around here. I don't fancy slipping around all day - May be too expensive

[JATZ]

Just heard from "family" whose house look's a mt Patriarch from the wairau valley, they currently have 150mm of snow on their front deck and snow is still falling. possibly another derstination is in order? franch pass, or somewhere nearer to sealevel perhaps.

Mt P might be a bit ambitious then ?

Totranui then ? maybe a gallop into birds clearing on the way ?

Any other sugestions ?

And I won't have to get out of bed so early

[topo]

How abt coffee at frence pass that way if anyone wants to go further there's plenty of extra road to be had out the sounds. also abt half way for both nelson and blenheim guys.