Nelson Rideouts - Where next?

[alane]

Mackley was low

Did you have to pay @ Iron bridge?

Was Nordie faceing Mecca ,& how did he find the direction,when he was preying over his wheel?.----Or---is he of some other faith??

Is,nt there a new mine opening up on the plateau,----is there any action there yet?

[Padmei]

Can someone please put together a halfarsed ride report please? 13hrs? maybe i won't do it on Wednesday.

[NordieBoy]

Can someone please put together a halfarsed ride report please? 13hrs? maybe i won't do it on Wednesday.

420km for me.

9am to 8pm including the puncture and having to ride slowly.

I'd think that 7am to 5pm would be easily doable.

[Woodman]

I,m a big fan of leaving early just in case shit like flat tyres,drownings etc happen.

Its a good track aye.

[pete-blen]

Can someone please put together a halfarsed ride report please? 13hrs? maybe i won't do it on Wednesday.

12hrs rideing + 1hr watching Nordie fix that dam tyre...
Not a place to ride on yer own...
Ever noticed how steep hills don't look so steep
in a picture..
One thing that was unreal was the coal seams in
the banks where the roads had been cut though
2 + metres thick.... Rideing on coal was something new..
Black coal dust version of mud was slipprey... Had the front & rear wheel
go in diffrent direction at one stage..

A great place for a ride...


Edit....
I did leave at 7:10am as I done the Porika & Braeburn on the way to murch..

[NordieBoy]

The NADS (Pete_blen, umopom, rigley, underground, NordieBoy) left the Richmond Mobil on the dot of 9:07am.
Except for Rigley...
Caltex in Hope is not Mobil Richmond...

Umopom was getting cold so we branched off onto Elvys Rd and then onto Big Bush Rd, coming out on the Glenhope straight before Huha Backpackers.
A bit of fun on road tyre pressures.

Peeled off by the Iron Bridge and lowered the tyre pressures. Gravel time. The gate was open and the track was in good condition. Only a couple of muddy bits to cause excitement. The Mackley was very low, not even axle deep. The descent down to it was a bit of fun as my spare fuel kept sliding forward and I ended up sitting on top of it to keep it in place. Not ideal on a steep down hill

Dumped the gas into the TT & DRZ so I wouldn't have to carry it any further and we crossed the river. (Turns out I could have made it without the extra fuel - probably).
Rigley didn't even come off with 5 cameras pointed at him...

Overcast all the way through, so almost perfect riding conditions.

The climb up Mt Rochfort to the TV tower was cool. Lots of different surfaces but as I'd elected to not put in my ear plugs for this bit, I could hear every rattle and clank from the bike. Not nice.
Much better on the way back down.

The views from the top would be spectacular if it wasn't foggy.

It was foggy.

We headed off to the Denniston Incline to have a look. Pete thought he'd take a shortcut on a tight left hander. I didn't know an XR250 could pull up so quickly on a grass verge. Nice panic braking mate

The incline was very coaly and incliney, not to mention rusty.

The bowling green was cool. Not sure why they've got a roller up there though. It was hard enough to walk on it.

Stopped on the way back for a quick gander at a bit of the burning mine.

Only 2 people fell off on the way back. No names but how do you say "the front washed out" in Brum? The other managed a single handed dismount right at the exit of the Mackley.

Somewhere on the way back I punctured the rear without noticing it 'till checking and finding a absence of pressure at the Iron Bridge.

Tube replaced near Big Deep Creek and 25w the 80's finest lighting saw me home.

I wanna go on Anzac Day too.

[Padmei]

Good stuff. So def sounds like Snotso material.
Hmmm. If others are def keen on going on Wednesday then I will ponder it for a day or so before commiting.
Any shortcuts along the way? Or maybe leave early. The bit about Umopom getting cold worries me tho. A cold padmei is a grumpy padmei

I am def going riding on Wed so maybe just cruise thru Porika, braeburn maruia return on Schmidtty if no interest. I'm not too fussed which one I do. I would like to see the incline i've heard & read about tho.

[rigley]

At least your high beam works to modern standards.

25w of 6v goodness, isn't really a hell of a lot.

The bead finally bedded around the rim locks by the time we got to Murch and went well all the way home.
Although I'll be putting a different tube in the new tyre. A 120/100 Pirelli heavy duty is a bit of a mission to install in a 120/80 tyre.

Got breathalized in Tahuna and Mr Plod says "hey, am I on tv?"

Sorry I could not stay to see you going Fran, I had a meal booked for 6.30, got back at 7,in the dog house and frozen to the core, oh well good days riding! Didn't realise my inner tube would not fit your tyre. Oh well it got you home ehh? Will sort out a time and day to square up with the 2ltrs of petrol I owe and the inner tube. Cheers, G.

[NordieBoy]

The bit about Umopom getting cold worries me tho. A cold padmei is a grumpy padmei

That was just his excuse for turning off the highway

[JATZ]

Good stuff.

I am def going riding on Wed so maybe just cruise thru Porika, braeburn maruia return on Schmidtty if no interest. I'm not too fussed which one I do. I would like to see the incline i've heard & read about tho.

If you want to take your time on the ride and aren't worried about when you go...
Mrs J and me will be going through later in the year, maybe Q.B. weekend , depending on weather and hips However it'll be a weekend ride with a ride into Big river (stay @ D.O.C. hut) and hopefully do Napoleons hill on the sunday

Still in the planning stages at this stage.

[NordieBoy]

If you want to take your time on the ride and aren't worried about when you go...
Mrs J and me will be going through later in the year, maybe Q.B. weekend , depending on weather and hips However it'll be a weekend ride with a ride into Big river (stay @ D.O.C. hut) and hopefully do Napoleons hill on the sunday

Still in the planning stages at this stage.

Yep, still gotta knock off Napoleons Hill...

[NordieBoy]

So.

Who's going Denniston way tomorrow?

[pete-blen]

So.

Who's going Denniston way tomorrow?

nar.. in ChCh 2morrow..

[Padmei]

before I forget. Did any Nads lose a LG cell phone at Hori Bay? It was on the skidder site we drop down onto the plateau off.

Secondly i have ound a shitload of DVDs - they must be Nordies but the one on top is Silk Riders. Wasn't that the one that went missing? I'll be back after the dishes

[NordieBoy]

Secondly i have ound a shitload of DVDs - they must be Nordies but the one on top is Silk Riders. Wasn't that the one that went missing? I'll be back after the dishes

What others?
I do/did have Silk Riders...