Wellington Rideouts - Where next?

[junkmanjoe]

basically - go to martinborough and go south down Haurangi Rd
you can't miss it - its the big ugly nasty mean mofo of a hill at the end of the trail
be a piece of piss on your rmz

have a look here for our last serious attempt

but if he makes it up..it wouldn't count, if his bike is not road legal.
that be just cheating...

JMJ

[motor_mayhem]

But I'd still enjoy it.

Would it count if i tape a piece of card with alphanumerics and paint some orange dots on the side?

I am looking into switch my road bike for a dual purpose but they're quite expensive...

[junkmanjoe]

when ya go up clear the rocks away, so we can make it up...that be real good of ya..

[pampa]

Yesterday went for a ride at lunch, location Red rocks all the way to the light house. Awesome lunch ride. Some pics







It took me about 1 hour 15' mins from CBD and back. The sand was very soft a light fresh wind on a otherwise hot day. A few turists and 4WD on the way. Non-stop till the lighthouse quick rest and enjoy the outdoors. Brilliant.

Anybody keen to have a good at lunch time?

Cheers,
Pablo

[Waihou Thumper]

Can you ride the other side of the harbour towards Lake Ferry? I know you can't get all the way around? But on the way back from the Dusty Butt on the ferry I saw a mountain biker towards the light house......
By the way, I see some great tracks out that way, nice ride by the looks of it, would be good in a howling southerly I bet...

[Eddieb]

No you can't, walking & MTB only, I've heard of 4x4 clubs getting access through there but I don't know how.

[pampa]

Can you ride the other side of the harbour towards Lake Ferry? I know you can't get all the way around? But on the way back from the Dusty Butt on the ferry I saw a mountain biker towards the light house......
By the way, I see some great tracks out that way, nice ride by the looks of it, would be good in a howling southerly I bet...

ITs very nice, especially when is dry as it makes the sand more fun. I was ok but on a heavier bike it may be likely you can get stuck on the sand

No you can't, walking & MTB only, I've heard of 4x4 clubs getting access through there but I don't know how.

Agree with you, gone bit further past the light house on MTB myself, really nice area and would be nice to go on motorbike

[Woody2]

No you can't, walking & MTB only, I've heard of 4x4 clubs getting access through there but I don't know how.

We had our christmas function at pencarrrow station which is down that road (locked gate through from eastbourne) I think you would have to apply through Wellington Regional council for access (if they give allow access).

[pampa]

Yesterday I have a few hours free to ride, so after a last minute call to Twisty we decided to head to Karapoti to the top of the rock garden. Not actually go down though .

But what was going to be a short run ended up with my first puncture, luckily I had almost everything including spare tube. Problem was my high pressure pump was very slow, and I put another hold to the new tube ... anyway it was a long while to get all sorted on a very hot day in the bush. A couple of mountain bikers provided us with a better pump and helped which was very welcome.

Couple of pics







Cheers,
Pampa

[Howie]

Well I've finally uploaded all my photo's from the south island trip Andy and I did and they can be found Here We had a fairly good trip, the weather was great apart from being very hot at times. Here are a few Photo's from the trip.



Andy with his bike all tied down on the ferry.



The sign says Maumgatapu track closed, oh well that can't apply to us as we want the maungatapu track. Has anybody heard of this Maumgatapu track somewhere off the Maungatapu?




Andy as we near Jacks pass.




The view on friday morning as we headed into lake Sumner.



Andy giving the thumbs up as he rides past.

[Howie]

man those WR's can kick up some dust.



The Number to ring to gain the combination to the locked gate, although it is quite easy to ride around the gate on a bike.



The view looking back along the track towards Lake Sumner.



Andy in action again on the way back out from lake Sumner.



The Head of Loch Katrine on the way back out.

[Howie]

On Saturday it was meet up with those going into Clarence river reserve, as there is a seperate thread for that trip I'll just put up a couple of scenic pic's



Heading up towards Blind saddle on the way in.



The view North after leaving Quail flat.



The view looking up Seymour stream on the way back out.




looking back towards Seymour stream on the climb back up to Blind saddle.

[Howie]

Andy left to head home Saturday night, while I stayed in Kaikoura and headed home on Sunday via Molesworth, and Taylors pass.




Looking at the Sunset across south bay in Kaikoura towars the seaward Kaikoura's, we probably rode through one of those saddles earlier in the day.




Looking back at the fog I had ridden through since leaving Kaikoura on Sunday. I ended up back in it to as soon as I descended from the hill I was on.



the view looking up Jollies pass after having breakfast in Hamner springs.



The Clarence river again.



Looking back down at the Severn river? on the Molesworth road.



Just after crossing the Hooder bridge on the way out from molesworth station heading towards Taylor pass.

[Howie]

I really enjoyed the trip as I hadn't ridden any of the tracks/ gravel roads before, The only down bit was I wasn't feeling that well on Saturday, and think I'd dehydrated myself a bit over the previous 2 days. If you haven't done any of these routes before they are differently worth doing.

Next year I might look at organising a ride down on a weekend the Clarence reserve is open, and maybe camping in there to have more time to explore the area.

Cheers

Paul

[Woodman]

Good work........