Gisborne to Wairoa

**Maha** · 9th June 2011, 16:08

...or more specifically...Tiniroto Rd instead of the coast rd...looks mint?
Just sussing out some roads for 3-4 day look around.
Waioeka/Matawai is a calling as are some bike friendly roads in the southern Waikato..

Anyone care to comment on Tiniroto rd?..

http://maps.google.co.nz/maps?f=d&so...,1.229095&z=10

Planned route...
Day one:http://maps.google.co.nz/maps?f=d&so...6,2.458191&z=9
Day two:http://maps.google.co.nz/maps?f=d&so...,0.614548&z=11
Day three:http://maps.google.co.nz/maps?f=d&so...4,2.458191&z=9
Day four:http://maps.google.co.nz/maps?f=d&so...6,2.458191&z=9

**Mom** · 9th June 2011, 17:51

Originally Posted by Maha

Just sussing out some roads for 3-4 day look around.
Waioeka/Matawai is a calling as are some bike friendly roads in the southern Waikato..

Oh really? Can we stay at that B&B again

**Gremlin** · 9th June 2011, 18:54

Tiniroto Rd is an excellent ride. If it's your first run through, definitely recommend during the day, as there are very few sign posts and reflective boards indicating where the road goes.

From memory, there are several corners that look deceptively shallow, and then tighten right up...

**KoroJ** · 9th June 2011, 19:42

Originally Posted by Gremlin

Tiniroto Rd is an excellent ride. ...

.....as long as there's no GN250's around!

**Mom** · 9th June 2011, 19:48

Originally Posted by Gremlin

If it's your first run through, definitely recommend during the day, as there are very few sign posts and reflective boards indicating where the road goes.

From memory, there are several corners that look deceptively shallow, and then tighten right up...

Geeze Gremlin, are there no roads you have not ridden all hours of the day and night

This will be a definate daytime ride

**Maha** · 9th June 2011, 20:50

Originally Posted by Gremlin

Tiniroto Rd is an excellent ride. If it's your first run through, definitely recommend during the day, as there are very few sign posts and reflective boards indicating where the road goes.

From memory, there are several corners that look deceptively shallow, and then tighten right up...

Ok then its on the list.....

I understand theres a quaint pub at Tiniroto (that is an actual place right?

)

**nothingflash** · 9th June 2011, 20:53

Originally Posted by Maha

Ok then its on the list.....

I understand theres a quaint pub at Tiniroto (that is an actual place right?

)

Yep - that's where Shane Cameron hails from... Great road - much better than SH2

**Ender EnZed** · 9th June 2011, 21:53

Originally Posted by Maha

Anyone care to comment on Tiniroto rd?..

It has more corners and less traffic than the alternative. What more do you need to know?

**yod** · 9th June 2011, 22:05

Great road but a lot rougher than SH2, also had a fuckload of cow shit when I went through but that was probably just my bad luck!

**Gremlin** · 10th June 2011, 02:59

Originally Posted by KoroJ

.....as long as there's no GN250's around!

Originally Posted by Mom

Geeze Gremlin, are there no roads you have not ridden all hours of the day and night

Yep... heaps. Once you factor in all the gravel roads in the middle of nowhere and in the middle of the forest, there is still a lot of the country to ride

Originally Posted by Maha

Ok then its on the list.....

I understand theres a quaint pub at Tiniroto (that is an actual place right?

)

No clue... it can't be more than 100km long, probably more like 50km, so there's absolutely no reason to stop

And yes, Tiniroto is a place. Just don't blink.

**ynot slow** · 10th June 2011, 09:29

Do the loop,best of both worlds,sh2 and Tiniroto rd,back to Gissy,and Waioka(sp)ridden twice.

**Maha** · 10th June 2011, 13:08

Originally Posted by ynot slow

Do the loop,best of both worlds,sh2 and Tiniroto rd,back to Gissy,and Waioka(sp)ridden twice.

Will be taking in Pirongia/Te Kuiti/Bennydale/Mangakino/Ngakuru/Waiatapu/Murupara/Galatea/Matahina/Opotiki/Gisborne/Napier/Home....1400kms with some nice pubs along the way..

**Blackbird** · 10th June 2011, 14:41

Your proposed route is my old stamping ground!

Did Tiniroto Road last year in daylight and there's beautiful scenery down that way. Lots of deciduous trees on the road edge so could be quite slippery and green at present. Came through there on the Grand Challenge last October at about midnight. There were slips everywhere and it was decidedly scary! The road north of Galatea might be a bit green too where it runs through the Matahina forest but with normal care will be ok. It's spectacularly pretty through there and worth stopping at the Matahina Dam.

Murapara is a dump - felt quite uncomfortable there when I stopped for gas once. The turn you'll take though is just before Murapara itself.

Have a great trip!

**Maha** · 10th June 2011, 14:53

Originally Posted by Blackbird

Your proposed route is my old stamping ground!

Did Tiniroto Road last year in daylight and there's beautiful scenery down that way. Lots of deciduous trees on the road edge so could be quite slippery and green at present. Came through there on the Grand Challenge last October at about midnight. There were slips everywhere and it was decidedly scary! The road north of Galatea might be a bit green too where it runs through the Matahina forest but with normal care will be ok. It's spectacularly pretty through there and worth stopping at the Matahina Dam.

Murapara is a dump - felt quite uncomfortable there when I stopped for gas once. The turn you'll take though is just before Murapara itself.

Have a great trip!

Fingers crossed the weather will be fine when we do this trip (Labour weekend)
I lived in Rotorua for many years, did alot of work out Murupara/Kaiangaroa/Galatea way.
Just never been there on a bike.
I have even stayed at the Bennydale pub for a night or two, did some flooring at the school in about 84'...