Canterbury Wednesday Night Ride

[BEAMER89]

l was looking forward to finally going for anther WN ride with you guys but l crashed my bike on Monday in Kaikoura after a awesome week away at the Pukekohe classic motorcycle racing. i have a broken wrist, sprained ankle and lots of bumps and bruises (not even allowed to drive) see you guys in a few weeks.

[cruza]

Ok , few txt replys back . make end point sp8's ferrymead for a change?
old taitapu rd, gebbies pass , summit rd? down hill at kiwi, round bays too tunnel, thru tunnel, down to round about , right to ferrymead.


Sound ok?

[KiwiPhoenix]

l was looking forward to finally going for anther WN ride with you guys but l crashed my bike on Monday in Kaikoura after a awesome week away at the Pukekohe classic motorcycle racing. i have a broken wrist, sprained ankle and lots of bumps and bruises (not even allowed to drive) see you guys in a few weeks.

Bugger! How are you feeling? (silly question, I know but hey)

[BEAMER89]

Hay Donna, lm not to bad a bit sore, lm more warried about my bike they wouldnt let me have a look over the bike before l was pushed into the ambulance. A local Kaikoura guy's got it locked up in his shed and is going to bring it down to Chch on Sat for me cant wait

[KiwiPhoenix]

Hay Donna, lm not to bad a bit sore, lm more warried about my bike they wouldnt let me have a look over the bike before l was pushed into the ambulance. A local Kaikoura guy's got it locked up in his shed and is going to bring it down to Chch on Sat for me cant wait

Rest up and take it easy. Give me a yell if you need anything! You'll see the bike soon enough, fingers crossed for you!

[Jally Bean]

Ok , few txt replys back . make end point sp8's ferrymead for a change?
old taitapu rd, gebbies pass , summit rd? down hill at kiwi, round bays too tunnel, thru tunnel, down to round about , right to ferrymead.


Sound ok?

Yeay sounds good to me except for the summit rd bit (I am scaredy cat if there is pea gravel up there...)

[Jally Bean]

l was looking forward to finally going for anther WN ride with you guys but l crashed my bike on Monday in Kaikoura after a awesome week away at the Pukekohe classic motorcycle racing. i have a broken wrist, sprained ankle and lots of bumps and bruises (not even allowed to drive) see you guys in a few weeks.

Dammit that's no good

[neels]

Sounds good if the weather holds out.

I'd be keen for old tai tapu, gebbies, to speights ferrymead for an easy ride home. With the young fella probably round the bays rather than the the summit road, but either way will get you there.

[brp]

l was looking forward to finally going for anther WN ride with you guys but l crashed my bike on Monday in Kaikoura after a awesome week away at the Pukekohe classic motorcycle racing. i have a broken wrist, sprained ankle and lots of bumps and bruises (not even allowed to drive) see you guys in a few weeks.

Sorry to hear that - what happened ? (Anything others can learn from)

[Emlyn]

Ok , few txt replys back . make end point sp8's ferrymead for a change?
old taitapu rd, gebbies pass , summit rd? down hill at kiwi, round bays too tunnel, thru tunnel, down to round about , right to ferrymead.


Sound ok?

Sounds great, I think I remember the way!!

[BEAMER89]

Sorry to hear that - what happened ? (Anything others can learn from)

Someone warned me years ago and now l guess they were right

When you go through the tunnels in Kaikoura beware that there can be a small build up of loose stones/pebbles between the car tire tracks on the entry, it happened so quick but the car following me said thats what l hit before going down.

[brp]

Someone warned me years ago and now l guess they were right

When you go through the tunnels in Kaikoura beware that there can be a small build up of loose stones/pebbles between the car tire tracks on the entry, it happened so quick but the car following me said thats what l hit before going down.

Be like you were rocking and rolling on marbles, cheers for the heads up. Tar gets pretty smooth through there in parts to, be horrendous on wet day.

As the old cliche "You still alive main thing"

[cruza]

Be like you were rocking and rolling on marbles, cheers for the heads up. Tar gets pretty smooth through there in parts to, be horrendous on wet day.

Even when I'm running back empty in truck and trailer , I have to watch it if there is drizzle or light rain , on some of those sections , very easy to slide and have brake lock ups on trailer.

hope bike isn't to bad, and just minor repairs needed.

[cruza]

Yeay sounds good to me except for the summit rd bit (I am scaredy cat if there is pea gravel up there...)

i'm happy to do either way, neels looks to be going round the bays with his son , both options have similar ride times, so not a biggie, long as i get a ride

[FJRider]

Someone warned me years ago and now l guess they were right

When you go through the tunnels in Kaikoura beware that there can be a small build up of loose stones/pebbles between the car tire tracks on the entry, it happened so quick but the car following me said thats what l hit before going down.

The trailer units of trucks can drag any loose stuff from the road edge. So the stones aren't always only between the wheel tracks.

Heading south ... trucks with trailers pull hard to the left to get more clearance for their trailers to turn into the tunnels. NOT to allow bikes/cars to pass. Dont get caught out ... the drivers will be looking ahead. Not in the mirrors.