North Auckland Street Skills - NASS

[TheDemonLord]

I might be along - have no problem with whether its a Knee Scraping Tight n Twisty road (to teach learners how corner on the open road properly) or the usual jaunt along Riverhead.

[Maha]

Sounds ok if you ride it at your own pace, its fine, day light and plenty of stuff to practice your observational skills and low speed
cornering, a good mental hurdle for you too by the sounds, just think it through before u start and ride your own ride.

Ridge road is great and probably has the most bends for any road of that length (not a lot of straight bits). Pine needles are more evident on Paremoremo road and only ''dangerous'' when it's wet.

[Juniper]

People seem to have this misconception that any road is learner friendly if done slow enough. But as a learner I can tell you that is not true. My first 25 scared the bejesus out of me and I grandmaed it around it.

You can learn to corner properly on a laned road that's big enough for you and another car coming the other way. Peak and Old North are perfectly fine with their 35's and 45's well posted and wide enough to cater for cars coming the opposite direction.

[buggerit]

People seem to have this misconception that any road is learner friendly if done slow enough. But as a learner I can tell you that is not true. My first 25 scared the bejesus out of me and I grandmaed it around it.

You can learn to corner properly on a laned road that's big enough for you and another car coming the other way. Peak and Old North are perfectly fine with their 35's and 45's well posted and wide enough to cater for cars coming the opposite direction.

You cant always know what you are going to encounter on rides on new roads,who cares if you nana around a corner, its
part of learning, sometimes you just have to extend yourself a little more than you may like to improve and gain confedence.
Lets see you put your low speed car park practice to use,you CAN do it.

[Braden]

What is the current meeting spot?
Pretty keen to do something with this weather.

[nzspokes]

People seem to have this misconception that any road is learner friendly if done slow enough. But as a learner I can tell you that is not true. My first 25 scared the bejesus out of me and I grandmaed it around it.

You can learn to corner properly on a laned road that's big enough for you and another car coming the other way. Peak and Old North are perfectly fine with their 35's and 45's well posted and wide enough to cater for cars coming the opposite direction.

In riding NZ roads there are many that have the traits you mention. Maha is right in saying that there is no problem with the road. If you are getting frights then look at your road position and observation. Stay out wider and look through the corner before tipping in.

[p.dath]

Check out the first post.

[Big Dog]

In riding NZ roads there are many that have the traits you mention. Maha is right in saying that there is no problem with the road. If you are getting frights then look at your road position and observation. Stay out wider and look through the corner before tipping in.

All well and good once you have the principles of riding down. I personally would not take an absolute learner to a road that technical.

I rode worse when I was learning how to ride. I have never turned back from a road because of condition or difficulty. I survived. That does not mean the best way to learn how to swim is chuck someone off the Waiheke ferry rabidly shouting "swim Forrest, swim".

When I used to lead this ride I took people down that road a few times.
When all riders present knew what was ahead and agreed they had the skills and experience that they were confident to go.

Usually people who had at least done emergency braking and cornering drills and had a briefing on lane position an sight lines.


Some of those corners are a very bad place to learn you don't know about lane position or sight lines. Or worse that you do t know how to emergency brake.

All depends on the skill of the learner. Some who have not done their first thousand k I would. Not many.


Stupid phone / Tapatalk, apologies in advance.

[Juniper]

In riding NZ roads there are many that have the traits you mention. Maha is right in saying that there is no problem with the road. If you are getting frights then look at your road position and observation. Stay out wider and look through the corner before tipping in.

Have you seen the 30km part of ridge road? There is no staying wide as the 2 way road Is the same width as a single western motorway lane.

I do not think it an appropriate road for the level of riders that NASS often attracts. As in people riding less than a month.
As I have already said there are other roads with suitably tight corners that are safer for a learning environment.

[Braden]

Check out the first post.

I take it you were talking to me? Doesn't really say

Where: Meet at Shell Westgate or Albany Noel Lemming Carpark (Check thread for updates)

[Mongolian]

I take it you were talking to me? Doesn't really say

Where: Meet at Shell Westgate or Albany Noel Lemming Carpark (Check thread for updates)

Hi Braden,

The meeting point is Z westgate

[Braden]

Hi Braden,

The meeting point is Z westgate

Great, Thanks.

[Pound]

Have you seen the 30km part of ridge road? There is no staying wide as the 2 way road Is the same width as a single western motorway lane.

I do not think it an appropriate road for the level of riders that NASS often attracts. As in people riding less than a month.
As I have already said there are other roads with suitably tight corners that are safer for a learning environment.

Agree with this.

As a fairly new and low skilled rider myself, I do not feel confident on these sorts of roads.

[Juniper]

And just my damn luck I'm still hanging round watching people spit wine.

[Juniper]

Going straight to carpark cause I won't be leaving here for another 20