Due to forecast thunderstorms, we have made the decision to postpone the race until next week. Hopefully the weather is more kind to us then. It should be a good night – great atmosphere, great course, and great hot soup and buns after! Look forward to seeing you all then.
We are currently working to upgrade the Arch Hill Trail network and need your help!
Dates:
Saturday 9 September 9.30am-1.00pm
Saturday 16 September 9.30am-1.00pm
Saturday 30 September 9.30am-1.00pm
Bring your own spade, pickaxe, rake if possible. Wear gumboots or sturdy shoes and bring gloves. Water bottle and snacks recommended.
Meet at the Ivanhoe Road Carpark at 9.30 or else follow the footpath to the other end and find us on the trail
Don’t forget the Arch Hill Night Rider on Wednesday 6 September!
Few of us headed up north for the Queens Birthday weekend and here are couple photos.
Waitangi MTB Park – Nicely groomed machine build trails. It is clay based so little bit slippery this time of the year but trails are well built with good drainage! There is a good amount of trails for a whole day of riding. Make sure you go talk to Johhy from Paihia Mountain Bike Rentals before the ride. He will sort you out with map, day pass and recommendation for the best trails to ride. Another article about the Waitangi MTB Park is here.
Twin Coast Cycle Trail – This is one of the latest additions to the NZ cycle trail network. It is 45min drive from Paihia to the start of the trail in Horeke. If you need shuttle just talk to Paihia Mountain Bike Rentals. We decided to tackle the whole trail in a day which ended up being 96km (including the bit from Opua to Paihia) and just under 8 hours total (6 hours riding time). If you want to take it bit slower you can easily spend the night in Kaikohe which is about half way. There was only one bigger hill to ride up but otherwise, the trail is following old railway corridor, therefore, the grades are very gentle. Plenty of scenic views and some of the old railway bridges, tunnels along the way make sit for a nice ride. The only not so good thing is the number of gates bollards and cattle stops along the way. Most of them require dismount and remount which gets bit tiring. Still enjoyable ride though!
Keen to ride from one side of NZ to the other? We’re heading on a CX mission to check out the new Twin Coast Trail. It’s an easy grade trail, so the plan is to ride the full 85km from Hokianga Harbour, with a few stops to check out the Wairere Boulders, lunch at KaiKohe, then cruise into Paihia for sunset. Bring your mountain bike as well since we’ll be checking out the trails at the Waitangi MTB park on Monday.
Map for Twin Coast Cycleway
Rough itinerary:
More details will be added to the facebook event page.
Please register your interest with events@aucklandmtb.co.nz so we can confirm numbers for the shuttle.
First shuttle running Baconator!
Secon shuttle running Native!
$20 per head (cash only)
BBQ on site, bring yer snags!!
9:30am Rego, 10:00am -2:30pm
Meet at the WMC Club House – Barlow Road entrance from Ararimu Valley Road
The Arch Hill Spin was on Sunday and was a big success. Thanks to everyone who came along and made the day so good.
