Wed 9th Jul 2008 - Thu 9th Jul 2009 Ride Rotorua is keen to list MTB and other cycling events on the EVENTS page and EVENT CALENDAR.
Please send relevant information - event name, dates, also registration and start times and an estimate of the finish time... read whole article
AUCKLAND MTB CLUB XC SPRING SERIES...
Sun 17th Aug 2008 - Sun 16th Nov 2008
A good way to get your summer race legs sorted or just have fun.
This year there is a Singlespeed category, supported by the Rotorua Singlespeed Society and the New Zealand Singlespeed Championships with two places in the 2009 Championship here in R... read whole article
2008 HIGHLANDER MTB MARATHON...
Sat 23rd Aug 2008 80-kilometres of Whaka Forest MTB heaven!
The Highlander started as a one-off, old-school one lapper back in 2002.
For the last 5 years it's been part of the NDURO Winter MTB series.
This year it stands alone again ... read whole article
MUDBUSTER DH - DATE CHANGE
Sun 31st Aug 2008 Mid-winter downhill event.
The race will be on the Taniwha Downhill track. As there are now 4 top lines and two bottom lines the combination will be revealed closer to, if not on, the day.
There will be no limit on th... read whole article
North Island Interclub Duathlon Champs
Sat 20th Sep 2008
Good things come in three's - so, it's the third time that RATs are putting on the Annual North Island Interclub Duathlon Championships...must be good!!!
The event will run as in previous years, although start time is an hour earlier...
When: read whole article
TREBLE TREAT
Sun 21st Sep 2008
Where: Summerhill Recreational Farm, Reid Road, Tauranga.
When: September 21 from 10AM.
A day of MTB racing on 3 separate courses, time trial style.
Organizer: Craig Davies, MTB Tauranga.... read whole article
PEAK2POOLS
Sun 21st Sep 2008
When: Sunday, September 21
20km easy grade downhill race from the top of the forest to the Blue Baths.
No limit on total riders, limited 120 riders shuttle from Blue Baths to Tawa Rd gate, or riders can choose to ride to the start. Pre entry by Sep... read whole article
RATs & Red Stag Kids Duathlon - NEW DATES
Sat 27th Sep 2008
Due to the weather conditions RATs postponed the Kids Duathlon on 22 June 08. To keep it out of unstable weather conditions and school holidays we decided to move it back to September.
The new date for the race is Saturday Se... read whole article
TRIPLE CROWN 08 - POSTPONED
Wed 1st Oct 2008 - Fri 31st Oct 2008 With the Forest closed on Wednesday for the second time this week, and only the third time in 10 years, the Rotorua Mountainbike Club has decided to postpone the Triple Crown race. The new date will be advised, but is likely to... read whole article
2008 WHAKA 100 MTB ULTRA MARATHON...
Sat 4th Oct 2008 The Big One, The Ultimate Test, The Whaka 100...call it whatever you like, this is one you won't want to miss!
Introduced in 2007 as part of the NDURO series' 5th anniversary, in 2008 The Whaka 100 stands alone.
As S... read whole article
2008 NATIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOLS MTB RELAY
Sat 18th Oct 2008 • When: October 18 2008
• Where: Whakarewarewa Forest, Rotorua
• All riders in each first placed team in all divisions receive an Ultimo Biking Top especially designed for the event.
Spot Prizes for Competitors.
Security ... read whole article
• LATEST... BUNNY JUGS ...is a new Club trail that runs from Red Tank Road (from between exit of Hot Cross Buns and the exit to Chinese Menu) down to Pipeline Road and then onto the exit of the National Downhill/Taniwha. OLD(ER) TRAILS GET BETTER: • OLD CHEVY - this was built in 2007 by Rick Todd and a bunch of volunteers with major help from Red McHale and the PD crews. The OC is getting a bit of a tidy-up. Lines that weren't quite right are getting improved and refined, including big bypass of a very steep section that ran into a tight left hander. This was getting badly rutted out with braking lines. • GUNNA GOTTA is part of a cluster of trails built in the last 5 years on the northern edge of the trail network that are part of a great loop - the others are A Trail and Tickler - and lead to the Red Tank, Pipeline, Direct Road intersection.
For trail builder, Dave Hutching, Gunna Gotta has been a constant work in progress to craft and improve the flow.
He's been busy recently - check it out.
• BALL & CHAIN is a track that links the south end of Nursery Road to the bottom of Hill Road taking riders off the tarseal and away from logging truck traffic on Mill Road. It's 2-way, well constructed and weather proof.
It may not be spectacular, but it's the sort of thing that is needed with the increasing numbers of MTBers heading out that way.
Great work by Red McHale wrangling the PD crews who did most of the build.
Photo: Ray & Dave at the head of the new link to 8 Mile Gate and Hill Rd
