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Rotorua Road Loops |
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Rotorua is the home of MTB in New Zealand and it's also a great place to ride the roads, with great scenery and a good mix of terrain.
Not dirt, but great if you have the road bike along for the weekend.
We'll be adding some more options to this page soon.
First up...
• Around Lake Rotorua...MAP...
You don't need a map (but if you do click on the link for Google map of Lake Rotorua now with street view).
Hit Fenton Street heading south to the big intersection.
Turn left into Amohau St and and follow the signs as if you are going to Whakatane - there is a bike lane as far as the airport.
Stooge along ignoring the Whakatane turnoff and climb over the saddle between Rotorua and Rotoiti.
Cross the bridge over Ohau Channel and take the next road on the left, signposted Hamurana.
Roll along the lakeshore, over a few bluffs, and back to the shore again for a very pleasant 8 kms until the road curves away from the water and rolls into Ngongotaha.
Straight through town, straight through the roundabout, and you are back in Rotovegas.
About 40 kms.
Many additional options: Te Waerenga Rd on the right at Hamurana, and back down Central which you enter by crossing Tauranga Direct Rd, a nice loop with spectacular views. Oturoa Rd gives you a 12 km climb to Highway 5 which you can cross for a ride across the plateau to Mamaku, then back down the very fast Dansey Rd. Cut back around Mt Ngongotaha to Paradise Valley off Highway 5 a few kms up the road from the roundabout for another quiet and interesting loop. |
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07/01/09
...the week in Rotovegas...Big 1 lappers return!
• BIKEVEGAS SUMMER CUP...Three race series of big one lappers is on again...Round 1 is on this Sunday January 11 and the COURSE MAP is up on the Nduro web site - enter online now...
• 09 BikeNZ/MTBNZ Raboplus North Island Cup Series...
Rotorua hosted the first North Island XC on Saturday January 3 - Mike Northcott of Mangakino and Rotorua's Annika Smail won the Elite categories - FULL RESULTS.
• Downhill Round 1 was on Sunday January 4, on The Taniwha - Scotland's Ben Cathro and Emmeline Ragot of France took out the Elite titles - FULL RESULTS.
• 2009 RABOPLUS NORTH & SOUTH ISLAND MTB CUPS...Rotorua will host DH North Island Cup Round 2 on Jan 16 & 17... VOLUNTEERS NEEDED...
The Whakarewarewa Forest will also be the venue for the NZ Marathon Champs in April as part of THE HIGHLANDER...
• TRAILS: Top week in Rotorua - fine and mild for the next few days.
Even with the rain since Xmas, the trails are drying out fast.
Just a little bit of mud - so, no skidding, please.
Generally, the trails are in excellent condition following a good mix of long, dry spells and a bit of rain to keep the dust down. Overgrown in places, but with rain and warmth it's perfect growing weather.
Great holiday season riding...
• WEATHER UPDATE...
COMING UP...
• AY-UP 24/12 HOURS of ROTORUA...Summer night race returns - the 24 Solo category is the qualifier for the World Champs of Adrenalin - enter now
• 2009 PIG & WHISTLE NZ SINGLESPEEDS...entries are open for the Anzac Weekend event.
• CATEYE MOONRIDE...24/12/6 hour race on May 9, 2009...
• TOP CLASS BIKE TRIALS RETURNS IN 2009... Rotorua will host the fifth and final round of the UCI Trials World Cup series...
• BIKE TRIALS 06...Take a look back at the 06 Trials World Champs in Rotorua...
• Classic New Zealand Mountain Bike Rides...Edition 7 of the legendary Kennett Bros MTB guide out now...
• NEW TRAILS:
DRAGON'S TAIL... off Red Tank Road just down from the Pipeline/Direct Road intersection and on the opposite side to Be Rude Not To.
TURKISH DELIGHT... from the end of Lion to Nursery Road between Tokorangi Pa and Katore Roads..
• IMBA TRAIL BUILDING...Definitive guide on video, on line,
on Ride Rotorua... |
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