2008 WORLDS... Sabine at the Jade Factory has donated a beautiful pounamu pendant to present to 2008 World Singlespeed Champs organizer in Napa, Curtis Inglis. PHOTOS.
• Rick Todd has designed a cool RSSS cap. Just $25 but you have to order by September 14 - one size fits all. DESIGN & DETAILS .
• The RSSS and New Zealand Singlespeed Champs are providing two places in the 2009 Champs next Anzac Weekend to the top one-cog riders in the Auckland MTB Club's Spring Series. You can download entry forms as pdfs at the bottom of the page. MORE INFORMATION.
• Saturday July 5:The Rotorua Singlespeed Society presented a Poker Run on OLD CHEVY
Prizes: $100 from Zippy Central for best hand plus great spot prizes from Burger Fuel, Niner Bikes, Galaxy United Travel, Nzo and J A Russell.
Followed by a big night at the Pig & Whistle on the corner of Haupapa and Tutanekai Streets - with a quick fire auction of some great swag donated by Bike Vegas, Dave Judson, Graeme Murray, Forte Body, Agroventures and Marcello Ojerio.
Money raised at the poker run and auction and all takings from the upstairs bar at the Pig has gone to 08 NZ Champs, Garth Weinberg and Anika Smail's airfares and to subsidize the rental of the Napa Cape House (Napa Kiwi House from August 21-25) for the 2008 World Singlespeed Champs in Napa, in California, USA on August 24.
Thanks to everyone raced in the Poker Run, spent money at the Pig and bid at the auction.
A great generous, community effort!
• 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
