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WE ARE THE RSSS...
1 COG & INCORPORATED SINCE NOVEMBER, 2007...
• HOME OF SINGLESPEED WORLDS 2010...
...powered by our good friends at Kiwibikes in Rotorua
and all our other great partners.
Thanks!
MORE INFORMATION
• ENTRIES FOR KIWI RIDERS ARE NOW CLOSED.
• PARTY ANIMALS AND INTERNATIONAL RIDER ENTRY STILL OPEN...
 
• 2010 AGM...THURSDAY MARCH 18 at 6PM
Was at the Pig & Whistle, cnr Haupapa and Tutanekai Streets - 2009 reviewed, plans for the coming year and finances checked out
Also: election of President, Treasurer, Secretary and 2010 Committee...done.
 
• 2009 AGM...
...was held at Pig & Whistle at 7PM on Wednesday, March 11.
Download the minutes for a summary...
 
DOWNLOAD THE MINUTES
 
 
• SSWC 2010 - ROTORUA!
Yep, it's true...VICKI & JOHN GOT RSSS THE 2010 WORLDS!!
Race day will be Saturday October 23...Entries opened at midnight (NZ Summer Time), December 31 (New Year's Eve) at SSWC10NZ
 
• ROTORUA SINGLESPEED SOCIETY (INC) 2009...
• Two loads of gravel donated to Red McHale to help re-development of Tahi, Kid's Loop and new picnic area at intersection of Hill and Larch Roads.
• Donations of $1K each to RSSS members Vicki Butterworth of Hawkes Bay and John McCartney of Queenstown to help with their travel to 2009 SS Worlds in Durango...
• September: Tahi/One trail adopted...
• August: Rock Drop trail redevelopment has started...Red McHale and the Department of Corrections crews have tidied up the climbs and the exit onto Pohutaroa Road.
The first Society working bee cut 300 metres of Grade 2/3 trail bypassing the Grade 5 first Rock Drop - then enjoyed some fine Meat Shoppe steak and spicy sausages and a couple of Speights Summits...
Oh, and apparently we've got the World Champs in 2010...
 
• APRIL 25: NZ S1NGLESPEED CHAMPS 09 WERE RUN & WON...
Tim Wilding and Annika Smail took the titles and the tattoos... everyone else had fun...
PHOTOS from the day Thanks to Graeme Murray, Mike Vincent and Mike Breen.

It was a bit cool and there was the threat of rain but around 200 riders had a ball...
Then we all went back to the Pig and had...a ball.
Thanks to all the sponsors, the volunteers who made it happen and to everyone who had a go...
 
 
  Rotorua in Gear
 
30/07/10
• latest...
forecast next 10 days...well, it is winter...
NEW TRAIL - Puarenga goes live...between Mad if you don't and Hill & Larch...
Rotorua MTB Club night racing...Wednesday at Waipa...
RATS WINTER SPIN CLASSES... every Tuesday evening...
NDURO WINTER MTB SERIES..3 big one-lappers are back in 2010...Race 3, August 15 - 25/50km...
THE RIDER'S BLOGS... with links to some of our favourites including JULIAN DEAN...
Plus a great new blog from up and coming young Rotorua XC rider DIRK PETERS...
MTBNZ 2011 NATIONALS SERIES & CHAMPS..dates announced...
ROAD CYCLING NZ...our favourite NZ roadie site, all the latest news including Tour de France...
ROSS SCHNELL IN NZ...2009 World Singlespeed champ visits our place...
The Capital of Mountainbiking: UNO. magazine features the Rotorua trails in the Winter 2010 issue...
DAWN2DUSK...gravity endurance event on June 19 - check out StyledAirtime's great video of the event...
• Redwoods Visitor Centre on facebook has regular up-to-date forest/trail updates.
• Logging operations in Chestnut and Hill Rd sector June till August.
G-ROCK may be closed during the week, open at weekends - MORE INFORMATION, MAP, PICS...

• other stuff...
GIRO D'ITALIA... a mechanic's eye view inside the Giro from Rotorua's Kris Withington with Team Garmin and the Pro Tour in Europe...
BMX WORLDS 2013...will be in Auckland!
NEW ZEALAND MOUNTAIN BIKER ISSUE 41...with features on Justin Leov and the 2010 NZ Singlespeed Champs in Queenstown...
BIKE CULTURE CREW...go mad in Whirinaki!
IHC LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS... to introduce people with disabilities to cycling...

• singlespeed worlds '10
October 23...powered by Kiwibikes and a bunch of great local sponsors..
over 800 entries from over 25 countries...
ALL THE NEWS...
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• trails...
ON THE TRAILS PAGES...Satellite views of some of the best - thanks to tracks.org.nz...
• Trails always need work and you can help: RMTBC WORKING BEES...

• Willkommen, Bienvenue etc...