Kia ora and welcome to the MOUNTAIN BIKE ROTORUA update for the week finishing Sunday April 27th Here we let you know what’s happening at the amazing WHAKAREWAREWA-REDWOOD FOREST mountain bike park, regarding events, trail conditions & recommendations, and we will include the long range weather forecasts to help you get the most from your weekends. ---CURRENT FOREST CONDITIONS--- Easter weekend saw mother nature release the rain shed been holding back for the last 3 months. Last weekend was a fun mudfest with thousands of people getting out there and hitting the trails. The last two days have seen a decent amount of sun so the trails are starting to dry out quickly. Heres the forecast for the rest of the week: WED - Early AM fog clearing into a fine day (17) THU - Cloud increasing with a chance of showers in the late afternoon (17) FRI - Cloudy with a chance of light showers (18) ---OUTLOOK FOR THE WEEKEND--- Saturday should be 18 degrees, mainly fine ,light winds. Sunday 17 degrees with a few showers possible. ---TRAIL RECOMMENDATIONS--- Its school holiday time and one of the classic trails you can try out is the DIPPER track. Fun for all ability levels from beginner kids to pro riders, the Dipper is consistently one of the most popular tracks in our beloved forest network. Heres a cool edit from Eivomedia showing our old mate and Banshee Bikes Factory Team rider Matt Walker busting it out on a Grade 2 trail...its also a part of the NDURO 24hr race starting this Anzac Friday (see below) vimeo/64685985 ---UPCOMING EVENTS--- *GIANT & GLOWORM 24HRS OF NDURO – Anzac Weekend, April 25-26 2014. Giant Bicycles and the Gloworm 24hrs of Nduro is coming on Anzac Weekend. It is shaping up to be a true ANZAC battle with 15 Australian Solo riders crossing the ditch to claim the 2014 Gloworm Lights 24hrs of Nduro title. ONLINE ENTRIES OPEN ON NOW. Thanks to Giant Bikes NZ, Nduro are giving away a mountain bike prize of epic proportion. The prize pack includes a limited edition Anthem 27.5 mountain bike, 2 nights luxury accommodation at the Holiday along with $150 spending cash + much more. Value $5000NZD To win this you MUST enter into the the 24hrs of Nduro before March 31st 2014. nduro24.co.nz *TRIPLE CROWN 2014 It’s on again. The longest running Enduro event in the World, New Zealand, North Island, Central North Island is on again on Sunday 4th May 2014, now in its 7th year! Once again it will be downhillers & xc racers fighting for honours, but added into the mix this year will be uber popular Enduro class of racers to spice things up. Tracks this year will be: · K2 (now only grade 4 due to someone cutting the roots out at the start), · Hot X Buns and into bunny jugs · Tihi O Tawa and onto Billy T · The new trail Kataore which will take us down to the finish at the Blue lake for a cold beer, hot chips and maybe a cold swim. To keep up with the plethora of other enduro style races, we have added in an extra stage – that’s 4 stages for the price of 3. Note that if its too wet we might have to re think the use of Kataore as it’s a new track and in the wet it’s pretty slippery. Entry is $30 and for this you’ll get 2 shuttle uplifts, hot chip sammies at the finish, a cold beer, loads of spot prizes and cash prizes for the winners (all entry money goes back into the race). As in previous years, you’ll need to be a Rotorua Mtn Bike club member (as this race is put on my the club for club members), but its only $30 – a small price to pay for the smug look you can wear on your face knowing that you have contributed to the awesome Whakarewarewa trail network. Entries out soon – keep a look out here and on the Rotorua Mountain Bike website Numbers limited to 54 (the amount that will fit into 2 Southstar shuttle buses) so get in quick https://facebook/events/266759076827488/ *ROTORUA MOUNTAIN BIKE CLUB –TRAIL MAINTENANCE DAYS - First weekend of every month!* The awesome Rotorua Mountain Bike Club are re-instating monthly trail maintenance days - back to the first weekend of the month. *SOUTHSTAR SHUTTLES – School Holidays means more options to shuttle!* The Southstar Adventures Shuttle service is a great way to get to the peak of the forest without having to pedal to the top yourself. A great way for intermediate/advanced/expert and Downhill riders to experience higher more technical trails, these buses are very cool. On a weather dependant basis the Shuttle options are: 1) Every fine weather day of the NZ school holidays you will see at least 1 bus on duty, available to the general public with pickups at 9.30am and 1pm at Mountain Bike Rotorua, while the rest of the day has continuous pickup service at the intersection of Hill and Pipeline Rds in the forest. 2) Wed night shuttles 3.30pm till dark and available for general public. 3) Sat & Sun Weekend shuttles 9.30 – 3.30pm pickups at 9.30am and 1pm at Mountain Bike Rotorua while the rest of the day has continuous pickup service at the intersection of Hill and Pipeline Rds in the forest. 4) Private Hire Shuttle options are also available on request too email the MTB Rotorua Manager [email protected] for more info. …and that’s this week’s report. Cheers The MTBros
Posted on: Tue, 22 Apr 2014 11:54:50 +0000
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