russel rides: Archive

Bikes, Beer and BBQ

Bikes So over the past weekend Zane (the biker and brewer) was in town. After a couple of missions down south, this time he ventured north to check out the tracks round Welly and explore the craft beer bars around the capital. Friday Friday dawned wet. But by mid morning all trace of the rain had gone and it was starting to dry out. We piled in the wagon and headed up to Makara Peak....

Jan 29th

Jan 1st

New Year, New Title

A little review over my paltry number of posts revels I don’t rant much, so time for a name change. So it is now Russel Rides as I’d like to keep a log of some of my MTBing adventures. Hopefully I can do better than a post every two months. Time will tell.

Dec 30th

Jul 22nd

RMA and WCC District Plan #fail #wellywoodsign

Wellington City Council officers deemed the consent could be granted without public consultation because the sign met district plan guidelines. Taken from stuff.co.nz article If you want to build a deck close to a boundary, start a business from home, or subdivide your property then you may need to get a resource consent and go through a consultation process. According to the WCC’s own...

May 22nd

Easter Biking Mission

Easter was an opportunity to catch up with Zane and some more exploring on the bike. I’d been looking forward to this trip for sometime, basically ever since my last jaunt down south. Zane loves technical single track, and whilst I find some of the riding he likes really challenging, I do love getting into the bush. This trip we had a bit more time. 5 days over Easter to ride ourselves...

Apr 30th

Dun Mountain and Coppermine Saddle

Trail map (Tracks.org.nz) This was my favorite ride of the trip. After a bit a slow start (the beer at the Upper Moutere Pub is bloody good), Zane and I parked up in Nelson and headed along Brook Street and headed up at one of the many entrances onto the Dun Mountain walkway. Dun Mountain trail is built on New Zealand’s first railway, so the gradient is great. We spun up the first part of...

Apr 30th

Involution

Trail Map (Tracks.org.nz) This is a new trail that as trail builders, Zane and I were keen to check out. You have a pretty healthy slog up a forestry road to get to the Glider launch, not granny gear, but still steeper than the pack tracks like the Wakamarina. We followed the instructions as per the tracks.org.nz description from the Glider take off. It appears that this is the long cut. For...

Apr 30th

Wakamarina and Doom Creek

Trail map (NZ Topo Maps) Friday morning dawned crystal clear. One of Zane’s riding buddies from Chch met up with us and we headed off to Wakamarina. As we had 2 vans, we planned to set up for the big shuttle. After dropping Mike’s spaceship off at the Wakamarina valley end, we headed back round the start. To get to the start of ride you need to pass through a forestry road....

Apr 30th

White's Bay

Trail Map (NZ Topo Maps) White’s Bay is pretty much the first bay as you go north from Rarangi into Port Underwood. This is a really pretty spot. The campground is nice and quiet, and all the facilities are provided for by the Surf Club (flush loos!!). You can rent the entire club house out for $50 per night, which is a deal as it sleeps ten and has a million dollar view. The loop...

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about.me

Yes it is true. It really is all about.me

Dec 2nd