Nelson picked me up from home (where I'd been all day with a sick O, and getting the fire installed) and we parked next to the river over off the bottom of Bowenvale Ave. Headed around to and up cRapaki, first time up here since Jan. Struggle for me on the fatty and absolute ease for Nelson on his 29er. Nice cold southerly kept the heat down once we were further up. Vernon, uneventful, other than Nelson going over his bars... - he caught the front wheel badly on a rock and over he went, very suddenly. Rest of it was fine and we got to the intersection of the road and Traverse.
Options were, Scotts Knob reserve walking track, which would have been wet as, the road, or the Traverse. Sign for the Traverse said Open, but I wasn't convinced, so I checked the website which also said Open, so, off we went round this. Pretty mucky for a start. Splecky as. But, not so bad. Fatty was good on the descents, fun in fact. Top of Vic, and we dropped into the Thompsons, then down through the macs near the end of Thomson 2, onto the H.Ell track.
Very nice cruisey blast down Mr Ell's track. Rather damp and splecky in places, but a nice cruise, and no-one else met. Across Vic Park Rd, and down a little further, til we found an upward trail which took us up towards the Ranger Station, a left on the usual transit bike track (19th to crossing of Dyers Pass Rd), down this a wee way to the corner, and up the steps to the Tawhairiki Track, boardwalk inclusive, and up this and across to the dog park.
Tech-fest down this to the top of the forest, greeaasy as in the tree lucernes before the gate, then into the forest edge trail, Barbed Wire Roots track around below the forest to the top of the houses, then down the trail below the houses, again, greeaasy as, front and back wheel skidz. All the way down, and out onto Longhurst, across onto the steppy track down (and a little up) to Holliss, for a fast mud-flinging blast down the seal before a cruise back to the car.
Options were, Scotts Knob reserve walking track, which would have been wet as, the road, or the Traverse. Sign for the Traverse said Open, but I wasn't convinced, so I checked the website which also said Open, so, off we went round this. Pretty mucky for a start. Splecky as. But, not so bad. Fatty was good on the descents, fun in fact. Top of Vic, and we dropped into the Thompsons, then down through the macs near the end of Thomson 2, onto the H.Ell track.
Very nice cruisey blast down Mr Ell's track. Rather damp and splecky in places, but a nice cruise, and no-one else met. Across Vic Park Rd, and down a little further, til we found an upward trail which took us up towards the Ranger Station, a left on the usual transit bike track (19th to crossing of Dyers Pass Rd), down this a wee way to the corner, and up the steps to the Tawhairiki Track, boardwalk inclusive, and up this and across to the dog park.
Tech-fest down this to the top of the forest, greeaasy as in the tree lucernes before the gate, then into the forest edge trail, Barbed Wire Roots track around below the forest to the top of the houses, then down the trail below the houses, again, greeaasy as, front and back wheel skidz. All the way down, and out onto Longhurst, across onto the steppy track down (and a little up) to Holliss, for a fast mud-flinging blast down the seal before a cruise back to the car.
17.3kms, 540odd m climbed
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