Posted: Wed 18th Jun 12:56pm Post subject: Taranaki Anyone Got Land To Build Freeride Structures
was wondering if any1 was into freeride and keen to build some structures im keen to put in the hours and materials if so. Where are the Freeride nuts in this place?
Joined: Jan 17, 2003 Posts: 3,300 Location: New Plymouth
Posted: Wed 18th Jun 1:41pm Post subject:
There are lots of freeriders in Taranaki, but not a lot of free rides that I;m aware of - pretty much everywhere is valuable dairying land or national park.
I'm not sure if Colson Road is still up and running, but a few years back people were building structures in there. Similarly there are some steeper areas in the Mangamahoe trail area that may be available, but would strongly recommend getting NP MTBers or Council to update you on the status of new trails in that area (to avoid any structures being removed).
Other than that my best advice if you want to build some fr tracks would be to head inland from Waitara/tikorangi or Stratford, find some farms with forestry blocks on them, and knock on the farmer's doors. If you're lucky they might let you put some trails in.
Good luck, and keep us posted if you need some diggers
yea colson rd still has a few jumps but no freeride structures, yea ive talked to graeme the np mt bike club guy i think thats who he is anyway, hes gonna put forward a suggestion for me at the next meeting. Mangamahoe is good but so wet out there in winter need a nice sloping paddock somewhere. i have started to build stuff at colson but it just gets broken so no point. bring on big wednesday winning ticket a.
Joined: Jan 17, 2003 Posts: 3,300 Location: New Plymouth
Posted: Wed 18th Jun 3:07pm Post subject:
Agree on Mangamahoe being wet, and Big Wednesday being the answer.
There was a farm out Uruti way for sale recently that had a bunch of mtb trails and jumps on it. If you could track down some old real estate mags, find the agent, and see if they would pass on a proposal to the new owners...?
Alternately there must be some commercial forests around - even small ones. I rode a bit in Te Wera on the Whangamomona road a while back, and there was some definate scope in there.
Or approach ShellTodd and see if they have any spare land around the tank farm above Backs Beach?
Joined: Jan 17, 2003 Posts: 3,300 Location: New Plymouth
Posted: Wed 18th Jun 3:36pm Post subject:
Spent some time a few years back scouting locations for trails/jungle rides/races that I never got round to doing then, but thinking of putting together this summer...
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