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ryda
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last thursday 3 Guys did a bit of work up at Makara
unfortunatly the camara battery was flat so didn't get all the pics I wanted
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wachtourak
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| Posted: Sat 28th Jun 10:33pm Post subject: |
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needs more rockgardens
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Robbie
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| Posted: Sun 29th Jun 8:18am Post subject: |
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Needs less advice!
Great job guys 
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Scotty
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| Posted: Sun 29th Jun 8:22am Post subject: |
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| wachtourak wrote: | | needs more rockgardens |
Ten bucks you can't ride the section we built without staying off the brakes. 
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Robbie
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| Posted: Sun 29th Jun 8:24am Post subject: |
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I wonder how it would be today?
Does it need ato settle much, or have you pounded iinto submission already ?
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Scotty
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| Posted: Sun 29th Jun 8:29am Post subject: |
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There is a LOT of dirt that has been moved around up there.So there'll definitely be some settling, but nothing too major.
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wachtourak
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| Posted: Sun 29th Jun 8:47am Post subject: |
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| Scotty wrote: | | wachtourak wrote: | | needs more rockgardens |
Ten bucks you can't ride the section we built without staying off the brakes. |
I would be inclined to agree with you sir but that does not take away from the fact that moar rockgardens are always required
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Bigfoot
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| Posted: Sun 29th Jun 8:48am Post subject: |
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Word.
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Robbie
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| Posted: Sun 29th Jun 9:34am Post subject: |
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| Scotty wrote: | | There is a LOT of dirt that has been moved around up there.So there'll definitely be some settling, but nothing too major. |
great work guys
Although I am guessing that today is not a good day to try to get some air 
..unless Makara is miraculously less gale force than Brooklyn.
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CrustyMTB
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| Posted: Sun 29th Jun 9:43am Post subject: |
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In a Southerly nowhere is more Gale force than Brooklyn...
Loving this wind, Isla and I are watching the big pohutakawa opposite the living room mosh like a Bogan on P listening to reign in blood!
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Jono
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| Posted: Sun 29th Jun 10:03am Post subject: |
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| CrustyMTB wrote: | In a Southerly nowhere is more Gale force than Brooklyn...
Loving this wind, Isla and I are watching the big pohutakawa opposite the living room mosh like a Bogan on P listening to reign in blood! |
Mmmm...our old place up on todman street was pretty damned quiet in a southerly, but the new place gets a bunch of full-frontal southerly action.
Still, I intend to go our for a ride at some point today. I'm thinking that makara would be a good choice...
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one_uknw
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| Posted: Sun 29th Jun 11:02am Post subject: |
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Nice work. Should spice up Livewires a bit
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Jono
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| Posted: Sun 29th Jun 11:12am Post subject: |
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Speaking of nice work and packing down, I'm intending to head up makara for a wee ride this afternoon. I'll post up some thoughts once I've given it a ride...
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gristle
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| Posted: Sun 29th Jun 4:54pm Post subject: |
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| CrustyMTB wrote: | In a Southerly nowhere is more Gale force than Brooklyn...
Loving this wind, Isla and I are watching the big pohutakawa opposite the living room mosh like a Bogan on P listening to reign in blood! |
Your not up Reuben ave are you?
We've got a similar sounding tree over/beside our place. It's going nuts in the wind.
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Jono
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| Posted: Sun 29th Jun 5:09pm Post subject: |
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Scotty - my thoughts on the alterations:
They're nice. The little tabletop only really works if you're railing the track - the first time down I wasn't on the pipe and so just kinda rolled over it. The berms sort of worked, but I can't remember what it was like to go down there without them.
One problem that I've realised with makara recently is that the vegatation is in really close to the track edge, which makes it tricky to see things in advance. It's fine if you know where everything (jumps, wood etc) is, but otherwise the place will tend to grab you. I found this with the little table after the skills area switchbacks too - the turn into the tabletop is just tight enough that you can't see around the corner, which increases the nerves when you see the table itself. Maybe cutting back the vegetation about a meter on the inside of the corner would help this - it would also mean that you can get more of a lean on around the corner, which would be nice.
I found myself thinking about a small ladder drop at the top of that steep section just before the rutty switchback further on down the track too. There used to be a nice step that you could launch off (it was on the outside of the track), but someone cut it out about 18 months back.
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