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BansheeGirl
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 Posted: Tue 15/Mar/05 7:08pm Post subject: Riding In Rotorua This Friday - Shuttling? |
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Any local Rotorua that can show a girl some good freeride trails. Just looking at the Mountain bike guide book and they just show a bunch of xc trails. Cheers Heidi
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AarowNZ
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Location: Auckland
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| Posted: Tue 15/Mar/05 8:02pm Post subject: |
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Theres not too much freeride trails in Rotorua but you should check out the Funn trail and Double Down at the redwoods. (you can get a map from the visitors centre)
You can ride the former Nats DH track but your not allowed to shuttle it.
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james
on your right
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Location: land of the long white latte
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| Posted: Wed 16/Mar/05 10:53am Post subject: |
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yep its all free to ride, most stuff is made for trail riding as opposed to xc racing ie up the hill and down till you are all broken and crippled. mos of the trails have drops and jumps of some degree. the older ones closer to the carpark have less.
gunna gotta and north face as well as the Funn trail are more "freeride" esq trails, all require pedaling as the locals on big bikes do. none of the tracks in the redwoods area Rotorua are shuttle-able.
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BansheeGirl
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Location: Chilliwack, BC, Can
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| Posted: Wed 16/Mar/05 11:55am Post subject: Rotorua This Friday |
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Sweet, thanks for the info. Looking forward to trying a few of the jumps and pedalling up - makes a sweeter reward - if you have the day off or afternoon let me know - the more the merrier. Sounds like Welly will be fun on Tuesday/Wednesday.
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fraserb
Fixed and Free ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fast and Easy
Joined: Jun 05, 2003
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Location: tauranga. nz
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| Posted: Wed 16/Mar/05 12:27pm Post subject: |
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im just itching to get over to rotorua for another ride. might just see if i can be up for it.
do you ride a banshee?  or are you an evil part woman mutant??.
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BansheeGirl
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| Posted: Thu 17/Mar/05 9:49am Post subject: Evil Mutant Woman |
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ha ha, we are leaving Friday morning to Rotorua (maybe Thursday night if there is no wind). I will be riding Banshee Scream once I get all my parts sent to the shop. Thank goodness for Ryan at Freeride'n' given me a bike to ride while I wait for mine to be built.
Take a sick day off work and meet us, I think we have 5 or 6 of us making the drive.
Cheers, Heidi
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fraserb
Fixed and Free ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fast and Easy
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| Posted: Thu 17/Mar/05 12:52pm Post subject: |
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what time you looling at hitting the carpark in Rotovegas Heidi?
still dont know if i can make it yet though.
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Logger
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| Posted: Fri 18/Mar/05 9:14am Post subject: |
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I'll be there in an hour, see ya there!!
I have a day off school. The old english teacher died. He was there for 37 years, so its a rather large occasion.
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BansheeGirl
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| Posted: Fri 18/Mar/05 7:57pm Post subject: Raining In Rotorua - Will The Trails Be Grease? (dh Course?) |
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It was nice in Rotorua but had to hit Vegas Cycle to get my fork fixed (thanks guys!). They are squish now but I missed the sun and its raining hard right now. What will the downhill course be like after an evening of rain? Is it a greasy track?
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fraserb
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| Posted: Fri 18/Mar/05 8:02pm Post subject: |
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dont know what the DH track will be like but the rest of the tracks dry out quite well as its not a clay base so gets good drainage
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cycle_centre
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Joined: Jan 19, 2005
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Location: rotovages
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| Posted: Fri 18/Mar/05 8:03pm Post subject: |
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ill proberly be going in to the forest tomorrow what tracks did you do? . and the national dh course is very ruf in the dry dont know about the wet 
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BansheeGirl
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| Posted: Mon 21/Mar/05 11:24am Post subject: Welly Riding This Tuesday? |
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Who is up for a ride in Welly, bit of downhill and freeride? Probably no shuttlers on a weekday?
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james
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apodtropehe
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| Posted: Wed 23/Mar/05 5:17pm Post subject: |
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are we allowed to ride that new world champs DH track by the luge?
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cycle_centre
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| Posted: Wed 23/Mar/05 5:25pm Post subject: |
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no i dont think so other wise id be riding it 
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