Port Hills Fishbone Ride

mfw · *by **mfw** on Fri 29/Feb/08 9:12am*

Whats a good time for the fishbone ride?

Sumner > Evans pass > Lyttleton > Return to Evans pass > Summit rd > Mt Pleasant > Descend Mt Pleasant & Soleares > Climb Mt Pleasant > Summit rd > SOK > Dyers pass to Governors > Return to SOK > Dyers pass to roundabout > Return to SOK > Summit rd to Gibraltor rock finish

I haven't tried it yet but was thinking to budget about 3.5 hours?

Also, would it be harder the the figure of 8? I suppose you could always tack the bastard on the end...

http://www.mapmyride.com/ride/new-zeala ... 2219398850

inzane · *by **inzane** on Fri 29/Feb/08 9:16am*

by the sound of that, I would say a good time is

NEVER!!

Percy Pig · *by **Percy Pig** on Fri 29/Feb/08 9:19am*

inzane wrote: by the sound of that, I would say a good time is

NEVER!!

Im sure i could do that in 3.5 hours.

On my Kawasaki!

mfw · *by **mfw** on Fri 29/Feb/08 9:47am*

inzane wrote: by the sound of that, I would say a good time is

NEVER!!

Yes, this is one to sort the wheat from the chaff.
I'd imagine the Al's of this world would be doing this sort of thing before breakfast..?

inzane · *by **inzane** on Fri 29/Feb/08 9:51am*

You do know that there are perfectly good mountain bike trails all over those hills that are much more fun dont you??

Butch · *by **Butch** on Fri 29/Feb/08 9:58am*

I'm sure JD will be along sure to show us the error of our ways though.

XCguy · *by **XCguy** on Fri 29/Feb/08 10:41am*

Just ignore inzane, that course sounds brilliant :thumbsup:

But a MTB option would be better. in fact I did just that a few weeks back. 6 hrs of up and down most tracks on this side of the hill.

mfw · *by **mfw** on Fri 29/Feb/08 11:24am*

inzane wrote: You do know that there are perfectly good mountain bike trails all over those hills that are much more fun dont you??

Yes, but after spending 6 months training for the hillclimb series / Crater Rim I fancy taking on some road challenges for a change...
Anyway, someone must have done this ride before..? It's the shortest port hills ride that leaves 'no stone unturned'

danose · *by **danose** on Fri 29/Feb/08 11:33am*

mfw wrote:
I haven't tried it yet but was thinking to budget about 3.5 hours?

Also, would it be harder the the figure of 8? I suppose you could always tack the bastard on the end...

shouldn't be that bad or take that long - for Le Race training I was doing
dyers/kiwi/summit rd/gebbies/purau/gebbies/bastard/summit rd/down mt pleasant rd/up mt pleasant rd/down major hornbrook/up major hornbrook/down cannon hill cres/up cannon hill cres/summit rd/kiwi/dyers - was about the right distance and total climbing (and put a pile of grim climbing near the end) - even that was sub 4 hours

fig 8 the 'usual' way (up dyers/down govs/bays/wheatsheaf/up gebbies/bastard/down govs/bays/lyttelton/evans/summit rd/kiwi) isn't all that bad - ask owen! doing it 'backwards' (so you get to come up from govs to kiwi twice - last time right at the end) is a bit more grim (buit you get to avoid climbing the bastard)

danose · *by **danose** on Fri 29/Feb/08 11:35am*

mfw wrote:
inzane wrote: You do know that there are perfectly good mountain bike trails all over those hills that are much more fun dont you??

Yes, but after spending 6 months training for the hillclimb series / Crater Rim I fancy taking on some road challenges for a change...
Anyway, someone must have done this ride before..? It's the shortest port hills ride that leaves 'no stone unturned'

ah but it doesn't - you really need to add in Monks Spur Rd for some real pain and suffering - and of course a lap up to the kiwi from the govs bay side :satan:

also going right out to godley head as well is good - some fun wee lumps out there

XCguy · *by **XCguy** on Fri 29/Feb/08 11:49am*

danose wrote: for Le Race training I was doing
dyers/kiwi/summit rd/gebbies/purau/gebbies/basdrat/summit rd/down mt pleasant rd/up mt pleasant rd/down major hornbrook/up major hornbrook/down cannon hill cres/up cannon hill cres/summit rd/kiwi/dyers - was about the right distance and total climbing (and put a pile of grim climbing near the end) - even that was sub 4 hours

JD, we should go riding together sometime as I like your choice of route (real ugly)

mfw · *by **mfw** on Fri 29/Feb/08 11:49am*

danose wrote:
shouldn't be that bad or take that long - for Le Race training I was doing
dyers/kiwi/summit rd/gebbies/purau/gebbies/bastard/summit rd/down mt pleasant rd/up mt pleasant rd/down major hornbrook/up major hornbrook/down cannon hill cres/up cannon hill cres/summit rd/kiwi/dyers - was about the right distance and total climbing (and put a pile of grim climbing near the end) - even that was sub 4 hours

Faaark! 4 hours is some pace for a course like that!

danose wrote:
fig 8 the 'usual' way (up dyers/down govs/bays/wheatsheaf/up gebbies/bastard/down govs/bays/lyttelton/evans/summit rd/kiwi) isn't all that bad - ask owen!

Owen said after riding that course nothing else has ever seemed hard again

XCguy · *by **XCguy** on Fri 29/Feb/08 11:54am*

Going back to your original question I'd guess around 3 hrs to 3:15 hrs for that route you describe. But depends a lot on how fast you grind up them thar hills.

danose · *by **danose** on Fri 29/Feb/08 12:05pm*

mfw wrote:
danose wrote:
shouldn't be that bad or take that long - for Le Race training I was doing
dyers/kiwi/summit rd/gebbies/purau/gebbies/bastard/summit rd/down mt pleasant rd/up mt pleasant rd/down major hornbrook/up major hornbrook/down cannon hill cres/up cannon hill cres/summit rd/kiwi/dyers - was about the right distance and total climbing (and put a pile of grim climbing near the end) - even that was sub 4 hours

Faaark! 4 hours is some pace for a course like that!

actually I just checked my log - it was 4h00 but with ONLY a single lap up mt pleasant (via Major Hornbrook) - a mere 2000m climbing in 100km :thumbsup:

The extra laps up Mt Pleasant were actually another ride (with Owen - ask him how much fun we had that day) - would add an extra 800m climbing to the total (and probably a good hour since it'd be over 20min up when that tired) - so it'd be about 5hr/2800m climbing/close to 150km riding :thumbsup:

danose wrote:
Owen said after riding that course nothing else has ever seemed hard again

strange - I like it, but that is from the guy who did 34km/h avg for little river and back on the flat (now THAT would make me hurt)

danose · *by **danose** on Fri 29/Feb/08 12:18pm*

XCguy wrote:
danose wrote: for Le Race training I was doing
dyers/kiwi/summit rd/gebbies/purau/gebbies/basdrat/summit rd/down mt pleasant rd/up mt pleasant rd/down major hornbrook/up major hornbrook/down cannon hill cres/up cannon hill cres/summit rd/kiwi/dyers - was about the right distance and total climbing (and put a pile of grim climbing near the end) - even that was sub 4 hours

JD, we should go riding together sometime as I like your choice of route (real ugly)

you know me Craig - the answer is always 'more hills!' :thumbsup:

how's the ribs doing?