Where To Dh/freeride In Taupo?

Postby H-aN-s on Tue 29/Jan/08 6:01pm

Any good freeride/downhill spots in taupo?

Wouldn't mind someone to ride with aswell
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Postby H-aN-s on Tue 29/Jan/08 9:16pm

Can mods move this to the Taupo section please!


Cheers :p
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Postby yakuza on Wed 30/Jan/08 8:30am

I heard some people talking about a dh track in taupo but i wouldn't have a clue where.
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Postby evilknieval69 on Wed 30/Jan/08 6:47pm

Hans! Just go to Vegas, much better than anywhere in taupo :thumbsup:

:baaa:
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Postby H-aN-s on Wed 30/Jan/08 7:08pm

evilknieval69 wrote: Hans! Just go to Vegas, much better than anywhere in taupo :thumbsup:

:baaa:


You paying for my gas? :p
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Postby evilknieval69 on Wed 30/Jan/08 7:27pm

Erm, i can send petrol Vibes, that is all :love:
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Postby H-aN-s on Fri 1/Feb/08 10:42pm

Biggest safe drops i have found are on the lake front

Bit doggy at the mo with only front brakes :crazy:
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Postby H-aN-s on Mon 4/Feb/08 2:49pm

Keen to start something for free riding after my bike gets fixed

Lake front is quite fun. Have found a road gap that im building up to
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Postby Flyboy on Mon 4/Feb/08 3:02pm

H-aN-s wrote: Keen to start something for free riding after my bike gets fixed

Lake front is quite fun. Have found a road gap that im building up to


whereabouts?

the only decent riding I know of in taupo would be at Craters of the Moon. theres is the BMX track in town, and i think i saw a couple of ghetto dirt jumps in an empty section in town once when i drove through, although i douobt they're still there
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Postby H-aN-s on Mon 4/Feb/08 3:07pm

Flyboy wrote:
H-aN-s wrote: Keen to start something for free riding after my bike gets fixed

Lake front is quite fun. Have found a road gap that im building up to


whereabouts?

the only decent riding I know of in taupo would be at Craters of the Moon. theres is the BMX track in town, and i think i saw a couple of ghetto dirt jumps in an empty section in town once when i drove through, although i douobt they're still there


Yeh craters its more suited to XC riding i think

Not the biggest fan of the BMX track, it gets so hot up there

I like doing drops almost by the hotel "Tui Oaks"

Im about to pick up my bike in town. Ill ride to work(work on the lake front) and get some pics on my phone of the drops/gaps
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Postby H-aN-s on Mon 4/Feb/08 5:25pm

Argh forgot my phone. Ill get pics tomorrow when i got to work.

Lucky i didnt take my phone as it would have been in bits now.

Im bleeding all over my body :p
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Postby miles on Mon 4/Feb/08 6:29pm

What happened?
If you can get some pics that would be great. I stay near Taupo practically every holidays and wuold love to have somewhere to ride
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Postby yakuza on Mon 4/Feb/08 6:38pm

H-aN-s wrote: Biggest safe drops i have found are on the lake front

Bit doggy at the mo with only front brakes :crazy:


some of those drops are fun and theres a little stair gap by a tree
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Postby H-aN-s on Mon 4/Feb/08 6:54pm

yakuza wrote:
H-aN-s wrote: Biggest safe drops i have found are on the lake front

Bit doggy at the mo with only front brakes :crazy:


some of those drops are fun and theres a little stair gap by a tree


Yeh, there are 2 stair gaps there. Iv only done the small one. Bit of a road gap along a bit also

Pics are on the way. May take a decent camera
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Postby XCrazy on Thu 1/May/08 1:06pm

Not a huge amount in taupo in the way of downhill. Coles Killer in craters is the only downhill track we have in taupo, its kinda short but has a few decent drops etc, there is also Lazy Sunday which is a jumps track. Can't really ride it in one go as it doesn't flow but good to session maybe. Only issue is these will probably require a fair bit of walking. Also in the top of spa park hidden in the trees there is some random dirt jumps, not sure if they are still there.

I apologise if this is not great advice as I personally don't really do jumps and downhill but good luck.
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