Update on the Huka Challenge Course

The boys from Bike Taupo have been busy making a few changes to the route used for the Huka. We just love keeping riders guessing as to what the course will be - never been the same yet!

Firstly we have a new track, Kinda Grinder, and this will be used to replace the second climb up Grinder. It’s really cool and you can even talk going up it instead of spewing your ribs out. For the tired and knackered there is an alteration to Steamfields section. It now takes you past a great lookout overlooking the Steamfields (now you will know how it got its name) – a good place for a rest.

The hill under the Bungee near the start is always a pinch point as many can’t ride it. The good news is that Rotary have given us some funding and we will have stage one completed before November so it beds in. This will increase the amount who can ride it dramatically.

The actual course is, of course, top secret, but the above will be all in it, plus a few other changes as well.
It’s been a wet winter but all the tracks are riding really well and you have to love that pumice base we are blessed with.

See you at the start line!

http://www.cyclechallenge.com/bike-races-nz/huka-challenge/