Pump Track/Spark Trails/Dirt Park Update
Posted: Mon 10 Aug 2015
Posted: Mon 10 Aug 2015
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!
Posted: Wed 23 Sep 2015
There will be a working Bee on the 4th of October; Meet at 9am (will miss 2nd half of England/Aust) Wairakei Road 100m past BP Wairakei.
We (Eddie, Chris and the other mad engineers) intend to create the track in and out of the viewing platform on the Steamfield track (so people can actually see some of the Steamfield).
Any questions, please contact Eddie on 027 290 7750.
Kids Bike Taupo Monday sessions will meet at the Pump Track and Spark Trails (Dirt Jumps) in Spa Park at 3.30pm for a few weeks.The BMX Club have the North Island Champs at Labour Weekend and we want the track to be in tip top shape, so the Ratbags will relocate for a few weeks. It's a nice opportunity to ride some new stuff too.Any questions, please contact Cathemail - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.phone - 027 280 4005
Posted: Thu 17 Sep 2015
Bike Taupo, along with the Hawkes Bay and Taupo Mountain Bike Clubs, and with funding from Trail fund have completed an upgrade of the Te Iringa Track. It is still a good tech adventure ride but with a lot less 'hike a bike'.
If you are looking for somewhere fresh to ride and you up for a challenge, check it out
Posted: Thu 11 Jun 2015