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Winter MTB Races PDF Print
Written by Thomas Schwarz   
Wednesday, 18 May 2005
Hello All Mountain Bikers,
Bike Taupo and Taupo Mountain Bike Club are running one Teams Race only this year.  Date is Sunday 5th of June (Queen's Birthday weekend).  This is a fun event, for teams of up to 4 people.  Individuals welcome also.
Ground Effect (the cycle clothing people, of Christchurch), and The Corner Shop (your Avanti Pro Cycle Centre in Taupo) are the major sponsors, so as always there will be lots of good spot prizes.
A few weeks later, there will be a new cross country event, the "Ground Effect Craters Classic" with a 30 km full course, with some good climbs and descents.  Date is Sunday 10th of July.  On the day entry only.  This is an event for individuals.  The course covers some old, new and very new tracks.
Ground Effect (the cycle clothing people, of Christchurch), and The Corner Shop (your Avanti Pro Cycle Centre in Taupo) are the major sponsors, so there will be lots of good spot prizes.
The event location is Wairakei Forest, based on the MTB car park up Craters Road (opposite Helistar).
Mark it on your calendar now!

 

If you are familiar with Wairakei Forest, and you want to know the detail of the course, it is as follows:
Starting on Powerline Road by our car park:
South on Powerline Rd
East on Q Line Rd
Bumble Bee
Into Ferret and do the last part only, onto Tourist Trap and do the last part only
Wee bit of Powerline Rd and wee bit of Craters Rd (tarseal) and drop into Tank Stand
Tank Stand
The Coaster (this is the most excellent new track that has just been built)
Tank Stand (yes, again!!)
Ground Effect Grinder
West on 60 km Hill Rd
Switchback
Connect, across onto Easy Uphill (called Saddle Rd by the Forest people) and go up
East on 60 km Hill Rd, to the top
Buzzard
Missing Link
Corral
West up Karapiti Rd, to Young Pines
Young Pines (going in over the "cattle stop", then the new track in, do the Young Pines, then out the new exit)
Corral
Walters Wiggles
Through that wee bottom section of Tank Stand, up and over the tarseal of Craters Rd into Cork Screw
(The short course ends here - go directly back to the car park)
Around all of Cork Screw, then out through the culvert (the culvert is yet to be installed, our new link under the horses path)
Tourist Trap and Ferret
Finish over the bridge into the car park.
  
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 28 June 2005 )
 
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