Today a thousand or so riders took part in the Karapoti near Upper Hutt.
Good on them for having a go.
Today a bunch of people dug some dirt on the North Face trail.
Good on them for trail building !!
We worked around the switchback numero 6, with Zac especially applying his skills at clobbering lots of solid rock with a pick for many hours.
The track heading into the corner looked a bit tight, so we widened that, and the track below looked a bit…tight, so we widened that too.
Heads were scratched and extra swerves and rollers were added heading into the corner, and then, strangely enough, heads were scratched and extra swerves and rollers were added on the way out.
We then got keen and headed down the trail tweaking away.
Cambers were adjusted for cornering goodness (i,e, rocks smashed with picks) banks cut back for better visibility and a few stumps flung over the side. A tightening radius corner was strictly disciplined.
Lots of women and men rode down the track today, and it was nice to see them all smiling.
A shame they did not come back later to test what we had been doing, but there is always tomorrow, or next week. Or next year. This trail is going to be around for a very long time!.
The whole track is ridable with care for intermediate riders - look out for the very soft edges and sharp stumps- and enjoy the ride!!
Next weekend, Sunday is the day, and we start from the very top, making the existing track even better, metre by metre. Almost impossible I know, however building 1700 m of trail in 14 weeks shows what people can do if they are keen!
Today's selection of happy snaps from the old box camera:
Widening the run into switchback 6.....
Widening the run out of the corner:
Track building can be so very tiring:
And some test riding shots...
Josh riding on switchback #6
Martin on the way out...
The lads line up for a bit of a blast...no straight lines through here !!
Josh on what will be a tabletop, heading towards the switchback:
Meanwhile next Tuesday night’s session is only 150m up the 4wd track off Allington road, on a NEW piece of trail. That starts at 5 and goes until dark, please see this information