mathmo

How hilly is around taupo bike race? Is it worse than IMNZ? Could you compare the worst hills against ones in the cbd? Such as top of queen, or anzac up to top of symonds? Currently the lowest gear I have is a 42x23 and I'm kind of wondering if that is low enough for the enduro.


My link of the day: https://www.machinehead-software.co.uk/bike/jokes.html

# When crossing a one way street: You can save time by only checking
in one direction - Augustus Windsock, St Werbergs, Bristol - (1st Jan
2000)


# When crossing a one way street: You should check both directions,
just in case a large furniture van is reversing - Augustus Windsock,
Bristol Royal Infirmary - (31st Jan 2000)



notice the dates and locations

62vette

You should think about at least a 39x25 unless you are an A grader who flies up hills.

IMNZ only has some rolling hills as I try to recall the Broadlands road. Taupo is all rolling hills for the first 1/3, then you have Waihaha and Kuratau Hill in the next 1/3 and finally Hatape Hill 20k from the finish.

If you know any of the South Auckland Hills, Waihaha and Kuratau are a bit like Twilight only longer, and Hatepe is about the same as Sandstone from the Whitford side.

There are course maps and profiles at https://www.cyclechallenge.org.nz/maps.asp

Zub Zub

Hey brendon how could you get lost if your following a track?

mathmo

Looked at those course maps, but when you are unfamliar with gradients etc.. and have nothing to compare them to it is kind of tricky. Did live in south auckland for nearly my entire life but never really went out cycling there much (was a runner). Oh well. At least like thought my gearing is too high, I'm not an A grader and a struggle up hills a lot!

mathmo

Must have been a "track"?? Done that when running, when it isn't really a track. Just a bit of beaten dirt created by the wildlife.

62vette

hatepe = three times up Queen St from the town hall to K Rd

Zub Zub

So how many of us are doing round taupo?Im going to be doing it in my cycling im making. Im bored with all the plain colours around so im making my self a set of HOT PINK shorts and shirt. I think ill be making booties as well. It should be pretty easy to spot me!

mathmo

Am looking deep into my future and I see....






....walking!

bjarni1

Think about it for a second..MAYBE he had LOST the track?!

NZLcyclist

BINGO lol... that was the longest 12 hours of my life my lovely legs are scratched and gouged to hell

And search and rescue as in the crews that are working with the police and the park rangers etc :O


Brendon

greywolf

Dumb arse !

Zub Zub

Ok dude chill. I was just asking ok! Brendon, I hope you havnt lost your bike!

bjarni1

ajst2duk

2.34 for me - too many pies & an interruption to my training schedule in Singapore two weeks ago - at least that's what I told myself.
You would have missed that incredible wipe-out right after the start on the first straight, where a guy doing 45km took out a roadside warning sign. Not sure what made him veer left of the bunch, but he wouldn't have seen it coming - WHAM. I felt his pain, but kept riding as there were marshalls there to sort him out & call an ambulance. We had a couple of decent wipe-outs on the luge afterward, and came back sunburnt. Taupo is going to be another looong day for me this year.

62vette

I heard about that one later on. There was a case for putting the signs up on the footpath if there ever was one. And the cones could have done with being closer together as well.

I was waiting for someone to go ass over tit on one of the road cones on that first bit of road. One dude just near me missed one by a bees doodle trying to jump up the bunch, and it's not like he hadn't ridden past about 20 of them already.

Then someone caught my back wheel and went down at the roundabout going back out onto Te Ngae Rd as the bunch slowed. Luckily at low speed so it just caused a massive traffic jam.

The starts are the part I hate with rides like that, you just have to protect your own space until it settles down.

NZLcyclist

yeah ummmm theres a $1200 bike in the Hunua Ranges! Finders Keepers... Therefore I am leading the hunting expedition! We went in Yesterday and we now know what ridge it is on (yes I carried my bike uphill through dense bush in search of another trail, before getting disorientated and discouraged and dumping it in favour of my life!) because I positively IDd the creek that I carried it up.

Brendon

Zub Zub

Oh bite me!

bjarni1

Err..ew..cooties..!. Look i dont have a problem with you just the daft questions you keep posting, u only have to read a few posts back and the questions are already answered. Think before you type! Sorry if iv seemed a bit aggro

Zub Zub

Sorry to burst your bubble but the question i asked wernt answered before i asked them. Anyway i have a cold and im snapping at almost anyone. But at least schools finshed for this year!

shikaka

ooooooooooooooo i could cycle there and get it lol i need a new bike kidding

mathmo

Am kind of wishing myself that I still lived closer to there.....

greywolf

Dont get lost again !! take a GPS , cell phone , a whistle (loud) ,a compass & map ,a torch, someone else,
any or all of the above .OK ?

shikaka

hahahahahahaha.... dont we all



went for a run cycle today... and i have a habbit of daydreaming... and i kinda pushes my muscles to the limit hahahahahaha.... so tired! do u know how much effort it took to get from the couch to the puta??

mathmo

Nope, I don't. Because I do the sensible thing having my computer next to my bed! Barely have to lift a finger....

DesFlurane

I have an OCR Zero 06, compact crank 36x50, 12-23 cassette.
I'm going round Taupo and I am considering changing the cassette to either a 12-25 or 12-27, to help with the hills.
The other question is do I need to at all?
I have only been cycling for 4 months and my long ride is 100kms which I have completed twice so far with another one this week. Average speed 23.5 km/hr, not including stops and solo, no drafting.
Hills are obviously hard, but it's the length of the gradients I'm worried about!
Any thoughts?
Des.