Rimutaka Rail Trail

Two wheels versus two legs

Date: 21 November.
Trip type: Medium cycle.
Location: Rimutaka Cycle Trail.
Author: Sarah.
Trampers: WeiMin (leader), Yvonne, Kevin, Illona, Mike, Craig and Sarah.

I had run most of the Rimutaka Cycle trail before and I was keen to run the whole thing sometime as it would be a nice and long training run. However, I signed up to WeiMin’s trip to bike it as I thought it would give me a good challenge as I haven’t really done … Read more

Rimutaka Cycle Trail

Date: 28 February 2015 .
Trip type: Mountain bike ride .
Location: Upper Hutt to Wellington City via Wairarapa South coast and Days Bay .
Author: Garth Ireland .
Trampers: Sam Thornton (leader) and Ed Turner, Garth Ireland.

We met at the Wellington Railway Station and caught the 7:05 am train to Upper Hutt. It was our first experience of the new rail carriages – very smart indeed. We discovered that cyclists have priority over passengers for up 3 bikes per car utilising dedicated fold back seating. Arriving at 8:00 am we set … Read more