Awesome Winter CURD Biking Mission (NZ riding)
Yesterday was a good day for a Carry Up, Ride Down (C.U.R.D) mission. Foggy and frosty in Christchurch when we left, but a beautiful winters day out in the foothills, so off we headed with our bikes.
The target for the day was Mt Oxford. Altitude start = 350m (1148.3 ft), top = 1364m (4475.1 ft). A difference of 1014m (3327ft).
The rest of the story is over here
http://mountainbikingzane.wordpress....iking-mission/
but here are a couple of photos to get you going.
Damn you guys and your views. I so want to get there. I so know I will get there.It's just a matter of time!
You know you want to........Originally Posted by Justin Fox
Damn you guys and your views. I so want to get there. I so know I will get there.
The views are just a small part of it... I doubt I would walk for 2 hours with my bike to get to a viewDamn you guys and your views. I so want to get there. I so know I will get there.
The trails down however are superb!!
Sounds excellent, even with 2 hours of carrying the bike. How hard do you push to get to the top? Is it 2 reasonably laid back hours of carrying the bike or are you guys still pushing the pace a bit?
Hey Crank. We are reasonably relaxed and have a few stops to look at the view etc, but we are still moving reasonably quickly. I would not have said we were pushing the pace, but we definitely are not slouching around either.
The climb (and descent for that matter) is pretty steep, as you can probably tell from the shot where we are carrying up the snow.
Last edited by Inzane; 29-06-09 at 06:44 AM.
Cool. It still sounds like a lot of fun!
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