December 2020 Newsletter
Bike Taupo 2021 Membership
Just a little update in regards to Bike Taupo 2021 memberships. Our current blue membership tags are now expired. Our new tags are now available online and in the below outlets. See website for further information.
If you are planning to ride at the Craters Mountain Bike Park over the holidays you must be a member of Bike Taupo to access the Park.
Online is the preferred method to purchase your membership, we will post your tags to you. You can purchase at the below outlets via eftpos or online in store to collect your tags onsite:
My Ride, Pack and Pedal, Torpedo 7, Bike Sale, Top Gear Cycles, Evo Cycles, Hub Cafe, Four B at the Hub, Visitor I site
Your tag should look like this:
Words of Wisdom from our Chair
Well, this has to be one very strange year! We have gone from things being sort of normal to locked down, and now the world is running out of bikes!!
The one thing that the lockdown proved was how lucky we are to live in the Taupō area with all the bike tracks on our doorstep. Very few towns have tracks so close to town and we are guilty of taking this for granted sometimes. We saw every crappy old Mountainbike pulled out of the back of the garage and people young and old out on the tracks and belting around town! The upshot of this is we are now seeing a lot more people on the tracks which is great! Cath is still out in the schools and pre-schools getting kids on bikes, we now see these children starting to turn up in Craters and the BMX park. Fantastic!!
We have had a year of consolidation on the Huka Trails and Great Lake Trails with smaller improvements being the main focus. We are now well into rebuilding tracks in Craters after all the logging. We are also not far off starting the expansion into the old horse paddocks which will enable us to finally, after 16 years, have the outside loop around the Craters Park completed. A lot of the new tracks will be dusty for two or three years until the trees grow, but we now have another 28 years before we start all over again!!
You may have seen us pushing the feedback forms for the Great Lake trail, even if you are a local, please fill these out for us as it assists us to obtain funding. It’s very simple “ No survey forms, No money” so please help us to help you! Please see the link below:
We would also like to add a big thanks and Merry Xmas to all the track fairies 🧚♀️ who help keep the tracks open and bring their positive attitude to looking after the trails.
So, from all the Committee and Crew at Bike Taupo have a Merry Xmas and enjoy the riding both here and throughout NZ as there are some amazing riding to be had in this country :)
Regards, Pete Masters.
Survey
Have you have ridden the Great Lake Trail recently?
Could you please click the button below to add your name and email address to receive an email with a link to the trail survey. We would love to hear what you thought of our Trail.
Every person who registers will go into a draw to win a $200 Torpedo7 Voucher.
Craters Classic 2021
The Craters Classic MTB event will be rocking Taupo again on 15th May 2021.
We are looking forward to bringing you an awesome event over our selection of great single track network.
Early Bird entries are now open
We have 4 courses on offer including our new E Bike race, cheap as family entry for the short course and a great range of merchandise on offer.
Check out the website for all information and get in early to grab your early bird entry!!
Looking for the best gift ever for yourself or your significant other?
How about a $50 voucher towards an entry into one of our Craters Classic events or to redeem on our merchandise collection. Click below to make somebody really happy this Christmas :)
Holiday Programmes with Bikecraft
BOOKINGS FOR JANUARY HOLIDAY PROGRAMMES IN TAUPO AND HAWKES BAY ARE OPEN
https://bikecraft.co.nz/collections/youth/Holiday
All programmes run from 8:30am - 3:00pm and are a mixture of riding, skill building & games. Spaces are limited to 10 riders per session. Dates and locations below, more info on the website.
🚵♀️TAUPO PROGRAMMES:
LOCATION: CRATERS MTB PARK
🔹 Tues 12th Jan: 7-9yrs Grade 2/3 Trails
🔸 Wed 13th Jan: Ability Based Grade 3/4 Trails
🔹 Thurs 14th Jan: 10-12yrs Grade 2/3 Trails
LOCATION: LAKEFRONT TRAILS.
🔸 Tues 19th Jan: 7-9yrs Grade 2 Trails - Wharewaka Reserve and surrounding area - perfect for beginners as we use the lakefront trails and reserves to gain confidence and skills that the kids can then apply on purpose built MTB trails in the future.
🚵♂️HAWKES BAY PROGRAMMES:
LOCATION: PANPAC MTB PARK
🔹 Thu 21st Jan: 7-9yrs Grade 2/3 Trails
🔸 Fri 22nd Jan: 10-12yrs Grade 2/3 Trails
LOCATION: LIMESTONE TRAILS - TARADALE
🔹 Fri 15th Jan: 7-9yrs Grade 2 Trails - perfect for beginners to learn some basic bike handling skills to then apply on purpose built MTB trails in the future. This session stops for ice-cream at Puketapu🍦