Otorohanga Cycle Hub

08/03/2018

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21Km ride around Otorohanga township and distict. Starting on Gradara Avenue leaving town on SH3 coming back via Ourrwhero road. go past Kiwi House before fi...

14/03/2017

Ride Length 44Km. Start outside Kiwihouse on Alex Telfer road. Head west past mini golf course and turn left onto Kakamutu road. Take first right after the park(Te Kawa road). Stay onto until SH39 where you take a right turn and the take second left onto Waitomo Valley road. When you reach Waitomo Left onto Waitomo road and the right onto Fullerton road (clearly visible from waitomo valley road). Lot of climbing here, but the view makes up for that. Take a left turn onto Oparure road at stop sign. Left turn after the hill onto SH3 leads back to Otorohanga. Te Kuiti is visible to the right.

10/02/2017

Ride length 36 - 40 Km depending on where you star on Te Rapa road. Take Te Rapa road until just before the intersection with Pukete road. cross at the turning bay onto the pavement before Wendtys and then go through the carpark behind McDonalds onto Pukete road. The bike path is on the right just after intersection with sandwich road. Take the path until after the bridge where you take a sharp right and head under the bridge then up a rise that will take you onto River road where you head north straight through one roundabout and 1st right on the second and Straight on through to Ngarawhia. Take a left at end of river road onto Great south road which will lead you through Horotui through 3 roundabouts where their is a bike path, just be vigilent crossing the roads and back onto Te Rapa road at the Milk Factory.

07/02/2017

Ride distance is about 53 - 56Km. First of take 1st left after 1st south bridge from Otorohanga onto Otewa road. From here you can either take the right turn after the 100k signs onto Mangawhero road. (slighly longer but less hilly) or take the 1st right after Otewa road. Both take you to the intersection with Bush road after a hill. Straight ahead for 1st option and a left turn for the later. The hill starts when you get onto bush road (2km ascent).
The descent brings you to where bush road meets Ngapeke road, here you take the right option. Their are a couple of hills here and the road is mostly unpaved for about 10km. Keeping to the left is not always an option on the ascents as gravel density VARIES. The second patch of paved road is where you will want to take a right onto Walker road which takes you over two more significant hills and into Te Kuiti. At end of walker road take aright onto Williams street and follow instructions on photos will take you to SH3 where a right turn will take you back to Otorohanga over one more hill after the big roundabout.

25/01/2017

Ride length about 64Km. first take Sh3 south from Otorohanga. Turn left onto Te Kumi station road just before Te Kuiti, which is where the airport is. Take a right onto Somerville road after bridge on Te Kumi Station road this leads into Te Kuiti. At junction just after road bridge in Te Kuiti take a left onto Anzac road and then the second right onto Te Kuiti road. Then turn left on to Ngaronga Street where the park is. the take a right onto Williams street. Rangitoto road is at the end. The Hills on Rangitoto begin just after TK Meat works. first hill climb is about 7Km and the second is mostly up and a little down for about 13Km followed by about 10Km of mostly down hill which takes you to Otewa road where a left turn heads back to Otorohanga.

18/01/2017

Ride Length 30Km, road bike safe, Head south on SH3 and turn onto Otewa road just south of first bridge. Stay on Otewa until first right turn onto Tahaia road after Otewa School, takes you over a Hilly area until hitting an intersection where a right turn keeps you on Tahia road. Mangawhero road merges with Tahaia road at an intersection and turns to the right. Turn left at an intersection after 1 lane bridge to stay on Mangawhero road which winds back to Otewa road where a right turn leads back to SH3

20/12/2016

Ride is about 44 Km. Head out of Otorohanga via Phillips Ave is off the north end of Huiputea Drive. Phillips road becomes Rangiatea road just after the primary school. Stay on Rangiatea road which becomes Mahihi road at the intersection with Mangaoronga road. Keep on Mahihi road untiil the intersection with Whilbley road where you turn left which will take you over a one lane bridge and over more hills. Whilbery road eventually merges into Ngahape road. Keep left on Ngahape road over more hills will take you to SH3. Take a left turn deal with a few more hills and the last one will take you back into Otorohanga.

09/12/2016

Ride length on Mountain Bike is 2 hr, around 30 Km. Ann Street would be best place to park vehicle while on ride, which is off Awatere road which comes off north end of Victoria Street. Start of by heading north until you hit the park just after the last bridge that is a walking bridge. Take a left turn onto 1st side path that turns south and up a hill onto the Walking bridge. Cross Waikato river here and take right side path after the bridge that leads back to the river and takes you past a retirement village south. this leads to unsealed path where you turn north just shortly after turn right which leads onto a raised path that takes you to the Waiera bridge. Head under the bridge and go through the tunnel under River road and turn left onto the path following Waiera Drive. Shortly after heading up the hill you will come to a side path head up that and turn right and you will find yourself in Landell Place. From there turn left onto Harrofield Drive. Keep going until you hit a sign indicating a bike path where a left takes you onto Longfield Place. Bike path starts straight ahead. Their are sharp turns on either side of the bridge here. this takes you to Tauhara park. Here you can either head down Clemnts Cresent and onto one of the other two Entrances back into the park or go across it (rough ride) to the paths on the other side of it. these will take you down a Steep path with tight corners. Turn left after the bottom of hill onto anther raised path. here you will come to a crossroads. Straight ahead leads directly to Hukanui road just across from entrance to Mangati Gully. Right takes you on a Tiki tour To Cullum Brae Family Golf Center (follow the pictures). Goal is to traverse north through Mangati Gully. In their all side paths lead to Waiera Drive. I just kept going north to the end of it. Ride up a steep hill brings you onto Keswick Cresent, turn left here and left again onto Huntington Drive, Go straight through the roundabout and onto Waiera Drive. Turn left here onto the bike path and just keep going until you hit the big roundabout. left turn takes you to an entrance into the paths under the roundabout. Here you will want to the Tramway road exit. Take Waiera drive to the end where their are construction barriers across from the lights. Right turn here takes you into Naylor Street. Turn left at the lights onto Galloway street. This leads to the Roundabout on Coburn drive. Bike path starts again on the other side alongside the Hamilton Gardens. Heading right here takes you to the bridge. after the bridge Turn left and go under the bridge. Stay on the path leads back to Ann Street.

25/11/2016

Ride length is about 35 to 37Km
First of turn right onto Huiputea drive just after the overpass of the rail line and left left onto Phillips road which become Rangiatea road just after the primary school. take a right turn onto Luman road after a small hill. Keep going until you hit the intersection with Sircombe road where a left turn will take you up a hill and to the intersection where Sircombe road meets Rangiatea road. Here a left turn will lead back the way you came back to Otorohanga, or a right turn leads shortly to another left turn onto Mangaoronga road and onto SH3 just north of the Township.

29/10/2016

53Km trip turned into 65Km with back tracking. Started off by heading down to Te Kuiti on SH3, turned off onto Te Kumi Station road just before Te Kuiti and then turned right onto Somerville road into Te Kuiti which becomes Tammadge Street and the Espelanade. Turned left onto Anzac street. Then Turned right onto Te Kuiti Street and then left onto Nagaronga Street. Turn right onto Williams. Walker Street is the last left turn. Which has two hill climbs on it, parts of the road have grass growing in the middle of the road but are smooth. Was planning on a left turn at the end of Walker onto Ngapeke road, but had to turn back as I was on the road bike and the road was unsealed. So If you have plans for this ride best take the Mountain bike. Ngapeke road does meet up with bush road where you can turn left which meets up with Tahia road. a right turn there leads onto Otewa, where a left turn takes you back to Otorohanga. Planning to take mountain bike on this circuit from Otewa road. Hills on walker road are shallower.

21/10/2016

This ride is About 35km. Head south on SH3 past the two bridges over the big hill straight through the roundabout over 2 rises take the left turn just before Te Kuiti onto Te Kumi Station road, take left turn at intersection after rail line onto Hangatiki road, (right heads into Te Kuiti),road here is flat with a few pot holes which leads to a hill, the ascent was quite Scenic makes the return even more pleasant, Turn right at intersection at end of Hangatiki onto Mangarino road which comes to another intersection, just keep left and Old Te Kuiti road leads back to Otorohanga

15/10/2016

Ride lenght is around 68 - 70 Km. Start by taking Ouruwhero road out of Otorohanga, turn left onto Te Kawa road after hill on Ouruwhero road, Turn right at intersection of SH31 with Te Kawa road, this will lead to last big hill and about 3 S bend leading into staight before Pirongia, road will wind towards main street of Pirongia, Stay on this road throgh Ngahinapori until past the hilly area and turn right onto Tuikarmea road to head into Hamilton this road will lead to the roundabout in Dinsdale, if traffic is light take 3rd exit onto Rifle range road, alternativly their is a lighted pedestian crossing a little ways down Whatawhata road. Take to the bike path just before roundabout at end of Riflerange road, (If your in a car at evening rush hour take lincoln road onto avelon dive, the express way road gets blocked of by cars heading onto avelon dive at next round about.) Get back on the road at the lights on lincoln road and head onto Avelon dive. just before the next roundabout turn onto Rotokauri road where their is another bike path that runs along side avelon drive. Stay on this until the lights just after the entrance of the Waikato expressway where you turn right onto waiere drive and lead to The Base. Which is wher my prefered bike shop is, Avanti Plus.