Queenstown Vs Maydena for Intermediates

[nathanm]

Not when I'm riding.. looks like I'll scrap that idea and wait until Sept/Oct.. tho probably just as likely to be mud and snow

its Tasmania though, our risk of snow in Maydena pretty much covers jan-jan but Winter should definitely be avoided. It will often start late though so you may get a way with an early June trip but it would be risky.

 

[Mattyp]

I got snowed on in april last year there.... And it was wet wet wet.

 

[Daniel Hale]

another queenstown Q, been checking the profiles, if i ride up & don’t take gondola looks quite steep, mostly above 10%, which means i’ll struggle on SS—my legs are scrawny...should i be throwing gears on to tackle the climbs there?

 

[creaky]

another queenstown Q, been checking the profiles, if i ride up & don’t take gondola looks quite steep, mostly above 10%, which means i’ll struggle on SS—my legs are scrawny...should i be throwing gears on to tackle the climbs there?

So the QT bike on a SS hard tail without uplifts .... sounds a bit quirky !!

There are other rides that would suit that style of bike (and assuming aligned rider preferences) better. Moke Lake, 7 Mile etc. and surely heaps that I don’t know of !

 

[Daniel Hale]

So the QT bike on a SS hard tail without uplifts .... sounds a bit quirky !!

There are other rides that would suit that style of bike (and assuming aligned rider preferences) better. Moke Lake, 7 Mile etc. and surely heaps that I don’t know of !

yep other rides planned including a bike hiking expedition. to ben lomond, ill have 1 bike park day though just to check it out - i may take the duallie (also SS)

 

[creaky]

i may take the duallie

If you'd rather ride the ss (could be hard work in that region) then maybe just hire a long travel rig for the bike park day and take the uplift??

 

[Mattyp]

The access road in the bike park is quite steep, i was in the 50t most of the way up. There are other ways up, fernhill loop, but also steepish and techy. Can't say i saw anyone without gears anywhere. Nz hills are big.

 

[moorey]

You said a mouthful.

 

[Mattyp]

Just checked my strava, access road is 16% average, the first half felt much steeper than the 2nd half, the actual ROAD to the start of access road is 21% but quite short. This will get you to the top of the chairlift, keep pedaling up Beeched Az 8% average. Took me 1hr 18mins to the top of Fernhill Decent. About 600m of climbing in 7.5km for a 10-12min decent in the wet.... worth it.

 

[moorey]

@slowmick did it today...what you reckon, mate?

 

[slowmick]

You'd want monster legs and a whole lot of stamina to push a single speed up the access road. It is steep and the surface sucks the life out of you. I did my fair share of waking on the first attempt.

Low gears are awesome for the park - there is lots of tech climbing to link the trails together and a lot of them aren't very wide and vision can be limited. crawling is the order of the day in a few places.

 

[moorey]

You'd want monster legs and a whole lot of stamina to push a single speed up the access road. It is steep and the surface sucks the life out of you. I did my fair share of waking on the first attempt.

First TransNZ, they gave a paragliding voucher to the person who rode to the top of Skyline first, so on the second year, I smashed it out, killed myself riding up the whole way, was first to the top....no prize

 

[creaky]

I smashed it out, killed myself riding up the whole way, was first to the top

Fake news

 

[moorey]

Fake news

In everyone else’s defence, they clearly knew there was no reward, and decided not to blow up, knowing there was another 600m elevation climb following it

 

[slowmick]

That's a very impressive effort Mr @moorey. I decided not to blow what little energy I had left climbing the road. There was still plenty more down to be done. Was a ball of sweat by the time I got to the first stage.

 

[Jpez]

That's a very impressive effort Mr @moorey. I decided not to blow what little energy I had left climbing the road. There was still plenty more down to be done. Was a ball of sweat by the time I got to the first stage.

Didn’t you just finish the TransNZ?
how did you go? Would love a report!

 

[moorey]

That's a very impressive effort Mr @moorey. I decided not to blow what little energy I had left climbing the road. There was still plenty more down to be done. Was a ball of sweat by the time I got to the first stage.

You had one more day of riding leading up to this. No Cardrona in my day. (Ok boomer)