i went for a great road ride a couple of days ago. i love heading out on the road bike but i don't like busy roads and i like some nice scenery to look at, yes i know i am not that easy to please! lucky for me there are places close by where i find all this! so i headed out towards Waikiti to scope out a new loop, i find it exciting to ride new routs as you never know what you will see and the landscape is just stunning around there with rolling hill, lakes, cliffs, boulders and some cool houses.
my legs were not feeling that fresh to start off with so the first few hills where a bit hard going but i the legs slowly warmed up. i was expecting to get some rain but instead i got sunshine which was such a great surprise! there were some big thunderclouds building up looking like the weather could change any minute but i just got to admire them rather then feel the effect of them, very cool and lucky!
to finish my ride i decided to check out a part of the new cycle way called Te Ara O Ahi (the pathway of fire) that goes from Rotorua to Orakei Korako. the part i was doing follows state highway 5 from Waipa Rotorua (mountain bike car park) towards Taupo ending at Tumunui road. i was going to ride it the other way so i headed up Tumunui rd which is a killer on a good day as there seems to be climb after climb after climb but it is even more testing when you have tired legs and on top of that some lovely headwind! yeah i loved it! hm maybe not quite but it feels good once i made it out the other side. from there i jumped on the new cycle way and this one took me all the way back to Rotorua without having to fight the cars and you could even stop for a picnic if you were so inclines, awesome!
Te Ara Ahi cyclists 'rest area'. photo & bike Dave Donaldson
so a great road ride: stunning scenery, sunshine and hardly no cars, can't ask for more really!
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