23 October this year

A number of the cross town bus routes terminate on or adjacent to the Port Hills and can be used to access the tracks rather than having to cycle right through the city or take your bike over by car. An advantage is that they allow you to vary your use of the hills tracks by using different approaches or starting points - for example starting a ride in Lyttelton, or by busing to Cashmere or Kennedys Bush and riding the single tracks along to Sumner.  They could also be handy if you have bike (or rider) problems, the weather cuts up, or you just don't feel up to the ride home in that head wind! 

Also the 90 & 92 routes give access to the tracks on the north side of the Waimak (and further afield).

See also

http://spokes.org.nz/article/bike-racks-on-buses-lets-use-them

There is a bus route map available as well.

Ian McK, passed on from Robin Delamore (Spokes)

For all rides:  Be prepared with a bike in good order, helmet, food, water, jacket, tube, tools and pump. If your bike is a wreck you are unlikely to enjoy the ride, and the kind people who help you out won't enjoy it so much either. Ride leaders will turn people away if they are not prepared!

Having said that, we are a happy bunch, and believe in a good time for all.  

The ride through the single track of Hamner Springs was excellent! And we rode a new track, Threshold.

About

The Club runs a Google Group (mailing list) for co-ordinating weekly night rides. 

Membership to the group is availiable for any CMBC Member who wants to be placed on the list.

• Club members can post and receive messages.
• Messages and conversations about the night rides can be accessed on the  via the Google website, and are availiable for the public access.

Cancellations and Changes  

If the weather is bad or the riding is better somewhere else then this group is used to co-ordinate last minute changes to the plan.

Co-ordinator

Steve is the valiant member of the committee who is co-ordinating this group. To get hold of him: Check the Contact Page  to get his details.

Address

http://groups.google.co.nz/group/cmbc-weekly-rides

The CMBC runs a Yahoo Group and we use this to send email notifications out to our club members.