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.  

Rides

Ride Grading, Sandwich Rating, Ride Information

Belfast Pub to McLeans Island -  25 July

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Grade: 2
Sandwich Rating: 2
When: Sunday 25 July - 09.30am
Meet: Belfast Hotel
Ride Leader:  Geoff Skilton ph 027 374 7731

Meet at the Belfast Pub at 9:00 and ride from there along the riverbank roads to McLeans Island, then a quick lap or two of the loop track followed by a ride back to Belfast. Routes on the day will be determined by weather but the intention is that this is an all weather ride!

Bossau Rd -  8 August

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Grade: 2
Sandwich Rating: 3
When: Sunday 8 August - 09.00am
Meet: Princess Margaret Hospital
Ride Leader:  Neil Coleman ph 385 0316

Drive to Little River to regroup. Info to come

McLeans Island Night Ride -  22 August

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Grade: 2, thoiugh it will be dark!
Sandwich Rating: 2
When: Sunday 22 August - 06.30pm
Meet: McLeans Island
Ride Leader:  Michael Allison ph 022 603 2043

http://www.ccc.govt.nz/Cycling/TracksRides/McLeansForestRide.asp
Start: The entrance to McLeans Forest is on McLeans Island Road just before Orana Park if you are coming from Christchurch.
Distance: 10.5 km loop taking about an hour.
Difficulty: Moderate as it is singletrack riding in the dark – requires good night lights (ones that mount on your helmet – not just handlebar version). If you want to borrow lights, contact one of the club committee members.

Lees Valley -  5 September

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Grade: 2
Sandwich Rating: 3
When: Sunday 5 Sept - 9:00am
Meet: Belfast Pub
Ride Leader:  Dean Attwood ph 021 241 2927

Info to come

Ashburton River -  19 September

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Grade: 2
Sandwich Rating: 3
When: Sunday 5 Sept - 9:00am
Meet: Belfast Pub
Ride Leader:  Michael Allison ph 022 603 2043

Info to come

Packhorse Hut -  3 October

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Grade: 3
Sandwich Rating: 2
When: Sunday 3 Oct - 9:00am
Meet: Opposite Princess Margaret Hospital
Ride Leader: Required

Drive to the Blue Duck Cafe past Motukarara, then ride up Gebbies pass to the top. Branch off on the gravel road, then ride the track through the trees and up to the Packhorse.The Packhorse Hut sits in the pass below the Remarkable Dykes and there are great views back over Lytellton harbour, Gebbies Pass and the Summit Rd.
Grade 3 with some short interesting technical bits, but these bits are also quite steep so may have to be walked anyway. It is a 2hr + ride in, mostly up hill, however walking the last section is an option taken by some on past rides if they have been a bit weary or wary of the slope. The ride out is a blast.

Coffee at the Blue Duck to finish

• Staircase Gully
• Kirwans Track
• Big River
• Caples