Been wanting to bike the Rimuaka Rail Trail for a while and since it's in Wellingtons Best Bike Rides, I finally got round to it yesterday. Headed to Upper Hutt with a friend and parked at the Kaitoke car park. We biked up to the Summit in the ~130 KPH winds and at times, driving rain. It was warm enough though and the wind "pushed" us uphill (if you can call a 1% gradient uphill!) on the way to the Summit.. The way back was a bit more of a struggle with the wind nearly blowing me off my bike a few times. Had to be a big kid on the way back and ride through the stream at Munitions Bend a couple of times :) All up, it's a very fun ride and a nice change to slogging it out on single tracks around Makara Peak. This would make a great ride with young kids with a picnic at the Summit and swim in the river on a hot day. Will definitely do it again soon and ride the Back Road track on the way back and then aim for an epic ride to Featherston and time it to catch the train back to Welly. More details on the track here
http://www.gw.govt.nz/Rimutaka-Rail-Trail/
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