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flag obiwankenobi
Posted: Oct 26, 2018 at 14:25 Quote
Hi,
Visiting NZ in November from Scotland. Will be riding in Rotorua and Queenstown for a day each. Has anyone a recommendation for good bike rental in both, which shops are best. Also what trails are recommended in both. Really looking forward to getting out there it looks sick!
Cheers!
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Posted: Oct 26, 2018 at 23:40 Quote
obiwankenobi wrote:
Hi,
Visiting NZ in November from Scotland. Will be riding in Rotorua and Queenstown for a day each. Has anyone a recommendation for good bike rental in both, which shops are best. Also what trails are recommended in both. Really looking forward to getting out there it looks sick!
Cheers!

In Rotovegas you can rent Giants from Mountain Bike Rotorua (just Google them for website). They have rental shops in town, at Waipa Mill Road carpark (main entry to Redwoods / Whakarewarewa forest), and also at Skyline.

Further down Waipa Mill Road, Planet Bikes is another option. Ed has Scott bikes and also Banshee I believe.

For riding, you will want to ride the forest rather than Skyline. Jump on the shuttle bus and they will take you up to a great selection of around six 6min plus trail/enduro/jump/flow trails.

Like... Billy T, Corners, Huckleberry Hound (jumps trail), Te Maunga, Under Billy, National DH / Taniwha, Tihi o Tawa.

From bottom of Billy T you can hook straight into G Rock (flow) that then flows into Roller Coaster to make a 20-25min descent depending on how fast you are.

Or if you hang a left from Billy T you can ride over to Time Warp (includes a 150m climb over about 3km) and from top of the trig station at the end of Time Warp you have the choice of Split Enz flow DH into Pondy, or go right and hook down the EWS stage comprising of Riff Raff, Frank n Furter, and Rocky Horror {the EWS stuff is grade 5 / Black whereas Split Enz is a grade 3/4 over around 10mins}

And of course there is the whole other side of the forest with classics such as Hot X Buns, Tumeke, K2, Box of Birds, Corridor, Gunna Gotta, Paddy's Run etc.

Can't help you out with QTown though, sorry..
flag obiwankenobi
Posted: Nov 14, 2018 at 0:21 Quote
Thanks handynzl,
Managed two days riding at Rotorua. Great stuff, enjoyed corridor and gutta gotta the most. Really need much more time there.
Thanks for your help. ????
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