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Five Great Ways to Upgrade Your Forest Loop!

Five Great Ways to Upgrade Your Forest Loop!

January 7th 2022 The Forest Loop is a fantastic introduction to Whakarewarewa Forest, and the amazing environment it occupies. It is also a great way to gently get yourself into mountain biking. The Forest Loop is a Read more

Four New Trails in Whaka Forest!

October 14th 2021 Spring is here, and with it come four new trails in the ever-expanding Rotorua trail system. Two are on the east facing slopes above the new Forest Hub carpark at Te Putake O Tawa. There is the new Read more

Do you Ride Rotorua?

Do you Ride Rotorua?

January 8th 2021 Whakarewarewa Forest in Rotorua is an amazing place to ride, for sure, and is arguably the most popular park-like facility in New Zealand for mountain biking. It has a long back story as a mountain Read more

Forty years (or thereabouts) Riding Rotorua

Forty years (or thereabouts) Riding Rotorua

November 25th 2022 I took this photo because I want to share the significance to this signpost to me, and the bike leaning against it is part of the story. My first mountain bike came into my life a long time ago - my Read more

Mountain biking has a big impact on Rotorua's economy

Mountain biking has a big impact on Rotorua's economy

September 5th 2022 $139.8 million spent in Rotorua by mountain bikers who visited in 2021 A new report commissioned by RotoruaNZ that assesses the contribution of mountain biking to the Rotorua Lakes Economy shows Read more

Turkish Delight is BACK ON the menu!

Turkish Delight is BACK ON the menu!

August 26th 2022 The block at the top of the Nursery Road hill between Katore Road and Tokorangi Pa Road has been logged. That area contained Turkish Delight, Soakhole, and the finish of Corridor, Eastern Spice, Read more

A Grade 3 Ride from Putake-O-Tawa

A Grade 3 Ride from Putake-O-Tawa

August 5th 2022 We recently got an enquiry from a visitor planning to stay at the Blue Lake Holiday Park, and looking to do a 3-4 hour ride. We pointed him at The Forest Loop - that is a simple solution - but Read more

The RideRotorua Trail Survey is complete!

The RideRotorua Trail Survey is complete!

October 15th 2021 Thanks very much if you took the time to respond to our Whaka Trails Survey! We received a lot of opinions, with some great comments to back them up. What really surprised us was not so much the re Read more

Ma Te Wa

Ma Te Wa

October 15th 2021 Last night I even went for the season’s first after-work ride. Unlike some of my after-work efforts, this one started outside of what normal people consider to be working hours. The goal was to Read more

"Illegal" Trails in Whaka Forest

"Illegal" Trails in Whaka Forest

October 12th 2021 We need to talk about illegal trail building. Illegal trails, community trails, unsanctioned trails… whatever you want to call them, they are something we all know about, and regardless of your Read more

RideRotorua Map Updated for 2021!

RideRotorua Map Updated for 2021!

September 14th 2021 We live in Rotorua. We have been here since the little network of trails that sprung up in the nearby forest looked likely to make Rotorua a bike town. To be honest, we had been heading down to Roto Read more

Go fast, not slow!

Go fast, not slow!

May 15th 2021 One of the joys (and sources of exhaustion) of parenting is the constant change as your kidlet grows. So they slept for 6 hours straight three nights in a row? Ho, ho, ho, good luck for the next 1.5 Read more

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