by Brian Miller | Feb 24, 2012 | Biking Resources, Rail Trail Resources
The Otago Central Rail Trail is the most popular cycle trail in New Zealand with over 10 000 people cycling the full length each year and more than that number using the trail for shorts trips. The Trust website is the best place find links for renting bikes and...
by Brian Miller | Feb 23, 2012 | Biking Resources, Brian's Blog
Details of all new tracks can be found on – The New Zealand Cycle Project Website This map below from the New Zealand Cycle Project Website shows the location of the new cycle trails being built – Red for planned and Green for completed. The New Zealand...
by Brian Miller | Nov 7, 2011 | Biking Resources
Travelling Light and Long Long and Light – the way of the Dirt Brevet By Simon Kennett, as published in NZ MTBer There’s a new style of mountain biking slowly spreading across the globe – call it a dirt brevet, bikepacking, or fat tyre randoneering if you like....
by Brian Miller | Nov 2, 2011 | Biking Resources, Brian's Blog, Press Releases, Rail Trail Resources
When the Department of Conservation bought 150km of unused rail corridor in Central Otago 1993 and proposed a bike trail, many people laughed at the idea. Who would use it they said? Well 10 years after the full track was finished more than 10,000 people a year cycle...
by Brian Miller | May 23, 2011 | Biking Resources, Press Releases
The popularity of the Otago Central Rail Trail shows no signs of waning, despite anecdotal reports of demand dropping or levelling off during the past season. More than 120 people attended the first workshop on the future of the trail, held at Omakau on Friday, and...