A GREAT RIDE WHERE CYCLING’S HAPPENING
Growing up in Hamilton I cycled to school on busy roads in a time before cycleways, lanes or trails … dedicated bicycle routes were only a twinkle in the eye of the future. Spending time in the Waikato recently, I found the future is now! Cycling is booming in the heart of the Waikato. No other northern region has such a choice of official Great Rides, can claim Cycling NZ’s HQ, or has such long river-hugging rides. In the Waikato, cycling is where it’s happening and the Te Awa (The River) Trail may have helped make the region ‘Cycling Central’. Known as the Great New Zealand River Ride, the newly formed Te Awa has emerged quicker than a taniwha rising onto a riverbank. In due course, the cycle trail will not only link Ngāruawāhia to Cambridge but may meet up with the Waikato River and Hauraki Rail Trails becoming a truly glorious bicycle network.
Before starting, with GPS in hand, I considered how I might ride Te Awa. The easy river ride currently
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