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Rosebank Gazza
Pretty much all of the trails over here in Whakarewarewa Forest are super smooth.
Here's one small section of 'Rosebank' that had a narrow gully with a few roots though - this is almost as technical as it gets. Note I don't say, "hard". There are harder sections but that comes from jumps and such rather than having to negotiate roots, rocks, etc.
Gazza made it look easy but it's actually quite tricky, especially when you know that just off camera to the left is a very sharp right hander with a 2-3 foot drop straight ahead.
Rotovegas Video Diary
Video diary of our trip to Rotorua (including Taupo and Whirinaki) in November 2010
Cant wait for 2011's trip
New Year in Rotorua
Sydney International Airport
Just putting this meeting in here for a bit of fun so we have a gallery to post the images 
Shweeb 1
Rotorua fun - at agroventures fun park; recumbant monorail bike track.
http://www.shweeb.co.nz
Two bikes on inter-locking tracks, running a race/timed 3 laps.
Candidate for a hot lap challenge perhaps? Record appears to be 55 seconds - I managed 65 seconds after slipping of the pedals a few times.
Bit of fun whilst in Rotorua if you're not on the MTB tracks...
Whakarewarewa Forest Update (2009)
Hello NSW!
There's more evidence of how solid MTB facilities are of benefit to the economy and community in this document from New Zealand (Whakarewarewa Forest is in Rotorua in case you didn't know):
http://aprconsultants.co.nz/index.php/download_f...
One would expect that having just emerged from an economic recession, that discretionary consumer spending on recreational activities would have declined. While this may be true in many areas, use of “God's Playground” being Whakarewarewa Forest has increased.
Whistler/Rotorua/WSN Belrose Comparison
Over the years there's been bit of enthusiasm about the potential for MTB activities at the WSN Site at Belrose (aka. Belrose Tip). Obviously, any development that works for mountain bike riders is a good thing, and broadly supported by the MTB community.
Unfortunately, when I looked into this one in a bit more detail, I started to get a little worried that we might be focusing too much effort on a project that just can't work out was we might have hoped.