cycling in the waitakeres

liquidatorwolf said:

hey there. Having recently moved to west auckland I have been taking my mountain bike off road along tracks in the waitakere ranges. Does anyone know if I'm actually allowed to do this. I haven't seen any signs or info telling me I can't, but neither have I seen anything saying I can.

I had a quick look at the ARC web site for the parks in the Waitaks, and the only one that specifically mentions mountain biking is the Muriwai park. I can't see thast it is specifically prohibited in other parts of the park, but you are likely to get abused if you come fanging round a corner into a group out for a Sunday stroll.

Check out the ARC park info at: http://www.arc.govt.nz/arc/auckland-regional-parks/western-parks/

You could always call up the Arataki Visitor Centre and see what they say about MTB access to the various parks. http://www.arc.govt.nz/arc/auckland-regional-parks/arataki/

62vette said:

I had a quick look at the ARC web site for the parks in the Waitaks, and the only one that specifically mentions mountain biking is the Muriwai park. I can't see thast it is specifically prohibited in other parts of the park, but you are likely to get abused if you come fanging round a corner into a group out for a Sunday stroll.

Check out the ARC park info at: arc.govt.nzwestern parksOpen ↗

You could always call up the Arataki Visitor Centre and see what they say about MTB access to the various parks. arc.govt.nzaratakiOpen ↗

You could call the WCC too 8390400
Paulo
P.S You could buy a road bike and join us for a ride on the black stuff on Sunday AMs

Bigbananabike said:

P.S You could buy a road bike and join us for a ride on the black stuff on Sunday AMs

where abouts do you guys leave from? and what times?

bmoy003 said:

where abouts do you guys leave from? and what times?

Hi. We've only had one ride - last Sunday.
We leave from Parrs Park(on Parrs cross road), meeting in the carpark and leave at 7;30AM.
Cheers, Paul ;-)