News Letter

Wanting to ride the mount bike trails around the area then this could be the ticket.

Looking for a mountain bike to rent then go to the links page from here, click on the Rental Bike link and it will connect you to the Natural High

web site.

Mention that you found the Natural High rental web site on the Franklin Mountain Bike web site and receive a 10%

discount when hiring your mountain bike. You will find them right at the door when you get off the plane.

Got friends going to Christchurch then refer them to the Natural High web site and book a rental bike, mention that they heard about this deal from the Franklin MTB club site via you and your friends will receive the same deal a 10%

discount off the hire.

Prefer a 29"er then Natural High is the place to go to hire one of these dynamic machines. Same deal applies.

Want to ride the trails in Auckland then a mountain bike could be just the ticket.

Want to hire a 29", well

is the place. From the 1/8/2011 they will have a good range of 29"

ers in their fleet of hire bikes.

After collecting you bags from the airport make a 'B' line for Aviation golf club behind Butterfly Creek. There you will find Natural High. The rental bike company. Mention that you read about this offer on the Franklin MTB web site, smile sweetly and tell them that they are all great people and receive a 10%

discount off the hire of the mountain bike. If you refer your friends to Natural High and they hire a bike from them, then they will get the same deal.

Thanks to the very few volunteers we now have and easy grade 2 loop almost complete.
Thanks to McEntee hire Pukekohe for all their support.

Lets not forget the digger driver, Jason. His jeweller hands control of the controls were immeasurable. Well done and thankyou

And the committee are just rock stars !!with out you Puni park wouldn’t exist!

Regards Roger El Presidento

We had a great day on Saturday with the help of the whole committee and two non club member volunteers Garth and Daniel.
Thanks for all the hard work put in the place is hardly recognisable, we could do with help making trail signs also.
We need someone who can wield an axe to remove roots from the trail that are starting to be exposed all along the trail.
We’d like people to ride the new trails as much as possible to bed them in before winter starts, but preferably not after a fresh rain as it will cut groves through the hardening top surface.
Some new area available to make some jumps. Let me know if you are interested.
Sorry about the return up trail ,it’s a bit bumpy and soft, we’ll finish it off with an excavator Saturday.

Regards Roger.

President
Franklin Mountainbike Club

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Club reflects on inaugural year.
Ref: Article from Franklin Counties News

As the Franklin Mountain Bike club completes it's first full year in existence it is preparing for a big 2009 with track developments and scheduled events on the horizon.
The club held a Christmas BBQ at it's Puni track site on Thursday evening,(11/12/08) where members took part in time trials around the forest site, and played mountain bike soccer and put a new twist on the 60's dance the 'Limbo'.
Committee member Chris Walkley said the club wanted to hold an event that gets as many members and non members together as possible.
The club is currently working through its insurance so it will be able to host official riding events next year.
As work is completed on the nearby BMX track, they will also improve their tracks in the forest area - so both are available for club members, he said.
Mr Walkley said as the Puni track is often used every day by 5-10 people riding in groups or individually for recreation, the scope and interest appears to be there for organized events.

Different Games: Members of the Franklin MTB Club playing mountain bike soccer at the track Time Trial: Cody Lush,8 during a time trial at the Franklin MTB Club track at puni

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On Sunday 29 June the Franklin Mountain Bike Club and MWH Consultants planted 900 native plants in Puni Reserve. Many of the plants are wetland specie and others suitable for riparian planting. The planting took place along a section of ephemeral stream. MWH funded the $2500 worth of plants. A big thanks to MWH for the funding and those staff members (and partners) who drove to Franklin on a Sunday morning to help.

The planting was a very successful project. There was a great turnout of both local volunteers and also volunteers from MWH. The back stream is now well endowered with wet land plants which will be a great asset to both the club and to the community. There is a rock feature in the middle of the stream which hopefully become a central feature.

The Franklin Mountain Bike Club is doing its bit for the environment.

   The Club has secured $2500 of funding from MWH Limited for native plants. These plants will be planted in the ephemeral stream/waterway that runs through the back paddock at Puni, behind the pines and near where the BMX track is being built.
   If anyone would like to come along, help with planting and show Council and MWH that mountain bikers give back to the community and the environment, then please come along to help us plant this Sunday 29/6/08 from 9am.
   All this of course has got nothing to do with that fact that the Club would like access to the back paddock to extent our tracks.
   This is the first of many things that your committee has planned for you to enjoy.

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