Ride Profiles Summary
The profile images
The first image shows the profile of the ride in solid green with the Taupo profile overlaid as the red line
Notable points are labeled
The second image shows the cumulative climb profile of the ride in solid green with the Taupo profile overlaid as the red line
Ride groupings
Each OTB ride is categorised as Gentle, Moderate or Serious as described below. Other rides are grouped under the category Open
Gentle: The 65km rides. Also Paekakariki via Paremata, Bays without Mt Crawford and Wallaceville/Whiteman's Valley rides.
Moderate: Most of the 80km rides. Also Paekakariki via Whitby, Bays including Mt Crawford and Makara and Wallaceville/Te Marua rides.
Serious: Most of the 100km+ rides. Any ride including Akatawara, Moonshine, up Blue Mountains Rd, Messines Rd/Wrights Hill or the 6 Peaks.
The intention is that the difficulty is relevant to the average rider.
Other information
The description will generally include a comparison to Taupo, a description of the Route, the Regroup and Turn-back points and known Hazards
Printing the profiles
The profiles are stored as a component of this page. To ensure they print correctly, click on or select some of the profile text before printing otherwise you may just get the banner and menus above.
Contributions
If you have data for a ride that you would like to
see included here, send it to the webmaster.
All that is required is the distance and altitude at 5-15sec intervals
together with and explanation of the route and any notable points to
label. The data can be in any list format such as XLS or TXT
files.
Suggestions, additional information and corrections are also welcome.