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New Custom Built Bikes for Trail Journeys Fleet

Trail Journeys are developing an new bike specifically for the trail and from our 10 years experience on the trail we have identified areas that are important to our customer and our service depart. These include puncture proof tyres, good quality bearings, comfortable riding position with high rake stems for maximum comfort, comfort saddles and many other features identified by our staff.

Check out the comments from our past customers

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Trail Journeys launches Wine/Railtrail Combo

New for the 2011 - 2012 season will be a combination Guided Wine and Railtrail experience taking in some of the best cool climate vineyards in New Zealand. For the wine experience, Appellation Central Wine Tours out of Queenstown will take you on a tour of some famous wineries in the Bannockburn area including lunch and then deliver you to Trail Journeys for the start of your Railtrail experience.

Driving down to start the Railtrail. For a good suggestion, READ ON !

Increasingly we have people driving to Central to start the Railtrail. A good TIP for those people is for you to drive to Middlemarch and leave your car with us for either secure inside or outside storage. Catch our bus that day to Clyde where you stay the night and then start the trail the next morning, cycling back to your car. This way you don't have to wait for the bus to take you back to Clyde. As most people will finish around lunch time, if they do 4 days on the trail, you will effectively be 5 hours earlier on the road home or to your next destination. Contact our team for more information. CLICK HERE

Trail Journeys success in Middlemarch !

Trail Journeys new base in Middlemarch has been an outstanding success. With a combination of services offered including hot showers, internet access, merchandise, bike hire and car storage, the Middlemarch base fills the need for a top class facility. The 24 hour fuel from our newly installed card pumps has also provided the local community with a reliable fuel service for the area.

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Ride the Trail - Day 2

Omakau to Wedderburn 45km

Todays highlight would have to be the beautiful Poolburn gorge where you will ride through two tunnels and two viaducts before opening out into the magnificent Ida Valley (made famous by the paintings of Grahame Sydney. You will then cycle down through the vast open expanse of the Ida Valley farm lands past the Idaburn dam, one of New Zealands best outdoor winter curling sites. It's well worth stopping off to visit the E. Hayes and Sons Historic Engineering Works, about one km before Oturehua. Whilst in Oturehua make sure that you visit the famous historic local store before stopping for one of the amazing lunches at the local hotel.

After lunch you'll cycle past the Golden Progress mine just north of Oturehua before tackling the gradual climb up to the highest point on the track (and the marker for the 45th parallel). From here there is a gentle downhill ride through to Wedderburn. Here you can stop for a drink at the Wedderburn pub (and later a meal) and spend the night at some of the local accommodation. The 4^th generation Duncan family can take you on a farm tour or you could have a trip organised to the old Goldmining town of Naseby to try your hand at curling at their new world class enclosed curling rink. (Naseby has many historic buildings, and a range of accommodation). All this can be arranged by Trail Journeys staff.