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Bridge to Bridge

Bridge to Bridge - Mountain Bike Ride
Sunday 1st December 2024


  • The original Bridge to Bridge is a mountain bike ride from The Waimakariri Gorge Bridge to State Highway One Bridge, on the South Bank of the river.

  • There are now 4 mountain bike rides held that day, the traditional 58km ride from the Gorge, a 30km ride from The Willows a 12km Recreational Ride from Haul Road. In 2018 the Enduro of 115km going up the North Bank of the River and back down the South Bank was introduced.

  • All races finish at Whites Crossing by the Motorway Bridge (Hence the name Bridge to Bridge).

  • The 12km, 30km and 58km races start at 9:00am, with Race Briefing 8:45am.

  • The Enduro 115km starts at 6:45am, with Race Briefing at 6:30am

    • Mountain Bike Ride cut offs for all rides:

  • Waimakariri Gorge - 9:35am
    The Willows - 11:05am
    Haul Road - 12:20pm
    Finish - 1:00pm



  • The Start:




115km Ride:
The Bridge Enduro Mountain Bike 115km will start at Whites Crossing and utilize the clip-on on the motorway bridge.

The 115km race will start at 6:45am. Starting at Whites Crossing and riders will go up onto the Motorway clip-on on the Motorway Bridge, cross the river then travel up the Stop Bank and follow this all the way to Harrs Road where they will ride the riverbed road all the way up to the Intake at Browns Rock Road. They will then exit up to Thoncaster Road turn left on the tarseal road to the Waimakariri Golf Course to State Highway 6 and left towards the Waimakariri Gorge Bridge where you will cross the might Waiamakariri River, after crossing the bridge you will ride down into the Gorge. Hopefully you've arrived before or at the same time as the 58km riders are starting to get a drafted ride back down the river and a bit of company.

Your ride home will be the 58km course. In the first 9km you will come to 6 closed gates on the stop bank, you will need to throw your bike over these gates.This race will be a fast and exciting ride for everyone with the challenge to get to the gorge before the 58km riders start and hold them out to the finish. You will be basically doing both Bridge to Bridge races in one day.


58km Ride:
Bridge to Bridge Mountain Bike 58km starts at the Waimakariri Gorge Bridge.The 58km ride will start at 9:00am at the heart of the Waimakariri Gorge River Bridge. Starting beneath the gorge bridge you will travel via 4 wheel drive tracks all the way to the Waimakariri northern motorway bridge finishing in the car park area.Throughout the ride you will be tested by the amazing tracks and scenery of the river bed, stop bank and tracks through the trees and milled forestry.


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30km Ride: The 30km ride will start at 9.00am at the Willows off Thompsons Road, car parking is at the Willows.

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12km Ride: The 12km Recreational Ride is for everyone 7years of age and up, this starts 9:00am at Haul Road behind the shingle pit, this is achievable by everyone and we're allowing 7-year old and up to do this ride, preferably with an adult for the young ones.

12km Start and Carparking

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  • The Finish
  • Bridge to Bridge finishes at the State Highway One Bridge that crosses the Waimakariri River.

  • The finish will be in the car park area just before the Northern Motorway Bridge.

  • You will come out of a tree lined track into the open area and feel amazed that you’ve finished. One thing the ride does, it never tells you that you’re close to the finish, other than the one km markers throughout the track. At times you truly doubt that these are accurate as you can never see the finish until is just appears.

  • All distances will all finish at Whites Crossing. Turn at the Belfast Tavern (Peg Tavern), down Dickeys Road, the right onto Coutts Island Road.


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Course Map

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Race Packs
Your Race Pack will contain your Race Number and Race Information.
  • Your Race Number must be secured to the front of your handle bars
Note: Every entrant including the Recreational Ride has a Race Pack and you NEED to pick them up in order to compete.

Race Pack Pick Up
From: Fitness NZ Ltd - the Garmin Specialist - 485 Papanui Road, Christchurch - 0274760760 (look for the Garmin Flags)
Dates: Wednesday 29th November to Saturday 2nd December - 12 noon.
Hours are:
Wednesday 29th November - 9am - 5:00pm
Thursday 30th November - 9am - 5:00pm
Friday 1st December - 9am - 5:00pm
Saturday 2nd December- 10am - 12noon
Or by prior arrangement with carol@cjmsevents.co.nz.
If you are from out of Christchurch you can contact us to make special arrangements - carol@cjmsevents.co.nz
Multiple PacksYou are more than welcome to pick up 'multiple packs' (this is more than one). Please email us with a list of all the names so we can have these all ready for you so speed things up - carol@cjmsevents.co.nz