Re: Haleakala downhill bike riding halted
Wouldn't that be around Hosmer Grove? I think Hosmer Grove is right outside the Park boundary and would make an OK place for a lot of cars/people to be dropped off. I don't think that solves all of the bike/nuisance problem, though it probably will cut down on the number of injuries to neophyte bike riders. If I remember correctly, the route they use when they get to the junction of Halekala Hwy and Upper Kula Rd is they take Upper Kula Rd all the way down to almost Pukalani and then go on Olinda Rd all the way down to Baldwin Ave. and end up in Paia. There are a lot of houses on the lower part of the stretch between Hosmer Grove and the Upper Kula Rd. junction and there are no bike paths on that part of the road, so I think local residents are still going to be complaining about riders hogging the road. There is a bike path now on Baldwin Ave up by Rainbow Gardens so that part is safer.
I read in today's Maui News that one bike company was shutting down for the time being and laid off 17 employees and another one was going to concentrate on bike tours going the other way towards Keokea, down to Tedeschi Vineyards. That route would be more scenic than coming down Olinda Rd. to me, and there's free wine tasting at the end of the rainbow!
Miulang
Originally posted by oggboy
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I read in today's Maui News that one bike company was shutting down for the time being and laid off 17 employees and another one was going to concentrate on bike tours going the other way towards Keokea, down to Tedeschi Vineyards. That route would be more scenic than coming down Olinda Rd. to me, and there's free wine tasting at the end of the rainbow!
Miulang
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