Recently I was lucky enough to be invited to go on a Shimano Factory tour. I am told that this is a rare privilege, Shimano only has 2-3 tours a year that is open to… 

Recently I was invited to a bicycle dealer only event, not unusual as I own a bike shop but where it was got me intrigued. I had heard a bit about Wairoa Gorge Mountain Bike… 

March 11th – 13th saw Maarten don his Christchurch Electrical cycling jersey to compete in the 2022 Prospector in beautiful Central Otago. The 2022 Prospector had 200 riders enter and was one of the only… 

Local legends Aaron Clark and Grant Beatty tackled the Heaphy Track in one day recently. Aaron is a successful Rangiora real estate agent at Property Brokers and a good guy. Grant is better known as… 

For those of you who haven’t heard of the Queen Charlotte Track, it is one of New Zealand’s classic mountain bike rides or great walk. I prefer to think it is better to ride. The… 

Funny things happen when drinking beer, hands get put up do to silly things, stuff like Coast to Coast, Iron Man and Mt Hutt Mountain Bike Park. NCCC member Chris Farmer organised our inaugural trip… 

Here is Jakob’s story, as told by him – I was so excited to get the opportunity to go to Australia to do my first international MTB race.   This was something I have dreamed of…