Shimano Factory Tour
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…
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Aaron Hill’s journey to the Tour de France in support of Mental Health New Zealand
Wow, what an experience!! Around a year ago my wife spotted an ad for a group of guys to ride every stage of the Tour De France and to raise awareness and funds for Mental…
North Canterbury Cycling Club member heads up to Wairoa Gorge Mountain Bike Park
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…
Dutchy’s Prospector 2022!
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…
Tour Te Waipounamu – Richard Lindsay’s Epic ride
Tour Te Waipounamu: The Race. On Monday, around 10pm I knocked the bastard off. A 1329 km bikepacking ride of epic proportions from Cape Farewell to Slope Point (the top to the bottom of Te…
NCCC Track Building Guidelines
If any club members want to get involved in track building they are to contact the Track Maintenance committee member, as per the Track Building Guidelines. To find out more about track building please email…
NCCC members Aaron Clark and Grant Beatty tackle the Heaphy Track in 1 day
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…
Queen Charlotte Track by E Bike
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…
Club members check out the trails at Mt Hutt Bike Park
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…
North Canterbury Cycling Club junior rider Jacob Turner takes out the Oceania mountainbike champs 2019
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…
Poulter River Valley MTB Ride
After much to and fro decisions by various people to go or not to go and whether to stay overnight the final crew of 5, 1 day riders and 3 overnighters was established for the…
Riding Wharfedale Track
With the recent Port Hills fire closing most of Christchurch’s mountain bike trails, now is a good time to get out and explore places we don’t often ride. Aaron, Darryn and the guys recently rode Wharfedale Track and brought…
Overnighter on the Heaphy Track
Hope everyone had a good Queen’s Birthday weekend. We spent some time with family in Westport and made time for an overnighter on the Heaphy Track. We were lucky to get the ride done just before…