Category: LANDED

  • Landed: WTB HTZ i30 EMTB Wheelset

    Landed: WTB HTZ i30 EMTB Wheelset

    Let’s face it, the electric bike, in all its forms, has saved the bike industry. For now. E-bikes created a whole new segment for manufacturers to develop products for, and they had a whole new audience to cater to. In the mountain bike world especially, new sub-cat products were actually useful and not just a…

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  • Landed: Revelate Bags

    Landed: Revelate Bags

    Even for non-bikepacking types, the name that usually springs to mind when it comes to on-the-bike gear carrying options is Revelate Designs. The Alaskan company has been producing an array of frame bags and their bag brethren for ten years, borne out of crazy races like the Iditarod and other adventures in the frozen wilderness of…

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  • Landed: Specialized Sequoia Expert

    Landed: Specialized Sequoia Expert

    For years I’ve contemplated the question “if you could only own one bike, what would it be?” The answer to that question has changed as often as I’ve changed bikes, but usually it was a case of either mountain bike or road bike. Factors like whatever I was enjoying riding mosty at that point figured…

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  • Landed: Hunt 650B Adventure Sport Disc Wheels

    Landed: Hunt 650B Adventure Sport Disc Wheels

    Standing in line for another run at Skyline Queenstown last summer, I got chatting with a fellow rider about his Hunt Wheels kit and the hoops of the same name on his bike. It turned out that he was an ambassador for the fledgling British wheel brand, and after further research I discovered his name was Josh Ibbett, a…

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  • Landed: Rocky Mountain Instinct 950 MSL

    Landed: Rocky Mountain Instinct 950 MSL

    Rocky Mountain is as Canadian as maple syrup, ice hockey and good buds, with a reputation for top-end bikes built to take on the burly tech terrain of the North Shore through to the hucks and high-speeds of Whistler. They have had a less than prominent profile in New Zealand, but with a new distributor,…

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  • Sit On It: WTB Saddle Fit System

    Sit On It: WTB Saddle Fit System

    Buying a saddle is one of the most difficult and stress-filled exercises, not just for the purchaser but the salesperson who has to offer advice on the most personal of all cycling equipment choices. Finding just the right shape, size and amount of padding comes down to more than just pushing your thumb into it…

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  • Landed: Scott Addict CX 20

    Landed: Scott Addict CX 20

    Cyclocross, like work, fascinates me; I could watch it all day. Getting me to participate in it though, no chance. There’ve been many failed attempts by all manner of folk to convince me that sliding around in mud on skinny tyres and drop bars in winter is somehow going to change my life for the…

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  • Landed: Shimano XT 11-46 Cassette

    Landed: Shimano XT 11-46 Cassette

    When Shimano released details of their new 11-speed drivetrain components a couple of months back, the biggest talking point was the addition of a wide range 11-46t 11 speed cassette. Unfortunately, no samples or even photos were available, so it was a pleasant surprise to receive this example in the post today. After initially wondering…

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