Category: BIKES

  • Fluid Trails

    Fluid Trails

    Fluid Trails follows three adventurers as they make their way across Kahurangi National Park, New Zealand via mountain bike and packraft. The park is an ancient place of rare birds, rolling alpine tussock, earthquake shattered peaks and towering podocarp forests. A place of colonialism gold fever and endeavour. A place of cascading rivers and winding…

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  • Huttcross 19.4: Bohemian Rhapsody

    Huttcross 19.4: Bohemian Rhapsody

    Thunderbolt and lightning, very, very frightening. Alternatively, an epic atmosphere for an almighty ‘cross race rustled up by the Gods of Cross. For Round 4, your $25 entry fee bought you tickets to a free light show. Ngati Tama appears to enjoy delivering on tough mudders and followed on from her performances in 2016 and…

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  • Insider Rides: Brett’s Merckx Team SC

    Insider Rides: Brett’s Merckx Team SC

    “Ah, I know this bike!” And so he should’ve. It had carried him to one of his victories in Paris-Roubaix, plus a host of other wins and podiums in major races. Of course I had to let him ride it, but somehow and for reasons unknown I failed to get photographic evidence. I mean, what…

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  • The Sandy Steeps Of The South

    The Sandy Steeps Of The South

    Our cross friends from down south bring the sand, steeps, wetlands and more ‘yeah boi’s than you can shake a cantilever brake at for Southern Cross 3.

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  • Huttcross 19.3: Harbourmaster

    Huttcross 19.3: Harbourmaster

    As an event organizer, hitting virgin cyclocross soil is filled with the same jitters as a first date. It’s a combination of nervous excitement blended with the uncertainty of whether you’re really going to get along. They say love gets you into bed and passion gets you out of it. Well, fully armed with water…

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  • Read: Icons

    Read: Icons

    Yes, Wiggins is like marmite – you either like him or your hate him. But the one thing you can’t take away is that he gets it. The why. Co-written with historian Herbie Sykes, ‘Icons’ is a homage to the riders that for Wiggins have shaped cycle racing. You could liken it to a Desert…

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  • Light Wolf Portrait Series

    Light Wolf Portrait Series

     We just stumbled upon a series of film portraits on German wheelbuilder Light Wolf via the third instalment, so it’d be rude not to go back and track his progression from the first two films.

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  • Huttcross 19.2: Money Pit

    Huttcross 19.2: Money Pit

    Akin to cat skinning, there’s more than one way to bring in the wonga by racing cyclocross. Secure a pro contract. Race for the win. Get presented with one of those supersized cheques at a Super Prestige podium. Or visit the money pit. Moonshine Park’s money pit had more dollar bills than the back of…

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