Category: BIKES
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Going Places Has Never Been So Good
Click or not: Going Places Has Never Been So GoodAnka and Sven Martin have found their place in the world, and it’s New Zealand. Since adopting the top of the south island as their base, they’ve forged a niche with their Housemartin tours and have probably covered more ground than the rest of the population put together. Follow them as they go places that every mountain… …
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Paper Boy
Click or not: Paper BoyPaper Boy doesn’t care for delivering periodicals. Paper Boy wants a way out. Paper Boy just wants to live, and ride. Chris McNally and David Lauer bring art to life in this short animation, perfect for these days when sunshine has escaped and our only light comes from a screen. …
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Derailed
Click or not: DerailedIs it time to banish derailleurs altogether? The big red recently released an electronic shifting system as its premier road group, so it’s only a matter of time before it trickles down to us dirt-slinging hippies. Hoo-frickin-ray. No doubt it will ‘rival’ Di2, bristle with tech and make a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier appear like good… …
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TPC Museum Series: HB’s Miyata
Click or not: TPC Museum Series: HB’s MiyataGreg ‘HB’ ‘Hairball’ Herbold is often overlooked when it comes to the first UCI Mountain Bike World Championship discussions, where most of the focus falls on Ned Overend and Julie Furtado who took the cross-country titles at Durango, Colorado in 1990. But HB ruled supreme over the world’s best downhillers that weekend, and all on… …
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This Is My Real Job: Jamie Greenway
Click or not: This Is My Real Job: Jamie GreenwayYou know those mountains don’t just produce trails by themselves don’t you? Snow doesn’t just melt away and form jumps berms and singletrack due to volcanism, though that did help way back in the day. It’s hard working people like Cardrona Bike Park’s Jamie Greenway who swap handlebars for pick handles and melt the icing on these… …
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Shot: Jamie Nicoll, Wakamarina
Click or not: Shot: Jamie Nicoll, WakamarinaNearing the end of the last day of the NZ Enduro, I had been chasing the racers around the Whites Bay loop and through the Nydia Bay track for the two days. On those stages, the riders would start in the order they arrived at the top; basically, fastest riders first. Because I was on my… …
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Vast Distances On My Vas Deferens
Click or not: Vast Distances On My Vas DeferensTen years ago I had no drivers license and lived in a seething cauldron of a city with vast distances between things, clearly designed to suit the modern motor car. I worked at a small family-run bike shop as a mechanic and commuted daily on my full Dura Ace, 1996, 25th anniversary edition, steel Serotta… …
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Trip: Blue Derby Tasmania
Click or not: Trip: Blue Derby TasmaniaTasmania has always held a special fascination with me. Maybe it’s because it is so unlike the Australian mainland, and more like NZ in a lot of ways. The weather is cooler, there are proper hills (even a couple of mountains!) and the people seem to have a more relaxed and friendly vibe going on.… …