Category: FEATURED
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HUTTCROSS 21.1: SUPERMOONSHINE
Click or not: HUTTCROSS 21.1: SUPERMOONSHINEA rare lunar trifecta captivated stargazers and blood moon content rose on Insta as the weekend approached. Three toddlers took a breather from a first birthday party to stamp some pigtails in the ground at a local park. Sugar rush made way to adrenaline buzz as they hit up hot lines and rolled through puddles.… …
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HUTTCROSS 20.4: CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’
Click or not: HUTTCROSS 20.4: CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’We made it. Huttcross survived a season likely remembered for viral pandemic Alert Level lockdowns, COVID weight, and homebaking. Yes, those last two go together like bread and butter. Yet we emerged resolute on delivering a final round to bid fare thee well to 2020 albeit slightly out of season. The 2020 Grind Finale returned… …
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Huttcross 20.3: Riverbed Pavé
Click or not: Huttcross 20.3: Riverbed PavéFor Round 3, Huttcross returned to a piece of parkland unearthed by its founding fathers back in the dawning era of ‘cross in EnZed. Moonshine’s hallowed turf is best known for its steep stop bank coupled with mud plugging conditions at the faintest sniff of rain. In 2019, a gravel inspired addition joined the family of… …
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Huttcross 20.2: Superstylin’
Click or not: Huttcross 20.2: Superstylin’While Le Tour was going virtual with a sprint on the Champs-Elysees, Huttcross returned to its dirty roots in Upper Hutt. El Presidente had spent time on the tools unearthing real estate for new lines to be carved upon. A damp week cleared to sunny skies with a light wind taking some moistness out of… …
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Huttcross 20.1: Boogie Wonderland
Click or not: Huttcross 20.1: Boogie WonderlandPost pandemic party mode pulled into Petone on Sunday. The Huttcross crew were pumped to lay down that boogie harbourside. Arguably the most picturesque offering on the Huttcross bill of fare, Hikoikoi Reserve serves up grass camber, driftwood barriers, and shale pits while sittin’ on the dock of the bay. Two hundred and forty-eight riders… …
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Ridden: Works Components Angle Headset
Click or not: Ridden: Works Components Angle HeadsetHow does one review a headset? Normally, pretty easily; how well does it spin, how long does it last? Without riding it for five years then saying “yeah, it’s durable but now it’s five years after it should have been reviewed”, it’s not really feasible to comment on durability if you’ve had a dozen rides… …
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Ridden: Vittoria Corsa Tubeless
Click or not: Ridden: Vittoria Corsa TubelessRoad tubeless is still a relatively new thing, yet one we’ve been crying out for for years. We’ve been tubeless off-road for decades, so why did it take so long to perfect the road tubeless technology? We don’t know, but we finally feel like the tech is finally trustworthy (what with those high pressures) and… …
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Doing It Right at De Ronde
Click or not: Doing It Right at De RondeI was travelling light. I’d managed to get a full glass of beer spilt on me the previous night (good story, for another time) and although I’d quickly rinsed the beer off my only pair of trousers I figured I’d be working outside on the race and should be safe. Sitting on the back of… …