Category: FEATURED
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Insider Rides: Hayden McCormick’s Team BridgeLane Cervelo R5
Click or not: Insider Rides: Hayden McCormick’s Team BridgeLane Cervelo R5Hayden’s a dude. Just the right amount of chilled and focused, while more than able to laugh at himself and twists and turns that his life throws at him. Currently racing in the Tour of Utah, we caught up with Hayden one summer afternoon in his Te Awamutu hometown, where he talked us through the… …
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Huttcross 19.5: Area 51
Click or not: Huttcross 19.5: Area 51PSA: CX fever has spread like an epidemic in the Lower North Island this winter. With CX fever following a similar trajectory to the viral outbreak of Storm Area 51, Huttcross sought to hit its peak outbreak by breaching a secluded spot of Upper Hutt that lies behind locked gates and high fencing for a… …
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Huttcross 19.4: Bohemian Rhapsody
Click or not: Huttcross 19.4: Bohemian RhapsodyThunderbolt 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
Click or not: 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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Huttcross 19.3: Harbourmaster
Click or not: Huttcross 19.3: HarbourmasterAs 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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Huttcross 19.2: Money Pit
Click or not: Huttcross 19.2: Money PitAkin 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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Insider Rides: Tom Pidcock’s Pinarello F10
Click or not: Insider Rides: Tom Pidcock’s Pinarello F10Trajectory. Backing up his victory in the Junior race just two years ago, Tom Pidcock’s win in the U23 Paris-Roubaix last weekend shows he is on the correct trajectory. Mirroring his National, European and World Championship Junior CX titles with the equivalent U23 crowns, ticking off the British Crit Champs and CX Champs long the… …
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Huttcross 19.1: Big Girl Pants
Click or not: Huttcross 19.1: Big Girl PantsClocks were synchronized, alarms set, starter’s orders issued, whistles primed, and a Club Secretary was busy getting so high on paint fumes in his garage that he’d fail doping control. All in the club’s quest to put Wainui on the map for the first time in cyclocross history. The rulebook had a quick revision before… …