Tag: Digby Shaw

  • Last Stop: Hüttcross 17.[F]

    Last Stop: Hüttcross 17.[F]

    Sunday saw the series tip its hat for 2017. A settled day broke over Wellington and gentle winds played down the valley. As the day wore on, the slow draw of clouds traded off into lavender pastels and an easiness built in the air. The ground was soft, tacky even, but dry. A slight slip…

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  • Insider Rides: Kim’s Niner BSB CX Nationals Rig

    Insider Rides: Kim’s Niner BSB CX Nationals Rig

    My obsession with bicycles has been lifelong but, somewhat ironically given my Northern Hemisphere heritage, I only started racing cyclocross in the depths of an Upper Hutt winter in 2010. Courtesy of the early days Huttcross crew, I debuted on my full suspension mountain bike and within two races had found myself an aluminium frame…

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  • Hüttcross 17.?? – Moonshine & Posses

    Hüttcross 17.?? – Moonshine & Posses

    The state of ’cross now is an interesting thing, Pat observed. What- I offered, like it used to be kind of a low down punk scene, but now we’ve come away from that? Sort of like it’s still got its punk element, but now it’s finding its own self, yeah. I always had this vision…

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  • Hüttcross 17.2: Get In The Ditch

    Hüttcross 17.2: Get In The Ditch

    Tyres grip and shudder as you lean in off the top of the bank. The wind whips over your shoulders as you gather speed – faster – faster again – maybe too fast. Drop your elbows in anticipation of the ditch. The front wheel hits first, then the back, quickly – ba-BANG. You feel the…

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  • Blowing Hard At The Mt Vic Super D

    Blowing Hard At The Mt Vic Super D

    Wellington is regarded–– if not revered––for one thing above all else: The rapid, perceptible movement of air. Even at the best of times, few suburbs are spared from the capital city’s frequent and persistent wind. So it’s fitting that on the day of the 6th annual Mt Vic Super D it was blowing. Hard. Although…

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  • Insider Rides: A Transition To Hope

    Insider Rides: A Transition To Hope

    Insider Rides looks at the bikes that we ride, the bikes that industry insiders ride, that racers ride, and everyday folk ride. For this instalment, ace photographer Digby Shaw runs us through the heavy-on-Hope build of his new Transition Patrol. I bought my first Transition Patrol a bit over a year ago and I loved…

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