Tag: downhill

  • Grinding The Broken Axe: Nelson Winter Downhill 1

    Grinding The Broken Axe: Nelson Winter Downhill 1

    Last Sunday was a day for downhill. In Fort William, Scotland, the best in the world were testing their worth on an infamous track. Here in Nelson, NZ, the scale was smaller but no less furious. The bottom of the valley was cold and frosty. Freshly-tuned rigs were loaded onto a new trailer, an artwork of…

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  • Get Tipping And Win A Shimano Saint Groupset

    Get Tipping And Win A Shimano Saint Groupset

    Think you know your racing? Not into fantasy football leagues, and wish there was something for bike nuts where you can put your knowledge to the test, and win cool stuff? This could be just what you’ve been waiting for… With the UCI MTB World Cup in full swing and the first two rounds of racing behind…

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  • Keegan Wright: From Pest to One of the Best

    Keegan Wright: From Pest to One of the Best

    With a bar set high, a podium step which is harder to crack than your workmate’s Facebook password, and a rich heritage of producing some of the world’s finest racers, New Zealand’s elite downhill scene does not seem like an easy thing to break into. Rotorua’s Keegan Wright is forcing his way into the club, quickly shimmying up the…

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  • Slapping Turns With Connor Fearon

    Slapping Turns With Connor Fearon

    Connor Fearon’s on the come up for getting down hills quickly. Combining motocross flair with jump bike precision, Connor’s bike control and speed sees him leave most of his competitors in the dust. He’s committed to keeping things fun and relaxed when off the downhill circuit however, if you can call sending it large off…

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  • TPC Museum Series: HB’s Miyata

    TPC Museum Series: HB’s Miyata

    Greg ‘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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