Tag: mud
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Roubaix Week: The 2001 Mudfest
Click or not: Roubaix Week: The 2001 MudfestEvery year the most sadistic of road racing fans hope for one thing; a wet Paris-Roubaix. We want the most epic of races to be even harder for the riders, the punishment of the pavé amplified by a decent coating of precipitation, the ancient farm tracks made more treacherous by adding to the already slick… …
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Slingin’ In The Rain
Click or not: Slingin’ In The RainThere’s at least a hundred clichés about rain in song or proverb form we could write here, so instead we’ll just say this: watch this video from Dominic Hook and re-live the EWS mudfest through the eyes of a future shredder. …
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Ridden: Shimano RX830 Wheelset
Click or not: Ridden: Shimano RX830 WheelsetEarlier in the year I was down at the LBS trying to figure out what steps I’d need to take to turn my Tour Aotearoa rig into a race bike for the 2016 Hüttcross season. So it was very timely when ChainSlap asked if I’d be keen to demo a set of Shimano’s RX830 road/cyclocross… …
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The Colour Of Muddy
Click or not: The Colour Of MuddyDestroyed derailleurs, dirty dogs, discarded Double Browns. The war of attrition that was the 2016 NZ Cyclocross Championships is the gift that keeps on giving, but only to those fortunate enough to emerge from the mire with bike, body and spirit intact. From the rest, it takes. …
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Racing Inside A Snow Globe
Click or not: Racing Inside A Snow GlobeWords Matt Dunstan Photos Jemma Wells A predicted cold front wasn’t enough to stop a mad bunch of cyclocross riders donning various shades of skinsuit and turning up to contest the Otago Champs last Sunday. Near freezing temperatures were evident right from the practice laps, with snow flurries dusting the course; and yet, they… …
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Hüttcross V: The Wind In The Willows
Click or not: Hüttcross V: The Wind In The WillowsThe penultimate weekend of Huttcross, and the final for Ngati Tama park, went down as the most mentally demanding thus far of the five prior clashes of human, machine, and nature. And what a clash it was! As day broke and exploded with an offensive ferocity, the usual early morning bi-weekly rabble took stock of their… …
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Hüttcross Is For Pussies
Click or not: Hüttcross Is For PussiesIf you’re in the throes of getting mentally prepared for another soul- and drivetrain destroying foray into the perpetually-sodden recreation spaces of Upper Hutt this weekend, or a cold and frosty reception in the south or maybe even a warm, dry and dusty hitout in Aussie, you might want to channel the Spirit of Fortitude that… …
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Hüttcross III: The Mudder’s Sun
Click or not: Hüttcross III: The Mudder’s SunMerry bands of now weather-hardened riders navigated their way to Upper Hutt’s Ngati Tama park for the third round of Hüttcross on Sunday. The morning grass was damp under foot, the skies promisingly dry. Course designers dug deep into their evil reserves to find mushy bits of paddock with which to sponge speed from the riders.… …