Tag: New Zealand
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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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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… …
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Controversial As
Click or not: Controversial AsNever one to skirt around the edges, it wouldn’t be an opinion piece without a dollop of controversy. A flick through the Chainslap archives over a flat white is the perfect reminder of two things. Number One: we are spoiled for photographers with mad skillz in Wellington, who have an incredible ability to capture a… …
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Insider Rides: Backy’s Ritchey Outback
Click or not: Insider Rides: Backy’s Ritchey OutbackLast week we shared some photos of a bright yellow Ritchey Outback on Instagram and our newsletter and I’ve had a lot of questions and comments on the bike so I thought I’d go into more detail about it. The bike belongs to Brent Backhouse, a graphic designer who does work for RocketEspresso and Eleven, and also… …
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The Grand Loop
Click or not: The Grand LoopA couple of New Zealand’s modern classic rides, the Heaphy track and the Old Ghost Road, are usually tackled as separate entities. Soo one of NZ’s classic adventurers and documenters, Damian stones, decided that linking them together would double the fun, and consequently the hardships, that can present themselves on such a trip. The Grand… …
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Huttcross 2018 Grand Finale
Click or not: Huttcross 2018 Grand FinaleThat’s a wrap, folks! Lambs are frolicking in the fields. Wellington’s weather system is turning to something more unpredictable than a Trump administration. Spring must be here. With a changing of the seasons, we bid adieu to Huttcross 2018. The new Huttcross Veldrijden Crew dished up a bumper series this year with bigger numbers than… …
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Huttcross #5: One Liners And A Bit Of Joy
Click or not: Huttcross #5: One Liners And A Bit Of JoyWhile the Biggest Cyclocross Party in the Southern Hemisphere posse aka Fields of Joy CX gang aka Melbourne GP of Cyclocross corps (sheesh – more pseudonyms than Prince) were praying for rain in Victoria, the Huttcross working party were busy scoping out the least wet areas of Moonshine Park for their penultimate round of the season. The sun… …