Tag: upper hutt
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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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Seeing Double: CX Nats Soak In The Brown
Click or not: Seeing Double: CX Nats Soak In The BrownWhat does it take to cancel a cyclocross race? It’s a question that––at 7am with gale force winds catapulting drops of rain that sound as big as golf balls into glass that surely can’t resist much longer––has only one answer: Nothing can cancel a cyclocross race. Maybe if this was a regular Hüttcross event we… …
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Hüttsberg
Click or not: HüttsbergWords: Stuart John Fox, after Allen Ginsberg Illustration: Patrick McDonald Hüttcross I’ve given you all and now I’m nothing. Hüttcross fifteen dollars and twenty six cents June 12, 2016. I can’t hold my own line. Hüttcross when will we end the human war? Go fuck yourself with your stream crossings I don’t feel good… …
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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.… …
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Hüttcross, A Second Helping
Click or not: Hüttcross, A Second HelpingIn expectation of the impending slippery tribulations at this weeks Hüttcross round, ChainSlap offers a second helping of muddy revelry, frozen in time. As such extensive use of the stopbank featured at last weeks round, competitors can expect even more off-camber treats from Moonshine Park. …