Singletrack Fiesta at Living Springs
I scooted over to Living Springs near Christchurch to support (and photograph) the riders today. What a sweet day it was too. I caught up with some familiar faces as well as screaming bad Spanish at riders….while wearing a stick on mustache. I managed to scope out a fair bit of the loop on foot [...]
Lifes a beach
I headed off this afternoon on the scooter to have a bit of an explore of the beaches towards Taylors Mistake/ Godley Head. I’ve ridden many times into this secluded beach/ town from the Porthills, but In the 2.5yrs years that I’ve been here, I’ve never had a look around on foot. Dodging traffic on [...]
My favourite posts of 2009
Another year nearly over, and what an epic it has been at www.paulpetch.com! Some obvious highlights have been merging of personal blogs into one (that went problem free within 24hrs!), lots of riding, shed loads of running (61.7 KM ultra anyone!) and a rapid increase in internet traffic. The more subtle stuff of 2009 has [...]
An afternoon with the Salsa Fargo
Things have started to mellow somewhat as I taper to the biggest physical challenge of my life on the 5th December in the form of the Kepler Challenge- a 60KM Ultra mountain run. Today I rode the trusty Fargo to Bottlelake Forest for a short run. Once I was on route- I was enjoying the [...]
My bikes. 2000 – 2009
Marin Wolf Ridge. Current. It’s a six inch machine that rides and feels like I’m on a XC bike. This is my current trail bike. It is a 2008 Marin Wolf Ridge with 6 inches of travel. I absolutely adore this bike as it’s light enough for 8hr epics, but it has enough boing and [...]
Little River Rail Trail-Christchurch
Today was another beautiful sunny day so Amy and I decided to go check out the Little River rail trail just outside of Christchurch. With a flask of coffee and some tasty lunch we headed out nice and early to enjoy the best part of the day. I took the single speed Cove and swapped [...]
The University of Canterbury Christchurch
I managed to snap a few shots of my new place of work this week in between the feeling of being stretched in multiple directions that only a new job brings. Everywhere you turn there seems to be bikes….bikes in stands, in lock ups or free wheeling through the campus. What a fantastically green campus [...]
Cruising around Christchurch City
Today my Wife (Amy) and I headed into the city to explore and check out some vegetarian restaurants/ and cafes. We had heard that a vegetarian expo was being held at the convention centre at Hagley Park so we headed there first. The ride there and “vegi sausage sizzle” and chill out doing nothing in [...]
Club Grind – Christchurch inaugural alley cat ride
Yesterday I tried something a little different…. I took part in the Inaugural Alley Cat ride in the city organised by the guys at GRIND. The aim was to ride around the city as fast as possible collecting items such as a flier from a well known massage parlor, get a photo of yourself by [...]
Christchurch snow!
…lots and lots of it too! I’m hoping to get upto Porthills via Rapaki tomorrow to take some more photos.
Six months in – some mountain biking photos
Amy and I have now been in Christchurch for 6 months as from the end of May and I’ve taken quite a few photos since our arrival. It really does feel like we have been here far longer than 6 months…. it’s weird. One thing I do know though is that I’ve ridden the best [...]
MTBNZ launched & bags packed
Phew! It has been a full on year and things ‘are a changing’ at a rapid pace here in Australia- and after many months of planning, we are finally moving to Christchurch in New Zealand in the first week of December. With some farewell rides with friends (see piccy) we are now at last shipping [...]
