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Mcleans Island 12hr 2009

Mcleans Island 12hr 2009

Take what seems 24+ hrs of solid rain and a team of three to ride for 12hrs and there you have our plan. Brent arrived at 8am and I was still in my dressing gown- while Spencer running more than 30mins late rocks up outside beeping his horn. As you can tell, our hearts were [...]


Mountain biking weekend. Porthills & Mcleans Island

Mountain biking weekend. Porthills & Mcleans Island

Well, Spring time has indeed sprung and I met with Brent yesterday to ride Rapaki to Sumner via Captain Thomas and then today Spencer & I headed off for a social ride with a crew from the derailed forum as part of  planned monthly ride. What a great weekend to be out on the bike [...]


Mcleans Island mountain biking

Mcleans Island mountain biking

Spencer and I headed to Mcleans Island yesterday for a few laps and I decided to take the Marin Wolf as I’ve kind of moved away from the single speed over winter. Spencer has been out weekly on his new Kona Unit and I was looking forward to the challenge of keeping up with him! [...]




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