Rotorua. North Island trip. Ride six!
The day before I left for Auckland (3rd) I rode the Port Hills and felt terrible. It was 27 degs and I wanted to vomit climbing up the Rapaki Track. Just three weeks earlier I had run my first Ultra Marathon and it was like my body and mind had forgotten just how grueling it [...]
Rotorua. North Island trip. Ride three
Another awesome day with more riding in the redwoods this afternoon. We were lucky enough to have Vanina Vergoz & Gavin with us who and were happy to show us their favorite tracks. Mark and Richard bumped into the pair and got chatting while waiting for the wheels to be built at Kiwi Bikes. Small [...]
Rotorua. North Island trip. Ride two
It typical Craig and Paul fashion we got to our accommodation and had a quick feed and were off climbing up to the highest point in the park with 30 mins of our arrival! And boy oh boy it was sticky and humid out there! Unlike most climbs though- the reward was more than I [...]
Woodhill mountain biking. North Island trip. Ride one.
I’m currently in Auckland and staying with my good friend Craig- who I’ve had many an adventure with over the past few years. Last night we met up with some of his mates and went out for food- and rose early this morning for a spin at Woodhill bike park- about 45mins outside of Auckland.
With [...]
November updates
Summer is here?
Eeek. Mid November already and the days are hanging on until about 9pm ish. Summer seems to have officially arrived and as odd as it sounds my mind and body take a while to adjust to having all of this extra light and seemingly more warmth (13degs with sun is warm for Christchurch!). [...]
Hawkes Bay – Cannonball Lector Track
This track – Cannonball Lector-at Hawkes Bay looks like a heap of fun and clocks in at nearly 9 minutes too :) It was also built at night :D
Ergon GE1 Review
Thanks to fellow blogger DB I’ve been trying out the small size over the last fortnight as I had come to the conclusion that the large size was a bit big to use with gloves. I’ve been out to Woodhill a couple of times with mixed results. Super-comfy with my polyprop glove-liners but when I [...]
Mountain Biking in New Zealand – Yeah Ha!
I arrived back to live in NZ in October 2008, I had been based in Barcelona for some 3 years, notice how I have to say based, would love to say “lived in Barcelona”, I traveled loads for work. Am not talking BS either, averaged 300 flights per year for the past 6 years….. Am [...]
Finally we got our Wings on AV8R at Woodhill
The weather here today was fantastic for winter… Clear skies and a crisp wind. We (Momentus, KB, Whafe) were doing more of a play jumpy ride today. We had some interesting times on some structures.
As we were heading back to the carpark, we rode up and checked out a jump called AV8R. It has caused [...]
Auckland Harbour Bridge Getacross Protest Ride
It was a logistical nightmare for someone as organized as myself, but we did it, we rode across the Auckland Harbour Bridge!
I had the bikes already mounted on the car and we awoke to a beautiful winter’s morning, cold, but fine and sunny. The kids and I drove down to Devonport to catch the 8.30am [...]
Heli biking at Taupo – North Island
Well the weekend finally arrived to do our Heli lift downhill ride near Lake Taupo on the North Island, with Helisika.
This was booked almost a year ago when I was still living in Spain, so was great to finally use it with Momentus. It was his partner whom bought it for him for his birthday [...]
