Winter ride in the Port Hills
Due to wintery weather, the Marin Wolf being at BikeHQ for a good service, repair (more of which I’ll talk about later) and of course my slackness, it has been at least a six weeks (yeah I know) since my real last MTB ride. I’ve been running, commuting and doing other sports- but it is [...]
Wintery Canterbury foothills
It is definitely winter down here in Canterbury! Dragging myself from a warm bed before it was properly light on a Saturday morning was kind of hard… and it was cold out! There was a crisp white frost covering the ground and I had to get a warm jug of water to melt the ice off [...]
Winter riding & the value of a Shimano Alfine internal geared hub
Winter is fast approaching our NZ shores and already the trails seem to turn to mush at the first downpour. Each year the single speed is the bike of choice for many winter warriors but what if we could ride our geared bikes all year without the cost of replacing many worn out parts come [...]
