Mountain Bike Skills Clinic – Victoria Park
I’ve been keen to attend a MTB skills clinic for sometime and today I took part in the first of a series with Zane as the instructor & a small group of 5 at Victoria Park. After a warm Dyers Pass climb & a good stretch to wake up my legs from yesterdays run, a [...]
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 [...]
Last of the summer mountain biking – Craigieburn
Summer As it comes to the end of Summer I always tend to be at the fittest point of my year, and while the days are still long and warm and the weather is settled it is the perfect time to get into the mountains for some epic riding. Here is a story of a [...]
April 2009 updates
Holidays What a week it has been here in Christchurch! Over the Easter weekend Amy and I hit the Little River Rail Trail, with some fantastic Craigieburn tramping the following day (so nice!). I then met up with Spencer on the Sunday for a spin in the hills….which was an expensive but memorable day. After [...]
Mountain biking at the Kirwans Reward Track – Easter 2009 Part 2
Waking up on the West Coast to the sounds of native bird song is a lovely way to start the day. Knowing that you can go ride your bike on some primo forest single track instead of heading off to work is an even better feeling!! We met Tim, Angela and Bevan at Capleston, which [...]
Mountain biking at the Croesus Track – Easter 2009 Part 1
Easter has rolled around once again along with the drop in temperature characteristic of a New Zealand Autumn. There was even a good coating of snow on the mountains in the week before Easter, so needless to say the warmer cycling gear was quickly stuffed into the bag as we packed up the van to [...]
Night riding on Port Hills rigid…ouch!
Last nights ride was an interesting one in many ways. A group of seven headed up Rapaki for 5.45ish and what a mixed bunch we were! Oli was on a Ventana rigid single speed while John was on his new and shiny “pearl” Marin, with another chap (sorry forgot his name) on a full on [...]
First night ride at Port Hills
I’m surprised just how much night riding has become a vital part of my weekly riding since the long days of summer retreated some months ago. If works real well with 2 rides at night during the week combined with an epic on the weekend. I’ve ridden at night for many years now- but never [...]
Mountain biking at the Wharfedale Track
Watching the weather all week, a group of us on Vorb confirmed a trip to the Wharfedale track on Thursday. Zane rocked up with his 4WD van early yesterday morning and we all checked our gear, piled in and headed off to meet a few more there. The group had a few familiar faces from [...]
