Kea built its name on the original Kea Kit, a proper modular survival system covering the five usual pillars, water, shelter, fire, tools, and first aid. Built by a bloke, Matt Butler, who
Anyone who's unzipped a pack three days into a backcountry trip and been hit by the ripe smell of old gel wrappers, a banana skin, meat cans and whatever's
So the UCI's pulled the pin on the Enduro World Cup after 2026. Fourteen years, done. World Champs sticks around, apparently, but the actual world series — the thing that made enduro
Some places do mountain biking. Queenstown does mountain biking like it's trying to prove a point. You've heard the marketing. Adventure capital, bungy birthplace, scenery so good it'
ORBEA WILD M-TEAM 26 — RIDE REVIEW Let me be upfront. I've been a vocal sceptic of eMTBs. The extra weight, the motor dependency, the fact that your mates are now technically
Hanmer, one of New Zealand’s true, quaint semi alpine towns home to loads of adventure.
For 2023, I made a promise to myself. No new bikes this year. Just be happy…. Anyway, enough about that. For 2024. Orbea released an effective ground up remodel of the now 6
I gave up wearing a fullface helmet a few years ago for 2 reasons. 1. They were relatively hardcore back then. As in, you’d only wear one while racing because if you
It’s been quite a while since the bike industry was in quite the state. Covid times to be fair but more so in the boom scenario. But has that boom and the greed of the boardroom seen the potential demise of their very industry? Possibly.
If I could write a feasibility study on the successful implementation of converting an area known for tin mining in the old days to a thriving MTB trail network, I could simply write,
I can hand on heart rate Marcels service as a 5 out of 5. After mere minutes you feel like you're riding with a long lost MTB bud that curates a days (or multi days) rides that suit exactly what you're looking for. Marcel's time to sound
Diggin deep back into the XC realms was something I took with a heavy grain of salt. The last few year's I'd grown partial to the ways of the