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's basically cheating. All true. But underneath
Ben Haselden
I'm an outdoor mad, adventure seeker who has ridden bikes, played with bikes, modified and fixed bikes. I've been around bikes since I was a child through racing, crashing and enjoying them.
ORBEA WILD M-TEAM 26 — RIDE REVIEW
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 cheating. All of it. I said I&
Destination: Hanmer
Hanmer, one of New Zealand’s true, quaint semi alpine towns home to loads of adventure.
OCCAM LT 24 - RIDE REVIEW
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 year old occam chassis. On top of
MET Parachute - Ride review
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 weren’t “racing”, you’d look a
State of it!
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.