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Ben Haselden

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.

Glenbervie Forest Whangarei - Ride Review

Steeped in Northland's mountain biking history books as the Taj Mahal of local trails. The Glenbervie Forest Mountain Bike trail network is a gnarly mixture of masterful pine forest and Native loam single tracks spanning across a network of 46

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Ruapehu Express - The Movie

Having raced, well, Ahem! Ridden in the first running of the Ruapehu express my enthusiasm was still at an all time high so I was eager to see if the event would out perform its virgin attempt. More often than

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Waitangi Mountain Bike Park - Ride Review

Being based in Northland, the single track options are generally a lot more narrower, rugged and bare boned then what our more southern compatriots are spoilt by so, it's fair to say the inclusion of the Southstar trails built, Focus

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Finding the wholly Trail

Now my idea of the holy grail or in this case, the wholly Trail, is not based on strava attempts, how many Instagram '#shred' hashtags it's received or how many people have created one off, grainy 'sick' YouTube edits.

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