"I really don't like the way that trail rides in places. Whoever built it really doesn't get how I like to take corners. Someone needs to tell the builder to change it or we'll go somewhere else" or "that trail really could do with a trim"......... How many times in…
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Timber Trail Lodge - Luxury In The Middle Of Nowhere
Generally, when you place the words, Boys Trip and Mountain Biking Weekend together and throw in the country's worst snow event in years, you don't usually come out with an equation anywhere near luxurious or well organised. More often then not it's a shambles, involves tonnes of takeaways, a smelly…
Tree Trunk Gorge - Ride Review
More often then not, road trips which involve a weekend of MTB'ing always need that, just one more trail to completely satisfy that weekend splurge. Tree Trunk Gorge, is located an hour south of Taupo in the Kaimanawa Forest park and can be accessed by either the Northern or Southern…
Waitangi MTB Park - Zone 3 Ride Review
After an epic opening to the park in 2016 and bumper summer season of riding, the highly anticipated zone 3 was set to add yet another dimension of climbing, flow and a fix for MTB junkies, newbie's and families. Following on from our Zone 2 ride review earlier this year,…
A Song to Send us Off - 2017 Giant Anthem 1 - Ride Review
Too often we associate the word Anthem with a somber hymn sung mellowly on different occasions. But the Anthems we're conditioned to shouldn't always be associated with a dull enthusiasm, patriotism or religious tune and thankfully Giant Bikes have steered their version of an anthem to a global scale of…
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 not, we see new events come and go with relative…
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 Paihia Trust funded and driven Mountain Bike Park was not…
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. It's a lot more simple for me. It's how much…