In an edition of Mountainbike action some decades ago when I was a pubescent teenager, I had a long lasting article about SORCA (Squamish Off-road Cycling association) stick in my mind. Squamish, essentially a small industry, nothing type town, had formed a group of some fairly passionate trail builders who…
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The Oval Revolution
Every now and then something grabs your attention in the media and your ears prick up like a Meerkat in the desert. Instantly, (showing my age here) you can't help but think of another near disaster that was, the oval Biopace system. For those left wondering what that was, Biopace…
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,…
Trail Review - Booty Calls and a Sneaky 1-Night Stand
Usually, most of Auckland tends to get all over-hyped and beat on their drums about what they have over the rest of the country. However, in this case, the Woodhill mountain bike park, located 40 minutes North West of Auckland is quite different to their traditional geographical compatriots and despite…
Ruapehu Express - Caped Crusade
After I endured an abusive Huka Challenge in 2015 by means of multiple areas, the hurt and shattered dreams from the mental and physical pain had me crying (metaphorically) over a small flat white and small sweet muffin in my local cafe' reading the latest, DEC issue of NZ MTBR.…