Our head wheelbuilder Gavin takes his events and races incredibly seriously. Gav has completed the Karapoti 23 times, the Whaka 100 a staggering 9 times, and has done literally thousands of other races and events. Gavin has never DNF’d a race.Just take a second to think about how impressive that is. Gav’s 8 year old […]
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You want the truth? You can’t handle the truth! Rod can though…
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I’m calling it: Jesse Cseh’s Everest is the toughest ever ridden.
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“I’ll be starting about 2:00 AM, in pitch black, which will be pretty hard I think, especially trying to warm up and getting into the flow in the darkness”
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Every once in a while something truly unique comes into the bike industry: meet Berd’s space-age string spokes and get Tristan’s take on why we’re using them.
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I’ve craved a Moots since first reading about them in Mountain Bike Action magazine when I was 12. They’re a US company with a storied past based in Steamboat Springs Colorado – a town with such a magical name that I simply must visit it one day. When a Moots box arrived at work it […]
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Winter Clothing Maybe it’s my Canadian upbringing but I love winter and some of my most memorable rides and races have been in the depths of winter. New Zealand winters tend to be relatively mild in temperature but very wet which makes for good all-year riding but means so your clothing needs to focus on […]
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Tristan shares his favourite riding gloves for different conditions.
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Check out Tristan’s modern ‘steel is real’ bike build.
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This is my custom painted SuperSix EVO Disc. I love Cannondale bikes – they always feel fantastic to ride. This bike started life as a pretty bland white model with AXS but was swapped across to DuraAce. The beautiful purple paint scheme was done by my friend Cameron. Gavin built the Maker SL wheelset -Tristan
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