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Gav Turns 10!
This November we celebrate Gavin’s 10 anniversary with Wheelworks.
Continue readingCross Season 2022 Draws To An End
The Only Person to Beat is Me….
Continue readingGavin’s 30 Years of No DNFs
We’re celebrating a huge accomplishment of our head wheelbuilder, Gavin.
Continue readingAn Epic bike for an epic race
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 […]
Continue readingThe Truth Behind Bike Wheels with Rod Bardsley
You want the truth? You can’t handle the truth! Rod can though…
Continue readingHe knocked the bastard off!
I’m calling it: Jesse Cseh’s Everest is the toughest ever ridden.
Continue readingEveresting Wellington’s hardest trail
“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”
Continue readingWe build wheels with string now
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.
Continue readingTristan’s Winter Clothing Tips
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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