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No nonsense cycle threads Anja McDonald podium-bound at the Dodzy Memorial Enduro. Photo Odin Woods
Conceived by cycle nuts Conceived by cycle nuts
The Ground Effect kombi camps up post-NZ Enduro 2018. Photo: Tony Hutcheson
Refined by the Style Police Refined by the Style Police
White man in gumboots can jump. Talent: Jamie Nicoll. Photo: Gary Perkin
Built from hi-performance fabrics Built from hi-performance fabrics
Dom Blisset heads for the hills. Photo: Odin Woods
Ground Effect. Made by us in New Zealand Ground Effect. Made by us in New Zealand
Blue the new black on the Old Ghost Road. Photo: Richard Goldsbury
After completing the Tour Aotearoa, I then (bravely) informed work that I'd be leaving at the end of the month. I was “heading overseas" for another solo cycle tour, yet still hadn't figured out where. I had a few ideas, but committed to none. Then fate popped the Tour Divide race up on my browser. I dug deeper and tickets were soon booked to Canada. I planned riding 8 weeks south to Durango.
The Old Ghost Road and Heaphy Track are hot destinations for backcountry cyclists. Damian Stones and Eric Hall recently linked them together in a grand loop over 6 days. Impressive snowfall on the OGR and Eric taking his first tilt at bikepacking added colour and challenge to the journey.
In June this year mountain biker and adventurer Huw Kingston delivered a compelling TED talk, Message in a Bottle, at TEDx Athens in the magnificent new Greek National Opera House. Unsurprisingly Huw is a fine raconteur with a rich back catalogue of adventures and experiences to draw on.
