New Zealand

Damien Stones, Zack Stones and Morgs Calas make the most of a stunning winter weekend in the hills riding the Old Ghost Road.

 

Dave Mitchell gets an early taste of Reefton’s brand new Globe Hill Track. A rewarding mix of single track and regenerating bush, along with old and recent mining history.

Emma Bateup completes the Great Southern Brevet. 1100 km of gravel and farm track over four and a half gruelling days through the extremes of Central Otago weather – horizontal rain, snow storms, blistering heat and strong winds – mostly from the wrong direction.

Dave Mitchell and Ditte van der Meulen are dwarfed by the Richardson Mountains as they hike and bike their way up and down the Rees Valley, Glenorchy.

Dave Mitchell and Ditte van der Meulen contrive connections to the Sex Pistols as they plunder Alexandra's finest singletrack - Linger & Die, Matangi Station, Badlands and Flat Top Reserve.

Isabella Guise, aged eleven, tells it like it is on a whānau adventure over two days on Queenstown’s latest must-do ride.

Dave Mitchell and Ditte van der Meulen reacquaint themselves with some classic Queenstown singletrack on the slopes of Coronet Peak.

Nick and Jenny Ferrier charge up their eBikes and spend 12 days bikepacking 1000 km from East Cape to Cape Egmont.

Dave Mitchell and Ditte van der Meulen set up camp for a week in the Clarence Reserve near Kaikoura - exploring the river valleys, rocky ridges and historic huts by bike and on foot.

Ground Effect staffer Cherie and her sister Katie join the latest Kennett Bro's bikepacking brevet - the Sounds to Sounds. The ride traverses Te Waipounamu from Ship Cove in the Marlborough Sounds to Milford Sound in Fiordland.

Dave and Ditte launch at autumn assault on Queenstown to check out the new Coronet Loop Trail - 50 km of historic goodness.

Finn McLachlan - son of Ground Effect Product Designer Fraser - joins his mates for a weekend at the old Ida Valley Railway Hotel, but elects to take the long way via the A2O, Danseys Pass and Otago Central Rail Trail.