Hot Rides

Ground Effect staffer Cherie hooks up with friends and family to tie a figure eight around the Wairarapa, linking Greytown, Martinborough and Cape Palliser.

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.

Jess Rathgen and Ryan Carr travel by bike to link up hard core trail running missions in the Pyrenees and the French Alps.

Pete Meffan chronicles his adventures bikepacking the length of the UK on the GB Divide in a four part video series. 60% of the 2000 km is off-road, and there is nearly 30,000 m of climbing. Hard but rewarding.

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.

Mark Megaughin catalogues the thrills, spills and acquired wisdom from a series of increasingly ambitious bike-based family adventures with his pre-school aged kids.

Beautiful images and emotions from the iconic Paparoa Track on the South Island’s West Coast.

Bob Thomas digs deep in this moment by moment tale of his 65 hour, non-stop, self-supported assault on the Alps 2 Ocean - in both directions, on a single speed.

Dave Mitchell saddles up and heads south to sample the historic Roaring Lion gold mining tracks near Garston, score laps at Te Anau's Perenuku mountain bike park and uncover the myriad of trails behind Alexandra on Matangi Station.

Dave and Ditte double their money, riding the then freshly minted Paparoa Track both ways over two days for 112km of alpine adventure. Cherie from Ground Effect mucked in at halftime in Blackball for orange segments and the return match.