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Emma Bawtree and Fiona Hosie complete their TA epic – riding the South Island north from Bluff – with plenty of honey, roadside rags and friends made along the way. 

Embracing Matariki, the Maori New Year, Laurence Mote reflects on this time last year when he and Huw Kingston were pedalling their way southwards with skis in tow on the Alpine Odyssey Aotearoa.

Robbie, Adrian and David are capturing amazing images of life on two wheels in the mountains of Peru. Robbie provides us with a photo essay update - epic mountains, llamas and frosty temperatures included.

Dave Mitchell and Ditte van der Meulen compare the clockwise and anticlockwise merits of the Coronet Loop Trail in Queenstown.

It’s 10 years since the first wave of Tour Aotearoa riders gathered predawn in late February for the inaugural 3,000 km brevet from Cape Reinga to Bluff. Jonathan Kennett reflects on what has changed and remained constant on the pedal to the bottom of the land of the long white cloud.

With the release of HydroFoil™ Endure, Fraser – Ground Effect’s Product Designer – squints in the rearview mirror to track the evolution of waterproof-breathable fabric technology over the past fifty years to this new high-water mark.

Max Corcoran downloads the nitty gritty on his imminent bikerafting trip to Kyrgyzstan with mate Bernard Andersson.

Adrian Crampton and friends David and Robbie, lay out plans for their upcoming Peruvian bikepacking adventure.

Dave Mitchell and Ditte van der Meulen park up at the Kenepuru Heads DOC campsite and explore the Kenepuru Sound by bike and foot, learning plenty about the history of the area along the way.

Wolter Kuiper remembers the good times with his now holey and extra-lightweight Supertanker shorts.

Dressing for a Queensland winter can be tricky, rolling out in the am when there has been a frost, and ending the same ride as the mercury nudges 20 degrees. Last year we sent our friends at BQ across the ditch a Baked Alaska for testing in the QLD winter.

Winni Goldsbury has raided her father Richard Goldsbury's back catalogue of Ground Effect kit. We took note and asked Winni to talk us through her love of orange and red fleece from the 90s.