25 March 2025
Cati Pearson pedals Coromandel over New Year – packing 120 km and 3000 m of climbing into two days. Nice to burn off New Year's excesses, but her top tip would be to extend the itinerary to three days.
21 January 2025
Emma Bateup recounts her challenging bike to, hike carrying bike, and bike home from the Tararua Southern Crossing.
10 September 2024
Cati Pearson and crew head off on an old faithful bikepacking overnighter – the Waihāhā Hut Track on the western side of Lake Taupō – spiced up with an unexpectedly challenging hike-a-bike out via Waihora Lagoon.
07 May 2024

Joe Houghton tests out the bikepacking/enduro trip combo with a 10 day summer journey from Arthur's Pass to Blenheim. A great shakedown for his 2024 plan to spend three months pedalling across Europe, racing a few Enduro World Cups and the Megavalanche along the way.
08 April 2024

Cati Pearson and Tysin Langridge ride an extended loop from Picton taking in the Waikakaho Track and Nydia Track. Their enduring optimism surviving a Christmas gift of extreme wet weather for much of the trip.
19 March 2024

Odin Woods shares his experience of a day well spent riding and reflecting on the newly opened Pike29 Memorial Track.
07 December 2022

Cati Pearson extended her Labour Weekend into a 5 day bikepacking trip on Great Barrier Island. The ride kicked off with a pedal along Te Ara i Whiti/Lightpath to board the ferry from downtown Auckland.
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