Revolutionaries

Joe Houghton continues his dream European enduro-bikepacking trip. Stage 2 takes him from Italy up to Poland and then back to Austria.

Tony Hutcheson returns to his home town of Tāmaki Makaurau twice in one year with bike and mates in tow, devising an eclectic urban tour linking up cycle paths, obscure lanes and byways with taverns and pastries.

Joe Houghton has filed his report from Finale on the first leg of his dream bikepacking experience. Three months pedalling across Europe, hoping to race a few Enduro World Cups and the Megavalanche along the way.

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.

The 78.4 km Heaphy Track in Kahurangi National Park is Aotearoa's original multi-day mtb ride, open to bikes each year between 1 May and 30 November. Cati Pearson jumped at the chance to join her mates on their babymoon trip through the Heaphy, and reminds us why it's still an iconic ride.

In typical understated fashion, Emma Bateup takes us along through the highs, lows and pain of her sub-six day blast down the South Island on Aotearoa’s toughest bikepacking race.

Dave Mitchell and Ditte van der Meulen pay homage to Italy’s famous mountain bike playground of Finale Ligure.

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.

Joe Houghton completes 21 laps of the Cheeseman ski field road and Cockayne Alley singletrack to knock off his 'Everest' with 9033m of climbing over 20 cold hours.

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

Emma Bateup lines up for 248 km of hard 'n' fast pedalling around Waimate in last year's Edition Zero Gravel.

Jamie Nicoll and Anja Foley complete their three month overland Australian adventure - crossing of the Canning Stock Route and pedalling around Wolfe Creek Crater before circling back to Brisbane via the Kimberley and the Gibb River Road.