Revolutionaries

Craig Oliver and Ethan Rose team up to win the Prospector Mtb Stage Race in Alexandra, Central Otago.

Sam Shaw tackles the Prospector Mtb race solo and wins, in Alexandra, Central Otago.

Damian Stones shares a short video of his new gravel bike build and some easy-access trips from his hometown of Nelson.

Jimmy Ashby reconnects with the dramatic countryside and engaging culture of SE Asia on a leisurely (by Jimmy’s standards) six week pedal around Thailand, Laos and Vietnam.

Cati Pearson and 10 of her Mud Maiden mates bikepack 215 km of cycle trails, singletrack and rain from Hamilton to Taupō.

Sam Shaw spins a yarn about his commute by bike to the 2023 Elite Road Nationals in Tokoroa. Be warned his days begin no earlier than 4am and no later than 6am, and involve a lot of miles, chat (and coffee).

Odin Woods escapes the city for an overnighter, racing the clouds on a slackpacking micro mission along the Waiau River.

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.

Jimmy Ashby reflects on the inaugural Rhino Run bikepacking race across Southern Africa... 2750 long, hot and dusty self-supported kilometres from Stellenbosch in South Africa to Windhoek in Namibia. Immensely hard but with big emotional pay back.

After a series of full-on Australian desert missions, Jimmy Ashby takes his bike on holiday in Europe for a loop around the Alps and out through the Trappist Abbeys of Belgium.

With less ‘she’ll be right’ in the latest assessment of her collar bone and 3-5 months estimated recovery after surgery, Robin Pieper cuts short her stay in Canada and returns to Kiwiland.

Always up for a dose of honest toil, Emma Bateup loads her Enduro rig with bikepacking kit and rides from Wellington to Kaikoura for a weekend of enduro racing at Middle Hill.