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    STORY: Outta Range on the Old Ghost Road - Presented by Bosch Pt. 3
    NZ Mountain Biker
    • Dec 14, 2020
    • 4 min

    STORY: Outta Range on the Old Ghost Road - Presented by Bosch Pt. 3

    8:50am/0kms/Full Battery. As soon as we entered the trail and attacked the long climb, the countdown began. This is one hell of a climb u...
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    STORY: Outta Range on the Old Ghost Road - Presented by Bosch Pt. 1
    NZ Mountain Biker
    • Nov 23, 2020
    • 2 min

    STORY: Outta Range on the Old Ghost Road - Presented by Bosch Pt. 1

    Whilst on a road trip in the South Island, we thought we’d head over to tackle the iconic Old Ghost Road. But we decided we’d try and rid...
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    BUILD SERIES: Ibis Mojo x SRAM AXS Pt. 3
    NZ Mountain Biker
    • Nov 16, 2020
    • 4 min

    BUILD SERIES: Ibis Mojo x SRAM AXS Pt. 3

    This is a review of the bike, so I will not rant on about this set-up, except to say that once I got used to it I stopped thinking about ...
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    BUILD SERIES: Ibis Mojo x SRAM AXS Pt. 2
    NZ Mountain Biker
    • Nov 8, 2020
    • 2 min

    BUILD SERIES: Ibis Mojo x SRAM AXS Pt. 2

    To read Pt. 1 in this series, click here. When it comes to wrenching on bikes, it doesn’t get much better than this. This isn’t the first...
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    BUILD SERIES: Ibis Mojo x SRAM AXS Pt. 1
    NZ Mountain Biker
    • Nov 2, 2020
    • 3 min

    BUILD SERIES: Ibis Mojo x SRAM AXS Pt. 1

    Well, we’re bloody stoked to bring you another edition of the build series. We’ve been hustling with brands in between riding trips, writ...
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    STORY: Setting up a Workshop That Works for you
    NZ Mountain Biker
    • Sep 30, 2020
    • 4 min

    STORY: Setting up a Workshop That Works for you

    While it’s not every mountain biker’s favourite pastime, doing some at-home bike maintenance is part and parcel with the sport itself for...
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    STORY: Release the Hounds
    NZ Mountain Biker
    • Sep 30, 2020
    • 7 min

    STORY: Release the Hounds

    With hands shielding the sun from our eyes, we scan the brown, barren emptiness of Hakatere Conservation Park. Several mountain ranges en...
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    TRAIL BUILDER: Magic Mondays
    NZ Mountain Biker
    • Sep 24, 2020
    • 3 min

    TRAIL BUILDER: Magic Mondays

    Mondays aren’t known by most as a favourite day of the week – but for the 20-odd Dunedin riders working hard to build and maintain the Wh...
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    STORY: Ride Different: A Fresh Take on an old Favourite
    NZ Mountain Biker
    • Sep 8, 2020
    • 11 min

    STORY: Ride Different: A Fresh Take on an old Favourite

    For a few years, either side of the turn of the century, Apple used a tagline for what was at the time, the underdog Macintosh computer: ...
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    STORY: A Breath of Fresh Air
    NZ Mountain Biker
    • Aug 18, 2020
    • 5 min

    STORY: A Breath of Fresh Air

    A biking trip to the Nepali Himalayas, with a race thrown in for good measure? Sounds like an adventure not to be missed! We had three we...
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    STORY: Destination: Wanaka Pt. 1
    NZ Mountain Biker
    • Aug 12, 2020
    • 10 min

    STORY: Destination: Wanaka Pt. 1

    It’s 6:30am and I’m in the office punching out emails. I’m massively behind, having just arrived back from a week out at Crankworx, and I...
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    STORY: Bike Glendhu - Wanaka's Newest Riding Destination
    NZ Mountain Biker
    • Aug 4, 2020
    • 4 min

    STORY: Bike Glendhu - Wanaka's Newest Riding Destination

    The South Island is instantly recognisable and home to some of the best riding in the world. Trails like Rude Rock snake along the tussoc...
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    STORY: The Zen and Art of Bikepacking
    NZ Mountain Biker
    • Aug 3, 2020
    • 4 min

    STORY: The Zen and Art of Bikepacking

    In retail they say convenience is king. That’s what global retail giant Amazon built its brand around. It bet that if it could make shopp...
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    TRAIL BUILDER: Backcountry Trust - Trail Fund Tells All
    NZ Mountain Biker
    • Aug 3, 2020
    • 2 min

    TRAIL BUILDER: Backcountry Trust - Trail Fund Tells All

    A few years ago, the Department of Conservation approached Trail Fund with an unprecedented query – would we be interested in collaborati...
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    TRAIL BUILDER: Two Decades of Deliverance
    NZ Mountain Biker
    • Jul 22, 2020
    • 3 min

    TRAIL BUILDER: Two Decades of Deliverance

    Liberation. Release. Freedom. Since 1999, the aptly named singletrack has delivered all three sentiments, as well as a few dozen others, ...
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    STORY: Guilty As Charged: eBike Etiquette
    NZ Mountain Biker
    • Jul 21, 2020
    • 5 min

    STORY: Guilty As Charged: eBike Etiquette

    One of the great things about any flavour of mountain biking, is its freedom. Outside the realms of competition, its lack of rules and re...
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    STORY: Mountains & Music - The Story of earSHOTS
    NZ Mountain Biker
    • Jun 10, 2020
    • 9 min

    STORY: Mountains & Music - The Story of earSHOTS

    I love a good coming-to-be story, especially when the topic on hand is a Kiwi business. I think it’s something ingrained in all of us New...
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    STORY: Heli's & eBikes?
    NZ Mountain Biker
    • Jun 9, 2020
    • 4 min

    STORY: Heli's & eBikes?

    I can see how this headline might raise a few eyebrows, but please, bear with me. In November of 2019 I met up with two old friends from ...
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    Locking Down Pt. 2 | YUM Granola
    NZ Mountain Biker
    • Jun 2, 2020
    • 7 min

    Locking Down Pt. 2 | YUM Granola

    The people behind YUM Granola are as good as any, and they're a business I'm stoked we're friendly with not only because they make delici...
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    STORY: A Weekend Away with Juliana's Joplin
    NZ Mountain Biker
    • May 27, 2020
    • 8 min

    STORY: A Weekend Away with Juliana's Joplin

    I got my first peek at Juliana’s new Joplin at the Maverick launch, in the middle of last year. It looked very similar to the Maverick, w...
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