Always an Adventure
Six a.m. on 19 August 2024 saw Lillian and I lined up for the start of the Negative Split Carbon Tour of Samoa. The tour, which celebrated its 10th anniversary with this edition, comprises of 7 race stages over 4 … Continued
The Cape Epic claims to be ‘The Race that Measures All’. Over its 20 year history it has earned the accolade as being the toughest mountain-bike stage race in the world. So how does it actually measure up? The course … Continued
Peaks Challenge. 235 kilometres, 4500 vertical metres, 3 major climbs. Named by GCN as one of the top 10 one day gran fondos. I first heard about this event when we went to Bright on a short trip in the … Continued
New Zealand is the perfect environment for multisport races, with its wild rivers and uncompromising terrain. The Coast to Coast is the most well known of these, and if you want to find out more, you’re where I was about … Continued
One of things we love about travelling with our bikes is the feeling that you get when, having figured out when and where to ride, you know your way around a city and have found favourite places to eat and … Continued
Rarotonga may be the largest of the Cook Islands but it is still just a tiny, mountainous speck in the enormity of the Pacific only measuring 11km across its widest axis. It is encircled by a lagoon and protecting reef, … Continued
After having multiple planned cycling events cancelled in Europe over the last 2 years, we were looking forward to a summer of races and sportives in New Zealand. Sadly, the omicron variant finally breached the NZ border and thanks to … Continued
Fiordland is a wild and spectacular part of New Zealand. On a recent trip there in February 2022, organised by Ride Holidays, we were lucky to experience some of the best the region has to offer the cyclist. This is … Continued
When I’ve driven by the sign to the Waikato River Trails, which start about 30 minutes drive from Hamilton, the city we live in, I imagined a gravel track along the bank of the mighty Waikato River. Something like the … Continued
