The second week of my time in Kentucky saw the arrival of the rest of the Australasian, and so too the entire southern hemisphere, cyclocross contingent. This consisted of 7 people, with five nationalities represented – Genevieve Whitson, Kiwi racer based in Scotland and her… More ›
Nelson local Ethan Glover showed he owned this year’s Santa Cruz Coppermine Epic, winning the race in a time of 2:03:59 and a margin of just over 10 minutes. The course was arguably slower, with a section of new singletrack to bypass the Maitai road… More ›
Rotorua’s Sam Shaw drew the curtains on a magnificent 10 days of cycling with a popular home-town win in the Giant 2W Gravity Enduro mountain biking race today. The four-stage hybrid race, with both downhill and cross country elements, was the final event in the… More ›
Wanganui professional Sam Blenkinsop carried on his stellar form to win the final round of the downhill Mountain Bike Championships in the Hunua Ranges, Auckland today. Blenkinsop, 24, won the elite men’s race in a time of 2:31.61, two seconds ahead of fellow professional Brook… More ›
The state of Kentucky is famous for several things, from a massive horse breeding and racing tradition with the annual derby to the Colonel’s secret recipe and the ensuing high rates of obesity, heart disease and diabetes that he (amongst others) has helped bring about.… More ›
Wanganui professional Sam Blenkinsop claimed a second victory in the downhill mountain bike cup series in Levin today, after blitzing the competition in qualifying. Blenkinsop’s time of 2:52.89 was enough to take the lead from Kieran Bennett, Nelson, who was just over one second behind… More ›
Thomas “Stumpy” Falconer brings the radness with this clip from the weekend’s riding at Wairoa Gorge. More ›
Oh my goodness! I think I speak for everyone that attended the first annual Dodzy Memorial Enduro that it was perhaps the single best MTB event ever. If you were thinking about entering and didn’t, well you blew it. For those that had never worked… More ›
It’s been a while since I last put an update here, and that time has seen the last of the mud in Belgium swiftly run to the refrigerator, find that not cold enough so hop out and slip into the freezer nextdoor. This has in… More ›
I don’t know Ash Smith from a bar of soap, never met him, haven’t spoken to anyone who has, but I do know he’s a genuine good guy, and he has sculpted his own little piece of ‘the dream’ on the other side of the… More ›
Trek World Racing is excited to announce its much anticipated lineup for the 2013 race season, a roster which sees a mixture of race winners, World Cup podium riders, as well as up-and-coming talent. All the riders selected for the program have the same philosophy… More ›
Top Gun 2013 is all done and dusted, and it worked really well. The format had things humming and building right into the Super D yesterday evening, with the overall winners well deserved. Jamie Nicoll and Harriet Harper took the overall honours. The Men’s contest… More ›
Nine months is both a long time and a short time. On one side of the coin, if you’re recently pregnant or have a pregnant wife, girlfriend or secret lover, then nine months will fly by in a whirlwind of nervous excitement, logistical planning, learning… More ›
Oh my goodness! I was sitting on the couch and in quick succession two emails came through, one from Specialized with a link to the above YouTube clip quickly followed by this email from Trek World Racing boss Martin Whiteley. Looks like things might get… More ›
A mechanical failure put an end to Anton Cooper’s chances of victory in the opening cross-country round of the BikeNZ MTB Cup Series in Bluff today. The Junior World Champion suffered a mechanical problem on the third lap of the four-lap race which took five… More ›
Great Britain’s Bernard Kerr edged out Christchurch downhill superstar Cam Cole by the narrowest of margins to win the first round of the BikeNZ Mountain Bike Cup Series in Bluff today. Kerr claimed victory in the Elite Men’s race with a time of 2:52.35, a… More ›
Holy Shit! Seriously this has to be the most stacked varied and exciting race entry lists ever. It might only hit home for Kiwis but the majority of people entered in the James Dodds memorial are legends in their own lifetimes. I mean just look… More ›
Junior World champion Anton Cooper and former World Champion Cameron Cole headline the stars on display for the opening round of the BikeNZ Mountain Bike Cup series in Southland starting today. Riders are braving the unseasonal weather as the iconic Bluff Hill plays host venue… More ›
South African cross-country machine and all round good guy Burry Stander has been killed in a road accident while on a training ride. The 25-year-old, who finished fifth at the London Olympics in 2012, was killed in a collision with a taxi in Shelly Beach,… More ›
Merry belated Christmas everyone, and Happy New Year. I don’t have all that much more energy for celebrations at the moment, as the last couple of weeks have been quite different to any of my life until this point. For a start Christmas was cold… More ›