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Wildgripper homage saddle
With the single-speed nationals coming up I needed to get a bike ready. I didn't have a lot of choice in the end and it came down to repurposing my 1993 Litespeed Ocoee. The Compass Rat Trap Pass tires...
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A hidden epidemic
I walked out of the office the other day and saw one of my workmates chilling in the hallway. She was wearing a peaked hat and dark sunnies, and yet it was overcast and raining outside. She'd just...
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K-Lite 2nd impressions
I was very excited to get a hold of the latest kit from K-Lite to run through its paces recently. Kerry is constantly iterating his designs but recently he has launched a couple of very cool additions...
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Boganduro
Details below...The Boganduro is a casual gravel grinder in the Grinduro format with self-timing based on the STRAVA app installed on your phone.It will be on gravel where possible, with around 1600...
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Akatarawa Gravel Fondo
This event was the brainchild of Upper Hutt svengali Kim Hurst. It was an awesome event with a short and a long course. 50 kms and 87kms. I patched up some amateur footage from my Gopro. 2677 metres...
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Jeff's bike stories and links from Wellington New Zealand
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OPEN U.P. and say aaaaaaaaaah! - 6 monthly check-up
The dentist, the luddite and the Superbike. Glossary here. I suspect it's no coincidence that OPEN make bicycles with model names like OPEN UP and OPEN WIDE. If this is not a clever subliminal...
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Techno-bum-bag
Is that a disco in your bumbag, or are you pleased to see me !What do yo do when you have weapons grade tail-lights and it's a waste to have them mounted on just the one dynamo bike? Mount them on your...
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Curing 1x. Sram 1x to 2x shifting conversion
A resource on how to reclaim your gears. This post is divided into 2 parts1. The rant2. Messing with a hydro 1x 11 speed system - Sram Force.Not a great ideaHindsight is 20/20 but I would have thought...
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Tour Te Waipounamu
We were on a family holiday down south. Covid lockdown had decreased to a level where we were able to get out and stimulate the economy a bit. We'd been staying with my cousin in Christchurch and were...
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Tour Te Waipounamu ride report
When word filtered down about Brian Alders Tour Te Waipounamu there was a lot of speculation about just how hard it would be. Brian said it would likely be harder than anything we had ever done before....
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Q and A with Ollie Whalley on the Tour Te Waipounamu 2021
Stag SaddleSo Ollie, it's been a few weeks now since your very successful ride in the inaugural Tour Te Waipounamu and on the surface it appeared to be a fairly trouble-free run. With the amazing...
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UrbanGrinduro
UrbanGrinduro : Like a Grinduro, but with amenities!Thanks to everyone that came, I hope you had fun. If you can tag your IG photos with #urbangrinduro, that would be cool. I just generated a new...
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Drops to flats in 5 mins with DaVinci cable splitters
Swap from drops to flat bars and back again with DaVinci cable splitters.Jeff's bike stories and links from Wellington New Zealand
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The Renegades Muster bikepacking event.
The Renegades Muster - day 1The Renegades Muster is the brainchild of Tahi Cunningham. An 840 odd kilometre loop that starts in Wanganui and takes in Whangamomona, Ohura, the 42nd Traverse and a bunch...
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Dawn chorus phone alarm download
One day as I awoke half groggy I said to my wife - "Did you hear the birds this morning, they were so loud", then I realized that it was actually my phone alarm that woke me up. I had recorded the...
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Somebody has been eating SRAMs lunch
For the last few years somebody has been eating SRAM's lunch, and SRAM have finally caught onto it. When they launched their 12 speed road groupset in 2019 it was wireless only. The heavier and way...
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UrbanGrinduro - 2023
UrbanGrinduro - 2023 - July 30thThe Urban Grinduro is on again this year.I am looking at July 30th. It will be similar to the last course, maybe a tad shorter.Come for an adventurous ride around some...
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I went for a 24 hour ride and this is what I ate
I went for a ride the other day. Just one ride. 310 kms. From Wellington to Wellington via the south coast and Ngawi and back over the Remutaka incline. We left home at 9:50pm saturday night and got...
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The Big Finish Line Party
The Big Finish Line Party is the brainchild of Andy Chalmers. A bikepacking event that doesn’t have a start, only a finish. .... well, it does have a start but that’s up to you, where and when you...
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Growtac Equal brakes review
When I saw the Growtac Equal cable brakes come onto the market a while back I wondered how good they would be and if they could be a worthy replacement to the randomly dragging Sram Force hydros on my...
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Sram Exact-actuation mix and match
Mixing and matching with Sram Exact-actuationIf you are a constant tinkerer and insist on doing inapproriate things with the SRAM Exact-actuation shifters and derailleurs that appear in your parts bin,...
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Sounds 2 sounds 2024
Day 1 of the Sounds to Sounds. It was a pretty dark looking trip out on the boat to the start at Ships Cove. Two boats packed full of boomers in bright orange Ground Effect Jackets. There were some...
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Growtac Equal Control shifter review
When Josh Kato won the 2015 tour divide with the tightest ever margin of 46 minutes covering the first 3 riders, his bike was an exercise in mechanical resilience. He used a 3x crank, a reverse normal...
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Urban Grinduro 2024
Urban Grinduro - October 27th, 9am Waimapihi/Polhill Te AroThe Urban Grinduro is back for the 3rd time. Growing on its roots from the Hutt-based Boganduro it introduces riders to local trails, paths...
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