Let's build your ultimate bikepacking repair kit! In this blog I’ll take you through my complete kit that I take on multi day, 1000+ km rides. This...
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Versatile Mtb Tyres For Streets And Trails
Versatile MTB tyres for streets and trails
In an ideal world, you would have two sets of wheels to quickly change out with two different sets of ty...
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Taupo’s Best Mountain Bike Trails
Taupo might be visited with the idea of watersports in mind, but it’s also a cycling paradise with the region offering some of the best mountain bi...
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Getting started is often the hardest part. Maybe you’re a road cyclist, or maybe you’re a complete novice on bikes, and you’re interested in beginning mountain biking. This means getting occasionally wet and muddy riding through forests, on dirt trails, gravel and across streams
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Bike tyres are one of the components you will change the most on your road bike due to wear, punctures and season. There are a multitude of tires on the market and we’re going to help you navigate them in this handy article in which we’ll discuss tyre width, tyre tread and tyre type.
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Learning how to be safe on a bike is an important step in becoming a young cyclist. We’ve thought about the guidelines for bike safety kids and have put together the important learning steps and preventative measures you can take to ensure safe riding.
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Bicycle lights come in a wide variety of power levels and functionality. In this guide, we'll take a look at how to understand lumens and some of the latest features like rechargeable bike lights and LED bike lights. We have simplified the main types of bicycle lights by dividing them into three categories: commutating, on-road and off-road. We'll explain the differences and explain what you should be looking for.
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A complete guide to helmets and how to choose one
Helmets are without a doubt the most important piece of equipment you wear on a bike. They protect the head and therefore the brain. Gone are the days of cyclists not wearing helmets. In fact, New Zealand has the most rigorously enforced and successful all-age mandatory bicycle helmet law in the world. New Zealand Transport reports the helmet wearing rate has sat at around 93% since enactment in 1994. We are the only country (apart from Australia) that actively enforces mandatory all-age helmet laws.
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A guide: Which brakes are best for which bike?
Brakes are a major component to consider when it comes to buying a bike or upgrading one. Let’s run through the different types of brakes and point you in the right direction of which variations will be best suited for your rides.
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