Shredding the Best Mountain Biking Trails in NZ

March 18, 2013 by Leave a Comment

So you’ve conquered Europe’s bike parks, and everything Stateside has shut down for the ski season. All you want to do is shred, but the hills are alive with the sound of piste-bashers.

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If you’re in need of some serious R&R, (ride and recuperation) but all your mates are out hunting powder, then it’s high time you considered a soil-searching trip to the Southwest Pacific to sample the best mountain biking trails in NZ (New Zealand)  and all the islands have to offer.

The ‘land of the long white cloud’ offers a mountainous South Island and a volcanic North Island, with hours of saddle time to be had on both.

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Euro Bike Tours: France and Spain

September 19, 2012 by Leave a Comment

After what can only be described, at best, as a patchy summer, the nights are once again rolling in. It’s traditionally the time to put away the pannier bags and forget all about cycling holidays and Euro bike tours for another year.

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Unless, that is, you start to think a little further afield into Southern Europe. The dismal UK weather might make touring only for the diehards, but in France and Spain the milder conditions means euro bike tours are very much still in full swing.

There are several reasons why, over the last twenty years, so many Brits have swapped pound for euro, upped sticks and took bike tours abroad – here are just a few:

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MTB Challenge: Land’s End to John o’Groats

May 10, 2012 by Leave a Comment

Land’s End to John o’Groats is popular for road cyclists. But it’s an MTB challenge to far for most riders…At more than 1,000 miles (‘,600 km) it will test your endurance and dogged determination to face the changeable British weather. Now try it off-road….

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As part of the Explore! Bipolar ‘Highs & Lows’ ride, Ashley Toft will be leading a bunch of riders through a 3-week challenge starting on 31 May 2012 – and it’s all to raise awareness of bipolar disorder.

Starting in Cornwall’s Land’s End, the route mirrors the condition’s highs and lows with riders cycling as much of the route off-road as possible.

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