Destination: Hanmer

Hanmer, one of New Zealand’s true, quaint semi alpine towns home to loads of adventure.

OCCAM LT 24 - RIDE REVIEW

For 2023, I made a promise to myself. No new bikes this year. Just be happy…. Anyway, enough about that. For 2024. Orbea released an effective ground up remodel of the now 6 year old occam chassis. On top of that ground up rebuild, they made it available in two

MET Parachute - Ride review

I gave up wearing a fullface helmet a few years ago for 2 reasons. 1. They were relatively hardcore back then. As in, you’d only wear one while racing because if you weren’t “racing”, you’d look a prized pillock going the speeds I do. 2. I did

State of it!

It’s been quite a while since the bike industry was in quite the state. Covid times to be fair but more so in the boom scenario. But has that boom and the greed of the boardroom seen the potential demise of their very industry? Possibly.

Destination - Derby

If I could write a feasibility study on the successful implementation of converting an area known for tin mining in the old days to a thriving MTB trail network, I could simply write, “do what they did in Derby”. It’s really that simple. Derby, a small Tasmanian town with