The Rise of EMTB Racing
If there’s one good thing to be said about the chaos of the last few years it’s that more people started riding bikes, or, probably more accurately, started riding bikes again. Kiwis really got into biking during lockdown and sales of ebikes in particular went crazy…
Electric Paradise | NZ’s Original Bike Mecca is Even Better on an EMTB
Back when suspension was just a wishlist commodity and Queenstown was still a sparkle in a trailbuilder’s eye, Fred Christensen and Red McHale were pioneering New Zealand’s original mountain bike mecca—the Whakarewarewa forest. Their vision, combined with the forest’s incredible pumice-based soil, helped establish Rotorua as one of the world’s top destinations to ride bikes. […]
Dirt Report Launches for Queenstown and Wānaka Peak Season
The Paparoa Track is Aotearoa New Zealand’s latest mixed-use backcountry ride. It joins the already extremely popular Heaphy Track and Old Ghost Road as prime bikepacking trip destinations. Its point-to-point route is what bikepacking dreams are made of: the perfect gradients, insane views, epically-located backcountry huts, and some of the most beautiful bush New Zealand has to offer.
Bikepacking the Paparoa Track
The Paparoa Track is Aotearoa New Zealand’s latest mixed-use backcountry ride. It joins the already extremely popular Heaphy Track and Old Ghost Road as prime bikepacking trip destinations. Its point-to-point route is what bikepacking dreams are made of: the perfect gradients, insane views, epically-located backcountry huts, and some of the most beautiful bush New Zealand has to offer.
Sitting down a Heckler, Leaving a Fan
Two days of E in the Windy City
WANAKA BACKCOUNTRY ADVENTURE
Follow Rich and Paul’s adventure as they head off fly fishing in a remote river valley near Wanaka on their eMTBs.
QUEEN CHARLOTTE TRACK V2.0
Boats and batteries offer a new take an old classic
RECHARGING THE BATTERIES
If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there’d be a shortage of fishing rods. And e-bikes.
BIKE GLENDHU: A FIELD OF DREAMS
The view is sublime. Even in the approaching gloom of a northwesterly spring storm, this is a breathtaking spot. As riders, we’re often confined to forests, views constrained by the enveloping woods. Here, that’s not the case. Here, there’s a 360-degree panorama of mountains, rivers, and lakes.
THE TRUTH ABOUT E-BIKES
I know about 95% of you are stressing about electric bikes—and that camp is split into haters and soon to be wanters. The other 5% are over 50 and happily zipping up and down the trails giggling like idiots. Or are they?
