NzoLand
Oct 8, 2025
Mountain is dirty and dangerous. Until it isn't.
There are numerous things to note about life in a bike town. Many you might expect. More bike shops, and better ones, than you would normally see in a regional town.
Sep 8, 2025
It's not about the bike
The Forest Loop is a thing that has been developed in my home town of Rotorua which gives more or less anybody a decent serve of the splendours of the location without being particularly challenging.
Sep 6, 2025
Grab a bike. Any bike.
This week I read an interesting point of view. It is on a website that is inclined to include experiences as often as hardware updates...
Aug 25, 2025
An apology to customers from the United States of America
We are very sorry (and grumpy) to announce that for the time being we can no longer send things to the USA.
Jul 15, 2025
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A minor part of a recent project was extending a wifi network. I bought a device which has no other purpose for its existence, and put aside half an hour one evening to give the little unit its opportunity to shine.
Jun 30, 2025
Say Gidday!
climb up Direct Road, a cruel and merciless grovel that is a necessary evil for anybody wanting to get the best out of a ride in the local patch.
Jun 13, 2025
Weather forecasts and reality
On Monday the weather doohickey on my phone said it was going to rain every day for the foreseeable future. Digging deeper into its predictions, there is a percentage figure next to the depressing little image of a cloud with water coming out the bottom.
Jun 6, 2025
Big weekend in Rotorua
Whakarewarewa Forest near Rotorua is not that big. Only about six kilometres from one side to the other, and not much longer than that north to south, it contains hundreds of kilometres of forestry roads and trails for walking or running, horse riding, and best of all, bike riding.
May 30, 2025
Coronet Loop is a great day out
One of the best bike days I have been lucky enough to score this year, and there have been a few, was away down south near Queenstown. The Coronet Loop is a fifty kilometre trail best accessed from Arrowtown.
May 1, 2025
Selective Memory
I assured Mike that the Paparoa climb the next day was not as hard, and we woke in Punakaiki to a bluebird morning, ready to go. From the start, the trail was nothing like my memory of it.
Apr 4, 2025
Fresh trails are hard to beat
Even when the principal activities are sitting around looking at a stonkingly beautiful view, and then wandering out into it, there are a some things that are arguably better.
Feb 28, 2025
Mountain biking. It's awesome.
You can have a perfectly good mountain bike ride on flat terrain. But to be honest, mountain biking needs mountains. Or at least decent hills.