Gear That Lasts
Nov 13, 2024
What to wear for weeks in the bush
About two years ago we reported on an incredible outback bike ride by Dylan Kentch.
A short time later we tracked him down, to get more details about his trip...
Oct 25, 2024
The History of Dobies
While fossicking through some archive folders in a search for something - I don’t remember what - I found two interesting relics from prehistory. One is the original drawing outlining what would become Nzo Dobies. I will come to the other in a few hundred words’ time.
Aug 23, 2024
Work / Ride / Lie down
Back in the early years of the Nzo project, our mate Coxy was a regular visitor to the shop, our house, and the local trails. He usually turned up wearing a getup that consisted of an Nzo top, and pair of Nzo shorts, and in summer that would be his attire for the entire weekend.
Jan 26, 2024
Chance meetings in the woods
One of the highlights of the summer break was a chance meeting I had in the forest.
There is a tap and drinking fountain plumbed into the spring-fed conduit that runs along the fittingly named Pipeline Road.
Jan 19, 2024
A new year, same old stunts
Probably the highlight of my summer break was a visit from our son. I showed him around the new trails that have been created since his previous appearance, staying off the especially rowdy ones
Dec 15, 2023
2023 Report to Stakeholders
It has taken most of this year to get a new version of our favourite all-purpose shorts to market, and get a few more lined up for the New Year. Whatever it is about Nzo that appeals to people who become our customers, the durability of our products seems to figure in it.
May 19, 2023
25 Years of Dirtwear
This week marks the 25th Anniversary of the day Nzo opened for business. More or less. There is always plenty of wiggle room in discussions about when we got started, because we actually started thinking about something along the lines of Nzo when were wandering around the planet during the early nineties.
Apr 14, 2023
We found a love letter
We went looking for an email about something or other, and accidentally found this entry, from one of our first customers. He penned it back in 2005, i.e two years before the first iPhone, when Nzo was still N-Zone.
Dec 2, 2022
Perseverance and cold feet
Around here the time has come for stepping directly out of the office footwear and into the bike shoes and hitting the trails without changing anything else about the outfit. Well, that is if your office outfit is Dobies and a T shirt.
Oct 6, 2022
Sand and corrugations, and corrugations, and sand.
The morning schedule looks something like this: Stagger around in search of coffee. Having secured some, retire to window seat to check morning’s latest happenings.
Aug 11, 2022
Goodbye, old friend...
This week one of our mates shared a fond farewell message she was directing to her Deanos, the first piece of Nzo kit she ever had, procured long before we got acquainted and became friends.
Jun 3, 2022
Don't try this at home
When Nzo got started we had a shop of our own. It was a long shot, there were nowhere enough mountain bikers to support that idea at the time, but we learned a lot. One of the very good things about that proto-shop was the opportunity it provided for yakking with mountain bikers about mountain biking.