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Feb 18, 2025
The Old Ghost Road version 2
As reported previously, last autumn I finally got the chance to ride the Old Ghost Road. I liked it so much I organised a rematch a month later. It turned out slightly differently, but just as good.
Feb 14, 2025
Bikepacking and hitch hiking
Right around now, hundreds of people are gearing up to participate in the Tour Aotearoa, a self-supported bike ride from North Cape to Bluff.
Dec 6, 2024
Earthmoving, our way
This week I got to go out in the woods with my long-time riding buddy and chief Nzo photographer Graeme Murray. As I have mentioned before, he is one of the top outdoors photographers in the world, and getting involved in a session with him on his day off is always good and very educational.
Nov 19, 2024
Tasmania: an Nzo Field Trip
In late spring, Nzo took a long-overdue trip to Tasmania. The party was Craig and me, and we were heading to Tassie to have a look around and do some bike rides.
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.
Oct 18, 2024
A funny thing happened
Here is a funny thing that happened this week, and necessitates a deep dive into Nzo history. Just after the turn of the millennium, we somewhat naively decided to go to Interbike in Las Vegas.
Sep 17, 2024
How to get sponsored
Even a small mountain bike apparel brand adrift in the South Seas gets its fair share of sponsorship proposals. None of them offering to sponsor us.
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.
Aug 2, 2024
The Paparoa Track
I got to experience the Paparoa Track on a recent trip to the top of the South Island, and I can't wait to go back and do it again. We were camping on the West Coast in the otherworldly little settlement of Punakaiki, at what must be one the top five campsites we have ever parked up in.
Jul 19, 2024
Swapping bikes for carpets
During the early nineties we spent a couple of years living in a VW Kombi. That little bus took us from San Francisco to eastern Turkey, before we doubled back to Germany where we parted ways.
Jul 5, 2024
What I reckon
It is that time of the year when keen people in our hemisphere are getting up at 2am to watch Le Tour de France. We are not, but we do have a look at the results first thing in the morning before doing anything much else.