Big day for Wyn Masters from New Plymouth and Harriet Harper from Blenheim taking National Championship titles in Wellington...
DOWNLOAD FULL RESULTS BELOW...{These really great photos are by Nei... read whole article
NATIONAL CHAMPS XC - WELLINGTON, SATURDAY FEB 27
RaboPlus Mountainbike National Championships Day Two Wrap
Mt Victoria Cross Country Championswords: Chris Mildon
photos: Caleb Smith (SPOKE magazine ... read whole article
THE CIRCUS IN FEBRUARY - TALES FROM THE PRO TOUR #1
Words: Kris Withington...
Kris is from Rotorua and is a mechanic with Garmin-Transitions, the cycling team that features another local Julian Dean. Kris will report every month or so from inside the world of the European pro ... read whole article
BIKE VEGAS SUMMER CUP SERIES 2010 WRAP UP
The 3rd Annual Bike Vegas Summer Nduro MTB Cup - with single lap courses on some of the best trails New Zealand has to offer and all on those long, balmy days of mid-summer.
The 2010 Series was three races - all 45 or 25 kilomet... read whole article
ROTORUA NORTH ISLAND DH CUP/6 RESULTS...
Saturday February 20 and Sunday 20 February...
What's hot, dry and fast? - The Taniwha DH on Race day in Rotorua.
The weather was perfect and, while the turn out was less than in previous years, it was a class field t... read whole article
ROTORUA NORTH ISLAND XC CUP/6 RESULTS...
Saturday February 20.
The sixth and final round of the Raboplus MTBNZ Summer series was run in hot, dry conditions.
The racecourse was not the one used in 2009.
But it was one of the RMTBC's favourites through the ... read whole article
TAURANGA NORTH ISLAND DH CUP RESULTS...
The new DH at Summerhill MTB Park was given a right good christening on Saturday February 13 with 2006 Junior World Champ, Cam Cole taking the win...Great to see Cam on the top step...
PHOTO: Cam rails it - Thanks to Jon... read whole article
TOKOROA NORTH ISLAND CUP XC RESULTS
Cross Country competitors faced hot and humid conditions and an unrelenting and intense race course at Cougar Park, Tokoroa on Sunday.
The strongest field seen this summer in the Elite/U23 Mens event was led off the st... read whole article
ROTORUA NORTH ISLAND DH CUP RESULTS...
A few showers in the morning but by race time it was dry and hot.
Action on course reflected the weather, with very close racing and top field of over 150 riders taking on The Taniwha and the first round of the MTBNZ North Is... read whole article
ROTORUA - WORLD'S BEST TRAILS...
February 3...
Read all about it in the next issue of Australian Mountain Bike...out on this week in Australia and New Zealand...
Here's a preview of the cov... read whole article
NZ Mountainbike Cup Wrap, Nelson Jan 23/24
Fierce Competition in Changeable Nelson Conditions
Nelson threw all it could weather wise at the RaboPlus NZ MTB Cup competitors in Nelson this weekend, but it wasn't enough to dampen some extremely close competiton in the So... read whole article
KRIS WITHINGTON - TEAM MECHANIC...
Rotorua mechanic, Kris "Grom" Withington was home for summer.
The rest of the year he's based in Europe and works as a mechanic for top pro tour team, Garmin-Transitions.
Before Kris left to join the Garmin team in Australi... read whole article
KENNY BELAEY PHOTOSHOOT VIDEO
September 2009...
Photo shoot with Kenny "The Magician" Belaey - Trials rider...
Here's a taste...or see it in HD HERE
SUMMER 09/10 TRAIL & ROAD CLOSURES...
Whakarewarewa is an operational forest and at times trails and roads are closed for logging and other work.
This autumn there is continuing major work in the south of the forest.
Timberlands will... read whole article
NZO WHIRINAKI QUEST
The second running of the Nzo Whirinaki Quest was a great day out for the 240 mountain bikers who made the trip to Minginui in the heart of the Whirinaki wilderness
Tucked between Te Urewera National Park and Whi... read whole article
MORE ON SSWC2010 in ROTOVEGAS!
One gear is all it takes...
Rotorua will host another major mountain bike event in 2010 when the eccentric world of the singlespeed descends on the small city in the heartland of the North Island of New Zealand.
Race day is S... read whole article
ROTORUA TO HOST WORLD SINGLESPEED CHAMPS 2010!
Breaking news - 7.30PM Sunday 20/09/09 Rotorua time; 1.30AM Sunday in Durango:
The Rotorua Singlespeed Society will host the 2010 World Singlespeed Championships.
After a tense 24 hours of the bidding process our ... read whole article
ROTORUA MTB CLUB's BIG DAY OUT! Moerangi Trail opening...
September 5 - Whirinaki Forest - South of Rotorua (see Google Map at bottom of page). Dave Donaldson was there and so was Gaz Sullivan from Nzo...
Dave first:
A big day out as the Department o... read whole article
AUSSIE ROADIE(?) & INDOOR CYCLING & WATER SLIDE...
MC SpandX gets down...
AIR NZ SYDNEY TO ROTORUA FLIGHTS start in December...
Air NZ have started flying between Rotorua and Sydney. The new service, using one of its 152-seat Airbus A320 plane is twice a week from December 19...
"Rotorua is an iconic tourism destination and well known amongst... read whole article
ADOPT-A-TRAIL...
Go on, do it...you know you want to...
Take care of that favourite trail of yours...
Make it your own...
Download the application form and go for it...... read whole article
LARCH ROAD DUCK POND LIVES AGAIN!
If you are out in the forest it's well worth a look down Larch Road (between Red Tank and Hill Roads). The old Duck Pond about 1/2 way down (on the corner of Larch and - surprise, surprise - Duck Pond Roads) has been give a ser... read whole article
BIKE HUB ROTORUA
ROTORUA is a hub for almost all cycling disciplines and styles. In 2006, Rotorua hosted the UCI Mountain Bike and Trials World Championships and its for mountain biking that we are probably best... read whole article
Get On Your Bike
Rotorua District Council have printed a Rotorua Cycling Map encouraging people to get on their bike for Active Transport.
The brochures are free and they are currently distributing them via bike shops, clubs, gyms, cafι's, businesses, schools, etc... read whole article
Recreational Use of Whakarewarewa Forest Survey 2007
Whakarewarewa Forest has provided a haven for recreational use for many years in Rotorua. This gem is largely untapped as a potential showcase for New Zealand as a premiere attraction for recreation, sporting, community, nature events and action tour... read whole article
10/03/10 weather... forecast next 5 days... events... SINGLESPEED WORLDS 2010 - ENTRIES OPENED MIDNIGHT NEW YEAR'S EVE...over 600 entries already... Singlespeed Worlds Rotorua
...presented by Kiwibikes and a bunch of other great partners! latest... TRAIL & ROAD CLOSURES... operational logging is on and SPLIT ENZ will be closed over next 2-3 months - connecting roads and trails may be closed at times.
For your own safety and the safety of the forest crews
PLEASE RESPECT any trail closure signage... MORE INFO...
2010 National Series and New Zealand and Oceania Champs...after a big summer season the Oceanias in Dunedin are coming up March 18-21.
THE CIRCUS IN FEBRUARY...It's cold! Rotorua mechanic Kris Withington reports from inside Team Garmin and the Pro Tour in Europe...
ROTORUA - WORLD'S BEST TRAILS...that's what Australian Mountain Bike are saying in the current issue!
KRIS WITHINGTON - BIKE WIZARD...Rotorua mechanic back with Team Garmin in 2010...
Rotorua photoshoot with Belgian Trials rider Kenny "The Magician" Belaey - THE VIDEO... trails... TRAIL INFO...
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