Urban Grinduro 2024

Urban Grinduro - October 27th, 9am Waimapihi/Polhill Te AroThe Urban Grinduro is back for the 3rd time. Growing on its roots from the Hutt-based Boganduro it introduces riders to local trails, paths and alleyways they otherwise would not know about unless they were fleeing from...

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Growtac Equal Control shifter review

 When Josh Kato won the 2015 tour divide with the tightest ever margin of 46 minutes covering the first 3 riders, his bike was an exercise in mechanical resilience. He used a 3x crank, a reverse normal derailleur that would default to the lowest gear if he had a rear cable...

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Sounds 2 sounds 2024

Day 1 of the Sounds to Sounds. It was a pretty dark looking trip out on the boat to the start at Ships Cove. Two boats packed full of boomers in bright orange Ground Effect Jackets. There were some very big rains that morning with thunder and lightning, during the Ships Cove...

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Sram Exact-actuation mix and match

Mixing and matching with Sram Exact-actuationIf you are a constant tinkerer and insist on doing inapproriate things with the SRAM Exact-actuation shifters and derailleurs that appear in your parts bin, then this may be of interest to you.If you are a luddite and eschew modern...

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Growtac Equal brakes review

 When I saw the Growtac Equal cable brakes come onto the market a while back I wondered how good they would be and if they could be a worthy replacement to the randomly dragging Sram Force hydros on my OPEN UP. My buddy was doing one of his many trips to Japan for work...

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