Hand numbness while bikepacking 101

Some thoughts on hand numbness from bikepacking long distances.   Its taken me a while, but I think I am getting a better understanding of the causes of the numbness/palsy/neuropathy that I picked up during my Tour Aotearoa in February. I'm not over it fully yet, but at...

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Some slick and fat tires for fun and performance

Firefly The bike that inspired my interest in fat slicks I was intrigued by "Mr Danger Pant's" fat tired Firefly when I first saw it 5 years ago on MTBreview forum. It had some very interesting kit on it including WTB dirt drop-bars.  I always thought it would be cool...

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Bam-Boozled by the Lauf

About the time that the Tour Aotearoa finished I started noticing the Lauf fork making a few more appearences in "Social Media Land". A local rider Gary Moller took one to the Masters MTB world champs a few years back, but a misunderstanding about the course meant it wasn't...

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Brian Alder's Tour Divide 2016 debriefing

A few weeks back I talked to Brian Alder about his prep for the 2016 Tour Divide. He is back now so I asked him a few more questions.  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------  Well Brian. 16 days and 10 hours 36 mins, 5th place?...

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Brian's Tour Divide Q & A

 Brian Alder is off to do the Tour Divide in a few days so I thought I would nerd-out and ask him about his set-up. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian, you have a reputation as a bit of a details...

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Nil's bike - Tour Aotearoa 2016

 Like me, Nils van der Heide lives in Wellington, and yet I only met him once before the 2016 Tour Aotearoa. His bike was a bit different to most, and he had obviously spent a lot of time getting Jonty at Revolution Bicycles to build it up. It was a very sound machine....

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Tour Aotearoa 2016 - bikepacking the length of New Zealand

Aotearoa New Zealand. A 3000km unsupported bikepacking adventure. I think we are lucky in New Zealand, on several fronts. We have a relatively small country with constantly changing scenery and terrain that can both challenge and inspire. We also have people wanting...

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