NZ tour – Ride 13: Rots the Sequel
Whats the best way to recover from a weekend of hard stage racing that leaves you with empty legs, an epic hunger and mild dehydration? Simple really, drive 6 hours north to the MTB mecca of the North Island an...
NZ tour – Ride 11: Wainui bike park
After yesterdays widely unpopular TT training brain explosion, I had to redeem myself by heading back to the dirt for some more NoMADness and, in line with our theme about doing NEW stuff, going to somewhere I ...
Video time and a lesson in planning
Let's start today's post with something fun... Finally got around to doing a little video edit from Rots, a montage from some of the coolest trails from the first stop there:
https://vimeo.com/83912565
I ...
NZ tour – Ride 8: Mini Makara
First up today - There is a not so well known competition going at the moment to see who can get their photo taken in the weirdest place in the world whilst wearing their DN T Shirt. I have been super shit hous...
NZ tour – Ride 7: Old School Soldier
Now I'm back into familiar territory on the Kapiti Coast, it was time to indulge in some MEGA old school action. So old school in fact, that we're talking about the very genesis of the modern day Dirty Nomad.
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Backing the wrong forest
Yesterday I was getting ready to very early on call this trip a blow out... But, with a few weeks to go that seemed very pessimistic to the point of verging on childish.
Well, today this spluttering and mali...
NZ tour – Ride 1: Craters of the Moon
In the late 90's and early 2000's there was ONE event or trip that I looked forward to above all others... I would hang out for it massively and couldn't wait for the boys to get together and head north. Yip, w...
The accent of summer
Yeah... I know you're sick to fuuuucking death of teaser posts about the DN Summer Tour, but, I have a few more to go, so hang in there. Upside? It means more video goodness! Today's selection are an absolute t...
Cheap Mofo Monday
After a night of solid rioting, you'll excuse that this is some extremely lazy Dirty posting... its also been a rest day and its a good video, so ignore the fact I am being an on-line lemming in linking to this...
The Spirit of riding like its 1998 – Part 2
So, yesterday I gave a rather long winded and old school rant to set the scene for todays post. What am I talking about? Roll on Part Deux:
Well, if you've been anywhere near a Mountain Bike Magazine, website,...