The Truth Behind Bike Wheels with Rod Bardsley
You want the truth? You can’t handle the truth! Rod can though…
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He knocked the bastard off!
I’m calling it: Jesse Cseh’s Everest is the toughest ever ridden.
Continue readingEveresting Wellington’s hardest trail
“I’ll be starting about 2:00 AM, in pitch black, which will be pretty hard I think, especially trying to warm up and getting into the flow in the darkness”
Continue readingWe build wheels with string now
Every once in a while something truly unique comes into the bike industry: meet Berd’s space-age string spokes and get Tristan’s take on why we’re using them.
Continue readingSimon’s Moots Routt 45
I’ve craved a Moots since first reading about them in Mountain Bike Action magazine when I was 12. They’re a US company with a storied past based in Steamboat Springs Colorado – a town with such a magical name that I simply must visit it one day. When a Moots box arrived at work it […]
Continue readingTristan’s Winter Clothing Tips
Winter Clothing Maybe it’s my Canadian upbringing but I love winter and some of my most memorable rides and races have been in the depths of winter. New Zealand winters tend to be relatively mild in temperature but very wet which makes for good all-year riding but means so your clothing needs to focus on […]
Continue readingTristan’s 2023 Glove Review
Tristan shares his favourite riding gloves for different conditions.
Continue readingTristan’s Ritchey Road Logic Disc
Check out Tristan’s modern ‘steel is real’ bike build.
Continue readingCannondale SuperSix EVO Disc
This is my custom painted SuperSix EVO Disc. I love Cannondale bikes – they always feel fantastic to ride. This bike started life as a pretty bland white model with AXS but was swapped across to DuraAce. The beautiful purple paint scheme was done by my friend Cameron. Gavin built the Maker SL wheelset -Tristan
Continue readingFirefly Titanium
This is a beautiful Firefly commissioned by my friend Craig and built by the ex-Indepenedent Fabrication guys in Boston, MA. Gavin built the OG carbon wheels and I did the bike assembly. Installing the custom leather bar tape was one of the most stressful things I’ve done on a bike! -Tristan
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