New zealand mountain biker is a fullcolour dedicated mountain bike magazine published bimonthly and distributed nationally in over 800 outlets including supermarkets, book shops, magazine outlets, cycle shops and to our subscriber base. Some books explore the history of mountain bikes and the sport. Guide book author jonathan kennett knows the mountain bike trails in new zealand better than most and is the mastermind behind extreme cycling event tour aotearoa. New zealand mountain bike tours offer a selection of mountain biking adventures catering to a range of budgets and levels of fitness. Thanks new zealand mountain biking for a great experience riding in the forest.
For bicycle parts, see list of bicycle part manufacturing companies many bicycle brands do not manufacture their own product, but rather import and rebrand bikes manufactured by others e. Sep 01, 2009 my advice as a longtime, long distance worldwide touring bicyclist who has foolishly ridden everywhere in new zealand. Paul kennett the ninth edition of new zealand s bestselling mountain biking guide has been fully revised to include all the essential information needed to guide you to the most exhilarating rides. New zealands most epic singletrack, heli biking and tastings of the finest local sauvignon blanc all with a crew of super cool women sure to become your new best mates. Mountain biking nz event guide to new zealand mountain. The trails themselves have been painstakingly created over several years by the best trail builders in new zealand. Classic new zealand mountain bike rides, 9th edition guides you to all the best mountain bike rides youll ever want to know about.
New zealand mountain biking tours first light travel new. A man practices the art of adventure when he breaks the chain of routine and renews his life through reading new books, traveling to new places, making new friends, taking up new. New zealand is an ideal country for bike packing, where you travel light and fast, with fat tyres so that you can ride the great cycle trails and tracks, and gravel roads, where you. This 9day journey from nelson to queenstown is an intermediate level ride, jam packed with true mountain bike adventure sure to leave you with memories that will last a lifetime. Pan pac eskdale mountain bike park 10 minutes north of napier is one of new zealand s largest mountain bike destinations. According to jonathan kennett who designed the route, it is composed of 27% tarmac. New zealand mountain bike tours auckland, new zealand rated 4. Discover our diverse range of mountain bike trails.
The south island volume includes 174 rides with 90 new trails added since the last edition. The tour status indications below of our south island cycle tours are a guide only. The kennett brothers have with their books created the bible of where the mountain biking network of trials are across new zealand. They continue to promote their passion by designing and building tracks, organising events and writing and publishing books about mountain biking. New zealand guided mountain bike tours justmtb queenstown. New zealand offers many worldclass mountain bike trails across the country. Make sure to book a room at the milford lodge or lake te anau. Fantastic mountain biking trails can be found in almost every corner of new zealand, offering rides for all abilities, interests and itineraries. Welcome rock trails queentown biking adventure new zealand. Satiate your appetite for epic singletrack on this 8day journey from nelson to queenstown, giving you an exquisite taste of the sweet, decadent riding in new zealand s south island. This amazing event is different than any other bike race because you cant do what you can in this event any other day of the week. They have ridden most of the rides if not all of them also so know them well. Go mountain biking in new zealand tourism new zealand.
Get some inspiration for your next biking trip and stay with yha new zealand on the way. Cycling trails in new zealands south island tourism new. Embark on your nationwide new zealand mountain bike tour with haka tours and have the mountain biking adventure of a lifetime. Concerned that the frame might break, resulting in injury, avanti declined to lend the brothers their. Enjoy a spectacular ride on the coppermine loop mountain bike trail in new zealand through nelsons native bush and out onto the alpine coppermine saddle for splendid views, before an enjoyable ride. Passionate tour companies offer advice, guiding, shuttles and luggage transfers while welcoming accommodation, cafes and restaurants provide home comforts along the way. They have the rides rated for difficulty, directions to get to the tracks and directions while on the rides. Showcasing some of new zealand s most amazing landscapes, our 22 great rides are also an exciting and environmentally sustainable way to reach mustsee sights and activities. A 450metre vertical rise via the skyline gondola gives you easy access to one of new zealands best mountain bike parks. We provide private, public and custom single to multi day trips that will blow you away.
New zealand mountain bike tours ride like a local justmtb. This pedallers paradise has thrilling adventure, low key rides, and everything inbetween. Classic new zealand mountain bike rides book, 2011. New zealand has become known in recent years as one of the top adventure destinations in the world, and with good reason. Over the hills new zealand mountain bike adventure tour. The trail was originally used by gold miners back in the 1800s but has received a modern overhaul to make it a top mountain biking and hiking route instead. Attach your mountain bike to your gondola cabin at the skyline queenstown base and enjoy the leisurely uphill gondola ride before detaching your bike and taking on the legendary challenges of the queenstown bike park.
New zealands south island has some of the worlds most spectacular and varied mountain biking tracks and trails. New zealand mountain biking why ride with the best. Backcountry mountain biking allows people to enjoy the technical challenges of riding while seeing large areas of new zealand s backcountry in a shorter time span. New zealand mountain bike tours auckland, new zealand. Richards mountain bike book by crane, nicholas hardback book the fast free. In fact they dropped everything except government publications, and we ended up with the.
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From the 1960s boneshakers to sarah ulmers olympic victory in 2004, ride celebrates every branch of new zealand s unique cycling history. The 10 best mountain bike rides in new zealand gear patrol. In early 2001 it became public, got mentioned in the media and quickly grew into one of the most used sports and outdoors websites in new zealand, long extending beyond just mountain biking or even cycling. This content can be shared and edited for the purpose of promoting new zealand as a visitor destination. Classic mountain bike rides in britain by woodcock, tim hardback book the fast. South island cycle tours calendar of south island bike. Experience some of new zealands world class scenery from a bike while being guided by world class experts.
For your next holiday, choose from 22 great rides or 24 heartland rides and get in touch with the real new zealand. Classic new zealand cycle trails a guide to 46 fantastic holidays classic new zealand cycle trails guides you to the very best biking holidays this stunning little country has to offer. Wairarapa cycle trails wairarapa has some great biking routes, from mountain bike parks, cycleways, routes and trails to one of new zealand s great rides the remutaka cycle trail if youre in wellington and have a bike you can bring it over on the train or if youre from further afielddont have a bike on you, one or twentyone or more can. Its hard to imagine a better place for mountain biking than new zealand, where a seemingly endless network of forest trails, abandoned railways, farm tracks and other backcountry routes usher riders through an array of stunning landscapes, with the bonus offthebike activities such as walking, wildlife watching and wine tasting. Classic new zealand mountain bike rides book, 2002.
Many of the trails are well serviced by tourism operators with bike hire, accommodation and connecting transport available. Alps to ocean cycle trail travels from aoraki mt cook. Blog articles on mountain biking in new zealand rides. Classic new zealand cycle trails by the kennett brothers. Although most trails explore natural places, they are seldom far from towns and villages where bike shops and mountain biking tour operators can assist both guided and independent riders. From stunning coastal views to epic mountain rides, new zealands diverse landscape provides the perfect playground for any mountain biker. At times will ride an access track in order to get to an incredible trail, but mountain bike new zealand for us entails riding true single track and why nz is also ranked as holding some of the best mountain biking in the world. Marlborough boasts brilliant weather, stunning scenery and an abundance of acclaimed mountain and road trails, including a great ride and three trails along the new zealand cycle trail, nga haerenga. Welcome rock trails started off as one of new zealand s longest goldmining water races and has been reinvented and extended into a dazzling singletrack circuit a stunning biking adventure near queenstown. The annual taupo mountainbike club summer series caters for all levels of riders from beginners through to the experienced racer. Cycle trails a guide to 48 fantastic holidays classic new zealand cycle trails 2018, 4th edition guides you to the very best cycling holidays this stunning little country has to offer. Classic new zealand mountain bike rides 8 north island rides, 172 south island rides by. As locals will tell you, there really is something for everyone on the new zealand cycle trail, even for beginners and rusty riders.
To help you choose the right ride for your fitness and ability, all sections of new zealand cycle trail are graded in accordance with the following system, also used by mountain biking new zealand and the department of conservation. Three years later, as the writing of the second edition of classic new zealand mountain rides drew to a close, another friend suggested the three brothers ride down a local firebreak on avantis triple bike as a publicity stunt for their book. Cycling holidays and mountain biking in new zealand tourism. New zealand cycling, mtb events cycling, mtb events in nz. Navigate epic landscapes while mountain biking in new zealand. Classic new zealand mountain bike rides kennett brothers. Travel on countless routes lasting from 5 days up to 28 days, and with 19 new zealand bicycle tours listed youre sure to find one for you. My advice as a longtime, long distance worldwide touring bicyclist who has foolishly ridden everywhere in new zealand. Rides, information, events, results, discussion, contacts everything related to mtbing in new zealand. Classic new zealand mountain bike rides by kennett brothers, 9780992262020, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. A locals guide to mountain biking new zealand sacred rides. Weve just returned from the very first of our fabulous new mountain biking adventures on new zealands south island, and what an adventure it was.
As locals will tell you, there really is something for everyone on the new zealand cycle trail. Mar 24, 2017 next zac gave me a rundown of the trails and sold me a map printed on a real chamois. Mountain bike rides eastern beach new zealand youtube. The park, within the privately owned commercial tangoio forest, has been developed by the hawkes bay mountain bike club. The best of the north and the best of the south joined together to create the pinnacle of mountain biking in new zealand. Ride the rakaia cycling events salmon world, rakaia, ashburton district saturday 20 february 2021 great race, great day out. Crosscountry, trail riding, heli, downhill whatever your cycling or mountain biking style, queenstowns got the terrain, rental and guides to suit everyones kind of ride. Cycling tours and mountain biking trails in queenstown are a great way to explore and discover remote parts of this beautiful region.
New zealands south island has some of the most spectacular mountain biking in the world, and mountain biking south is a guide to 41 of the best of these rides. Justmtb love taking our guests on the best mtb rides in nz. Includes easytoread directions distance, times and grades colour maps and elevation charts inspirational photos all. Classic new zealand mountain bike rides by paul, simon and jonathan kennett, 8th ed. We also have some great maps and atlases produced locally by christchurch based company kiwimaps. Rainbow station mountain bike tracks marlborough nz. The misty mountain hop adventure takes in the very best mountain bike experience for anyone wanting to dive into new zealands epic riding scene. For 25 years, the kennett brothers have carved a name for themselves in the sport of mountain biking. Sports by peter koch photo by matt ankeny new zealand is a fantastical land of seussian proportions, with toothy peaks, mossdraped rain forests, boiling mud pools, steepwalled fjords, outlandish animals and hardtopronounce names to match. This 3000km bike packing route stretches from the top of new zealand to the bottom by combining bike trails and back country roads. Contact us to confirm your place prior to making any travel arrangements. Selected by expert mountain biker and photographer dave mitchell, they range from straightforward and easy rides close to our urban areas to challenging trips deep into the wilderness.
Over many years we have ridden on the longest trails in the country, single track rides that roll along for a 100km we have mountain biked on the highest trails in new zealand, 2000m up in the mountains. The townships along the trails are guaranteed to give you a warm welcome and offer a chance to jump off the bike and relax for a while. Tour aotearoa mountain bike trail in auckland, new zealand. Join a mountain bike tour that shows you the best trail secrets everyday. Classic new zealand mountain bike rides surprised our publisher by hitting the bestseller list for eight weeks. Classic new zealand mountain bike rides book depository. Both volumes include 318 rides with 245 new trails added since the last edition. If you love the outdoors and want to see the best of new zealand in under 3 weeks, this is the perfect option for you. Mountain biking books run a gamut from practical to aspirational. Great lake trail, timber trail and huka falls ride all in taupo provided by fourb bike hire in new zealand. Life is about the journey, not the destination and that couldnt be more true than on a cycling holiday in new zealand. Classic new zealand mountain bike rides 10th edition. Classic new zealand mountain bike rides, south island.
Scott p brown united states ambassador to new zealand, august 2018. Evo cycles lower hutt wellington bike shop lower hutt like 2 evo cycles nelson bike shop nelson like 0 evo cycles north shore bike shop auckland like 0 evo cycles orewa bike shop orewa like 0. Note the new zealand cycle trails great rides and heartland rides. Location northland auckland waikato bay of plenty east coast taranaki central north island whanganuimanawatu. Backcountry mountain biking activity guide by new zealand. New zealand forests contain some of the worlds most outstanding bike tracks, according to bike new zealand, and seen by the masses of riders heading for wellworn tracks every weekend at aucklands woodhill forest, whakarewarewa forest, or eskdale mountain bike park in napier. The popular hiking and mountain biking trail is named after the prominent rock that served as a meeting point for early settlers.
There are great views from the top peak 290m elevation, and 80km of purposebuilt biking trails. The best mountain bike trails in new zealand singletracks. Top 8 mountain biking towns in new zealand yha new zealand. Sample the best of new zealand s mountain bike trails.
Find the best trails for mountain biking in new zealand. This page lists notable bicycle brands and manufacturing companies past and present. We are mountain bikers who love to go mountain biking, both locally and to all the different locations around new zealand. The best mountain biking books can turn even the most obsessed rider into an avid reader. As new zealands original great ride, and the trail that inspired the nz cycle trail network, the 15. Choose to explore a trail for an hour, a day or a week.
Vorb is an online forum set up by tama easton as a place for stories and photos from mountain bike trips of a group of friends. One of the key features of the park is the pristine native forest that the trails are set in, which is a magical place to be. Mountain bike new zealand mtbnz are the national body for mountain biking in new zealand and are responsible for leading the development and growth of. If youve ever dreamed of leaving the shire and exploring middle earth, this is the way to do it. The 9th edition of classic new zealand mountain bike rides, now split into north and south island volumes, guides you to all the best mountain bike rides youll ever want to know about. Paul kennett the eighth edition of new zealand s mountain biking bible has been fully revised with 65 new rides. The trails in the gorge are sublime, and have to be experienced to be fully appreciated. New zealand s old ghost road is the longest single track route in the entire country, stretching for 52 miles across a remote section of the south island. Cycling trails in new zealands north island tourism new. Natural high offers a range of cycling guides to touring, mountain biking and new zealands new network of cycle ways, to help you get the most out of your new zealand cycle adventure. Mountain bike 29 wheel light weight, very fast ebay.