Month: November 2011

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New Zealand Mountain Bike Blog

Travelling Light and Long

Long and Light – the way of the Dirt Brevet

By Simon Kennett, as published in NZ MTBer

There’s a new style of mountain biking slowly spreading across the globe – call it a dirt brevet, bikepacking, or fat tyre randoneering if you like. It doesn’t matter. It’s about travelling light and covering big distances. Eighty kilometres a day is good for a starter; 250 kilometres isn’t out of the question. When that includes gravel roads and dirt tracks, you can expect to be riding from dawn to dusk.

via New Zealand Mountain Bike Blog.

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How the Otago Central Rail Trail easy guide started

In 2008 a couple of friends finished the Rail Trail and called in for dinner. ‘Great ride’ they said but I wish we knew more about the New Zealand countryside we biked through, and the wildlife we met. I grabbed a piece of paper and started the outline of a new guide to the trail ….

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Lifelogs publishes innovative pocket bikers guide to the Otago Central Rail Trail

When the Department of Conservation bought 150km of unused rail corridor in Central Otago 1993 and proposed a bike trail, many people laughed at the idea. Who would use it they said?

Well 10 years after the full track was finished more than 10,000 people a year cycle the full trail and many thousands more enjoy day trips. A few years ago some friends finished the trail ands said they would have liked a lot more information about the area and sidetrips, so Brian & Diane Miller have spent many months developing a new pocket guide.

The book – Otago Centrall Rail Trail – easy guide was published this week and should change the way people use the trail by making them more aware of the surroundings and side trips.