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Mountain Biking a Queenstown classic, Rude Rock, on Coronet Peak. After racing the TransNZ enduro for the last 5 days, we couldn’t resist a lap or two on this track. #FollowCamFriday lightbro edition.

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New Zealand should need no introduction as a mountain biking destination. If it does, then you really haven’t been paying attention.   Picture this: two islands in the Pacific Ocean, that are essentially both massive mountain ranges. Rising straight out of the ocean, these jagged peaks soar to a max elevation of 12,316 feet, making …

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Bernard Kerr: Queenstown Living 2.0 from Pivot Cycles on Vimeo. “It’s always incredible to come back to New Zealand. Every summer is better than the one before it and you wonder where it can go next…but Queenstown always has something new going on! Skyline gondola and bike park have a new jump trail and with …

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Eliot Jackson left the California winter for the picturesque landscape of New Zealand to rip it apart on his Pivot Cycles Phoenix Carbon DH. The comeback kid is in his second season of healthy riding and the Queenstown trails are the perfect place to prep for Crankworx and the World Cup.

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photo courtesy LoGMB Facebook page. It’s cold in much of the US right now but in the southern hemisphere, mountain biking season is just warming up! We’ve been reading the MTB news out of New Zealand and it just doesn’t seem fair: new trails opening, a mountain bike park launch, and the League of Gentlemen …

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