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2016 Le Race Report
March 21 2016
Le Race Christchurch to Akoroa (mostly 100km of hills joined up by short flat bits)
Graeme Young and I got ourselves into the first wave which is for the optimistic finish time of sub-3.It’s always a bit frenetic dodging traffic islands and the cones that dot Christchurch streets. From a ...
2015 Pioneer Race
March 9 2016
The Pioneer Pair..a race report from Graeme and Steve on this years Pioneer MTB race from Christchurch to Queenstown the hard way
Ruapehu Express
March 8 2016
Ruapehu Express 27 Feb, 2016:
To the increasingly adventurous OTB mountain biking group word was put out that a new MTB event was approaching on February 27th - the Ruapehu Express - 55 km of mostly downhill, fairly fast mountain biking over wildly varying terrain. Accommodation was arranged in ...
Graperide Dinner Function
February 23 2016
GRAPE RIDE DINNER TWELVE TREES RESTAURANT ALLAN SCOTT WINERY
Follow the OTB team on the 7 day Pioneer Adventure
February 1 2016
The Pioneer is a 569Km seven day mountain bike stage race through New Zealand’s pristine Southern Alps between Christchurch and Queenstown. The first race of its kind to link together over 500kms of farm tracks, NZ Cycle Trails, double track and single track riding with 15,000m of climbing ...
2016 Capital Cycles Two Day Tour - Post Tour Report and Winners
January 27 2016
2016 Capital Cycles Two Day Tour - Post Tour Report and Winners
2016 GrapeRide Post Ride Dinner - Registration of Interest
January 27 2016
The 2016 GrapeRide is on Saturday 2nd April, as per past years there will be an evening function - "The President's Dinner." Details of the venue and the cost will follow when we have a view on numbers. If you would like to attend the Dinner please advise Stu Fraser your details and the numbers ...
Post Taupo Update
December 6 2015
Well another big Taupo Cycle Challenge is behind us and it dished up some interesting conditions with equally interesting results.This would have to rate as one of the wettest on record with very heavy downpours on the Roadies particularly around the western side of the lake. Wind was not bad and ...
Taupo 2015 Update
November 22 2015
Don't forget to get your bike serviced this week, get plenty of sleep, bring a rain coat and to wear the OTB kit this weekend at Taupo if you want to be eligible for the OTB awards and get your results recorded in the OTB league table.
As per last year we have a marquee site located behind the main ...