Classic New Zealand Cycle Trails: A Guide to 46 Fantastic Holidays by Kennett Brothers

$29.90 NZD

Category: Cycling

This inspiring guide book gives full ride descriptions for 46 fabulous trips, including maps and elevation charts, plus contact details for accommodation options and other valuable tips for everyone from beginner riders through to seasoned veterans. For your next holiday, choose from 23 Great Rides or 2 3 Heartland Rides and get in touch with the real New Zealand. In this edition the Tour Aotearoa section has been expanded to provide more information for those crazies who want to ride the whole way from Cape Reinga to Bluff. ...Show more

Classic New Zealand Mountain Bike Rides 10th Edition

$49.90 NZD

Category: Cycling

Since this book was first published in 1991, mountain bike events, tracks and bikes have undergone a stunning transformation - from pushing heavy fully-rigid clunkers along overgrown stock routes to whipping around purpose-built trails on lightweight full-suspension machines. And over that time, this bo ok has evolved, from a small black-and-white publication to the 416-pager you're holding now. This, the 10th edition of Classic New Zealand Mountain Bike Rides, has focused on our 40 favourite rides. They range from fantastically popular mountain bike parks like Whakarewarewa in Rotorua to the inspirational, multi-day, Old Ghost Road on the West Coast of the South Island. For each ride, you will find: * a detailed route description * Geographx 3D maps * elevation charts * essential tips and nearby services * the intriguing back story to these fabulous rides ...Show more

Pedallers' Paradise North Island 4th edition by Nigel Rushton

$15.99 NZD

Category: Cycling

Classic Cycling Race Routes by Chris Sidwells

$24.99 NZD

Category: Cycling

The toughest 52 cycling challenges in Europe These routes, all of at least 40 miles in length, are based on the best cyclosportive events--the most famous single-day professional races, which are known in cycling as The Classics, and on stages of the Grand Tours--the Tour de France, Tour of Italy, and Tour of Spain. Not just pretty rides in the country, these are serious challenges that require training and preparation, but are all accessible and are achieved by many thousands of ordinary cyclists every year. Each route contains a map with directions and an elevation diagram as well as tips for tackling the route and a background history to the event. The book also offers advice on equipment, nutrition, ride strategy, and technique. Perfect for cyclists looking for the next challenge, these routes will inspire readers to test their limits. ...Show more

Pedallers' Paradise South Island 4th edition by Nigel Rushton

$15.99 NZD

Category: Cycling

Tour Aotearoa Official Guides, 3rd Edition

$20.00 NZD

Category: Cycling

Tour Aotearoa is a 300 km bike odyssey spanning the length of New Zealand. This two-volume set provides riders with step-by-step instructions, route maps, and insider tips on hoe to cycle from Cape Reinga down to Bluff.

Classic New Zealand Cycle Trails 4th edition by Kennett Brothers

$29.90 NZD

Category: Cycling

Covers a nationwide network of the best biking holidays this stunning little country has to offer. Includes 23 Great Rides, 24 Heartland Rides and 30 connector rides.

Short Easy Bike Rides: 62 of New Zealand's Best (2nd edition) by Kennett Brothers

$24.90 NZD

Category: Cycling

Enjoy the simple pleasure of a leisurely bike ride to a cafe, playground or picnic spot. These safe and easy cycle paths enable you to enjoy the outdoors at your own pace. 62 leisurely rides. Taffic free and safe. 1-3 hours riding time. Maps include bike hire, cafes and much more.

Volcanic Plateau Best Bike Rides by Kennett Brothers

$15.00 NZD

Category: Cycling

Volcanic Plateau Best Bike Rides includes 23 of the best cycle trails in New Zealand's volcanic lake region, from Rotorua to Taupo and beyond. This full-colour book has everything you need for an adventurous ride in the North Island's volcanic centre - maps, elevation charts and track information. If it 's worth riding, it's in this book! ...Show more

Where There's a Will - Discovering Endurance in a Race Across Europe by Emily Chappell

$36.99 NZD

Category: Cycling

'Chappell is a gifted storyteller' - ObserverA London cycle courier with a taste for adventure, Emily Chappell entered an extraordinary new race - The Transcontinental - in which riders must find their own way, entirely unassisted, across Europe in the shortest time possible. On her second attempt, she won the women's event, covering nearly 4,000 miles in 13 days and ten hours, sleeping in short bursts wherever exhaustion took her. In the aftermath of a win that troubled as much as pleased her she worked with Mike Hall, the founder of the race, until his tragic death on the road. Where There's a Will is a book about a normal person finding the capacity to do something extraordinary; the paradoxes of comradeship, competition, vulnerability and will and the shock of grief, combined in a beautifully written and very human story. ...Show more

The Wind at My Back - A Cycling Life by Paul Maunder

$24.99 NZD

Category: Cycling

A beautifully written exploration of the links between cycling, creativity and the landscape. In this deeply personal and lyrical exploration of what it means to ride a bicycle, Paul Maunder explores how our memories have a dialogue with landscape and how cycling and creativity are connected. Taking a journey through the places that have shaped him, we ride across wild moorland, through suburbia and city streets, into quintessentially English pastoral scenes. We see too some of the darker parts of the British countryside, sites of great secrecy that intrigue the imagination. This is abook about how landscape can sustain us, and how even an hour's escape can inspire our creative sides. The bicycle allows us to explore and dream, and return in time for dinner. ...Show more

The Big Loop: Biking Coastal NZ by Duncan Wilson

$39.99 NZD

Category: Cycling | Reading Level: near fine

In August 2015, Dunc Wilson became the first person to circumnavigate New Zealand on a bike. This 10,940 km journey followed one rule: cycle the closest available route to the coastline. The Big Loop candidly details Wilson's 240-day cycling adventure, through native bush, ragged coastlines, farm statio ns and more - demonstrating how acquainting oneself with our country is best achieved under 100 km/h. ...Show more