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Riders ready to race at new world class BMX facility

New Zealand’s first international standard BMX track has been launched today as part of the new North Harbour BMX facility in Albany.

Source A NZ Transport Agency release

Box craft: when bike storage gets stylish

The clatter of a beloved carbon bike hitting the deck is enough to make many a cyclist squirm in discomfort. If you’re lucky, you see the fall happen in slow motion and are able to make that mad lunge forward to catch your prized possession before it crashes to the floor.

Source/ReadMore A Rouleur release

NZ’s longest serving major gym celebrates 50 years

Les Mills, New Zealand’s longest serving major gym, is celebrating 50 years in business.

Source A MakeLemonade release

Emirates Team NZ partners with Spark for the 36th America’s Cup

“As racing becomes more and more driven by technology innovation, the crew on the boat and the team back at the base rely on the immediate availability of real time data to get the best performance on the water,” says Grant Dalton, CEO of Emirates Team New Zealand.

Source/ReadMore A Computerworld release

Huge number of Kiwis say they will soon start structured exercising

A total of 176,000 New Zealanders says they will definitely start exercising at a gym or fitness facility in the next 12 months according to a survey by an Auckland research company.

Source A MakeLemonade release

Hold all tickets: Aussie takeover of TAB on the cards

Giant Australian gambling companies are poised to take over the TAB’s role in New Zealand if a report into the racing industry is adopted by the Government reports Mark Jennings for Newsroom.

Source/ReadMore A Newsroom release by Mark Jennings

Emirates Team New Zealand Appoints Gurit as official supplier

Advanced composites specialist, Gurit has announced that it has become an official supplier to Emirates Team New Zealand’s 36th America’s Cup defence campaign.

Source A CIM release

Severely Injured Soldiers to Cycle 1500 Miles Across New Zealand

27th Oct 2018 - 17th Nov 2018. International teams of injured amputee soldiers and veterans from UK, New Zealand and Canada are to recumbent-cycle the length of New Zealand’s North and South Island.

Source A OperationRide release

CeramicSpeed's ultra-efficient Driven bicycle works without a chain

Low-friction ceramic bearings transfer torque from the rider's pedalling through the drive shaft and onto the rear cog

Danish company CeramicSpeed has developed what could be the world's most efficient bicycle drivetrain and has built a prototype to prove it reports Rima Sabina Aouf for de zeen.

Source/ReadMore A de Zeen release

NZ cycling stars to chase championship honours in Napier

Napier will host the Vantage Elite and Under-23 New Zealand Road Cycling Championships for an additional year in January 2019.

Source Napier City Council release

Team NZ to build their boats for the first time

One of the hulls of Team NZ’s winning AC50 in the Southern Spars facility in Avondale.

For the first time in the syndicate's history, Emirates Team New Zealand will build their own America’s Cup yachts writes Suzanne McFadden for Newsroom