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Shortest Day, Longest Night - Lights Overview

The winter solstice is nearly here, so we thought we'd share our selection of lights with you. They're not all on our online shop yet, but everything's in store for you to have a look at. The main brands we sell are Cateye, Knog, Lezyne, and Gloworm. All Cateye lights are currently 30% off in store - perfect for Matariki rides or those dark commutes.Basic and backup lightsThese wee lights are great for adding a little extra visibility - the rears are also perfect for trail rides with mates, so you don't blind the guys riding behind you! They're all battery powered and attach using rubber straps, so they're quick to remove when leaving your bike locked up. The Cateye Loops are...

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Joel's Winter Whip

This is Joel's new CX/commuter bike - with a stealth carbon frame from the same company that supplied the carbon rims that we're testing out, and some trick parts like the new Shimano CX77 brakes. Weight with pedals is 8.44kg. I didn't believe Joel when he told me so I weighed it myself... 

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The Coffee Run Bike - a restoration

Check out this vintage Healing town bike we've restored - it's had a new paint job and has been rebuilt for our friends at Morning Magpie Café on Lower Stuart Street, who are using it for transporting their locally-ground coffee and home-made breads around the city. 

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Socks!

A selection of winter socks now in from The Sock Guy. Guaranteed to make you faster, we promise! In all sorts of tasteful and distasteful colours.

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Chinese Carbon - our latest test

Everyone knows you can get cheap carbon rims (and frames, bars, seatposts etc) from China, but like you, we still have that nagging feeling in the back of our minds... how long will these rims last under hard riding conditions ('just riding along'... yeah, we know what that actually means)The truth is that Chinese carbon is actually pretty amazing quality for the money, but it's good to get some long-term tests confirmed too. Since we're already helping Switchback Bikes to develop their next bunch of frames, we thought we'd get some carbon rims in for long-term testing. We've got four wheelsets built up and we'll report back our findings. We've got road, CX, and 29er rims (and we can get...

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