Seismic Cycle Racing Blog

The second round of the Hope supercross series was moist, which I was much more comfortable with. The course for day two was very similar to day one, with just a few chunks swapped out or changed direction. I turned up early enough to get a few practice laps in with the goal of trying to get up to speed on the corners before the race. I knew t... Read More

After missing out on racing the NZ cyclocross championships I was keen to find some alternative races to scratch my cyclocross itch. We had a holiday planned to the UK to see family following the NZ champs race, so I looked for some racing during our time there. The first two rounds of the Hope Supercross series in Bradford provided an opportuni... Read More

For the final round of the 2024 Huttcross season the weather forecast was promising some very wet conditions. For this round we were back to Moonshine for a second time. Despite the weather I committed to riding out, but I knew that I wouldn’t want to ride home after the ensuing cold mudbath, so I was thankful that Emily offered to pick me up. ... Read More

This years National Cyclocross Championships race was hosted by Southern Cross CX in Christchurch, with the race held at the Motukarara Raceway. I took the win in the M30 category, which was cool, but not what I wanted. This race was always going to be frustrating for me, and I ended up adding a few more frustrations with a sub-par performance. ... Read More

After another month of good hard training we were back at the races for round four of the 2024 Huttcross series, this time at Ngāti Tama. Ngāti Tama is a really fun venue for cyclocross with an interesting range of features. Over the years we have made good use of the massive stopbank combined with the damp, boggy terrain on the river-side of ... Read More

After a month of solid training I was pretty pooped but keen to see how the body would go at round 3 of the Huttcross 2024 season in Moonshine Park. I had committed to the mud tyres this time around, although the forecast was good for the race: the ground was now saturated. Moonshine is a classic Huttcross venue, and one that I enjoyed design... Read More

This ended up being a wet one and I was not prepared! I had spent the week before this race in Japan for work, and had been off the bike the whole week. I had managed a few runs (including some hill reps up to a castle which was pretty cool), but my legs were very stiff and heavy from the flight the day before the race. Flying back into the cou... Read More

I was pretty excited to kick the cyclocross season off at my local venue, Hikoikoi. I didn’t know where my form would be having just got over a stinker of a cold that I picked up in Alaska while travelling for work. I really like the Hikoikoi course: it is usually a good fast course with enough interesting corners to keep you on your toes. The ... Read More

I had been looking forward to this event for a while - the abundance of trails around Wellington make it a great place to do long rides linking together suburbs, but the complexity of linking them together for a race through the city took some organisation. For this, the first running of the Faultine, there were a few distance options. I chose ... Read More