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A RE-ERUPTION

We mountain bikers often get the rough end of the stick (sometimes rightfully so) for building trails the wrong way or in the wrong places, getting us offside with landowners or managers. It’s been no different in Christchurch, which has a multitude of illegal trails and trail networks, despite the large bike park and several popular legal riding areas which host regular dig days. Here’s a story of working collaboratively to create a piece of trail ‘by the book’.

Lava Flow is an iconic Christchurch track. For those that don’t know it, the name paints

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