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How to Prepare Your Bike for the Mondraker Motatapu MTB Event 2025

How to Prepare Your Bike for the Mondraker Motatapu MTB Event 2025

The Mondraker Motatapu MTB is a classic fixture on the annual adventure event calendar, giving participants a unique, once a year opportunity to ride, run, or hike from Wanaka to Arrowtown through unforgettable high country scenery. 

The 47km route starts at Bike Glendhu at Wanaka then wends its way through Glendhu Station, to Soho Station and Motatapu Station, before finishing in Arrowtown. The Motatapu trail is challenging, but still achievable for most riders, and the vistas along the way are mind blowing – which is why the event attracts so many repeat participants. 

Outside Sports Donates $2.50 From Every Bike Hire to Local Trail Trusts

Outside Sports Donates $2.50 From Every Bike Hire to Local Trail Trusts

At Outside Sports our cornerstone belief is that life is better with outdoor adventures. One of the best ways to enjoy an outdoor adventure in our magnificent Southern Lakes region...
Tasmanian Derby Bike Adventure

Tasmanian Derby Bike Adventure

This years Shane Fairmaid’s mountain bike adventure was in Tasmania and it was a cracker for all the right reasons. There were 8 of us all up, Shane, Starve (Steve),...
Marsh Glenorchy Gravel Grind Adventure

Marsh Glenorchy Gravel Grind Adventure

If you’re looking for an adventure that supports a good cause then consider the Marsh (our Outside Sports insurers are the major sponsors) Glenorchy Gravel Grind on the 11th October...
Queenstown's Best Selection of Premium Quality Rental Bikes Outside Sports

Queenstown's Best Selection of Premium Quality Rental Bikes

Outside Sports Queenstown has the Southern Lake’s best selection of E-bikes and traditional bikes for hire for half a day to a week or more. From Mondraker and Scott, we...
What are Mips bike helmets and how do they work? Outside Sports

What are Mips bike helmets and how do they work?

Mips stands for Multi-Impact Protection System. It’s an extra low-friction layer that fits inside the helmet between the hard shell and the lining, which can move 10 – 15mm in any direction when there’s an impact. That ‘give’ helps absorb and reduce the amount of force transmitted to your brain from rotational motion. Usually the Mips layer is bright yellow and you can see parts of it when you look inside a Mips equipped helmet. Mips systems weigh a barely noticeable 25-45 grams, not much more than the weight of a typical energy bar. 
Whyte Bikes Are Coming to Outside Sports Outside Sports

Whyte Bikes Are Coming to Outside Sports

We’re excited to welcome Whyte Bikes to Outside Sports bike stores in Queenstown and Wanaka! As the only Whyte Bikes dealer in the South Island, we’re proud to bring these...
Give a New Bike the 'Big Tick' at Outside Sports Today

Give a New Bike the 'Big Tick' at Outside Sports Today

There are trails out there with your name on them and with Outside Sports and Finance Now you could ride them on a sweet new bike without needing the cash...
Demo the state of the art Mondraker DUNE e-enduro bike now. Outside Sports

Demo the state of the art Mondraker DUNE e-enduro bike now.

This is the state of the art in lightweight all-mountain e-enduro bikes and now you’ve got the chance to experience it for yourself. We have a demo Mondraker DUNE available at our Wanaka Bike store now.  
12 tips for winter mountain biking in New Zealand Outside Sports

12 tips for winter mountain biking in New Zealand

12 tips for winter mountain biking in the Southern Lakes.   1. Reduce your tyre pressures Maximise the contact area of your tyres and hence your grip on soft slippery muddy...
Entry-Level, Mid-Level, or High-End MTB Suspension: What's Right for You? Outside Sports

Entry-Level, Mid-Level, or High-End MTB Suspension: What's Right for You?

When you start to compare your MTB suspension options the main thing to remember is that dampers have the biggest effect on how well a fork or shock performs on...
Why You'll Actually Get More Exercise with an E-Bike Outside Sports

Why You'll Actually Get More Exercise with an E-Bike

Do you think getting an e-bike would make you lazy? Well you might need to reconsider that because recent studies have shown that on average people who have electric bikes get more exercise than if they’d stuck to traditional analogue bikes. But that seems counter intuitive, so why is that?  Let's find out...