Richard Abraham

  • Licensed to ride: the story of the Southland cycling scene

    Licensed to ride: the story of the Southland cycling scene

    How the six o’clock swill helped make Southland the cycling capital of Aotearoa New Zealand. Every time you crack open a Speights in Invercargill, you help a cyclist. This is because every drop of alcohol purchased between the intersection of SH6 and West Plains Road in the north to Waimatua / Duck Creek in the

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  • On the road

    On the road

    Mixing it up on the roads of Wānaka prepared cyclist Mikayla Harvey to mix it up with the world’s best. IN THE WINTER OF 2020, NORTHERN ITALY ENTERED ZONE RED, ‘LA ZONA ROSSA’, A SUITABLY DRAMATIC TERM FOR THE SEVERE RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED TO CURB THE SPREAD OF COVID-19.  For local cyclists, both amateur and professional,

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  • Fixed wings

    Fixed wings

    The team at Twenty24 are making history airworthy again. HAVE YOU HEARD HOW NASA ONCE SPENT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS DESIGNING A BALLPOINT PEN THAT WOULD WORK IN SPACE? THE SOVIETS JUST TOOK A PENCIL. The story’s probably apocryphal, but perhaps there’s some truth to it. Take a look at the fighter aircraft built by the

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