Matt Ess: Bamboo frame WIP...amazing
Murray Dewhurst and the Wicked Fat Chance
Ashley Hayat, Australia bit of work to satisfy The Scrutineer
Kiwi Stuart Maxwell: Kona Unit 2-9
Dave Hutching from Rotorua will be on his GT Peace
Chris White: Specialized...
Simon Blanchett (NZ) will race this Specialized S-Works...
James Wood: Trek 6500 circa 2005
Stephen Collins. KHS...training in the back yard will pay off.
Helen OConnell. Avanti...more log time, better skills
From Timo St Anton (CHCH): Jamis Dragon Pro -built up for Andrea Sharpe (Canada).
Owen Hughes from Wellington: Road Fat - relying on boozing skills to get through rather than ability to pilot this down trails.
Skye Kraft, San Francisco: his Niner across the Bridge in the Marin Headlands.
Kashi Leuchs (Dunedin): Yeti Big Top 29er.
Hayden Russell, Auckland: Santa Cruz Chameleon
Jono Baddiley: Turner, Waihaha hut back in April- will be singlespeeded night before race day.
Gaye Camm from Australia - Mr Moots
3D Racing B-29er Retro - Jimmy Upshaw of Durango, Colorado
Aucklander Brendan van den Bosch from Auckland: Avant Kiss
Aidan Potter: Scott Scale
Hillary Daniels (USA/Hong Kong): 1st cross bike, built by Rick Hunter in 2000. Raced at SS04 worlds in Berlin
Simon Papps: Raleigh 20 circa 1975!
President Gaz: Nzo Singleton fettled up and paint job by Kiwibikes.
Alan Ofsoski is one of our team of photographers: Diamond Back Apex owned from new.
Now people are just being silly...Anon...
Kiwi Jeff Masters will be on this well-fettled Giant
Bike: Gellie Custom bent 29er, the framebuilders choice - rider: Ewen Gellie.
Ben Koons: On One Inbred 29er...photo: Lake Hawea en route to Hunter River, Central Otago, NZ
Tony Pike: Harold is not yet in full racing trim (obviously)
Christine Carter from Sydney: Surly Shirley...
Alfred Salgado: wrapped with NZ native flax & bamboo grown near my shop in Gisborne
Rosie Sargent of Rotorua: Satans Little Helper II aka Marin Palisades
Josh Fonner, Ithaca, NY, USA: Giant XTC 29
Stephen Collins is already on to bike #2: cracked KHS has been retired, here is the Avanti KISS
James Barnes: Ibis Tranny
Russ Stark: GF Rig replaces Karate Monkey
Matt Austin from Rotorua is injured: Morrison Exercycle to get fit for SSWC.
Lenny Goodell from the USA: new Lynskey Pro29
Doug Charnock, Ohio, USA: Dagobah v2.0
The bluedog DMR - Steve Gibbo Gibling will be on this...
Chris Stark from Wellington: Avanti...
Vaughn Watson: 1997 Rocky Mountain Thin Air
Jim Burgess is from Wellington: Zion 853eb, top of Makara Peak
OzMot: Niner is a last minute tax rebate build...
Rob Kilvington: Giant XTC
Jaime Goldman: Kona Unit California sunshine, bad Mexican beer. Training hard for the race
Aussie Malcolm Parnell: Ti Lynskey Ridgeline.
Murray Piesse from Rotorua will hammer this very clean looking GT!
Neil Drummond from Queensland in the West Isle: Lynskey PRO29
Sean Couley from Australia: retires Surly Karate Monkey for this Niner...
Dean Cameron, Rotorua and Wide-Open: Black Market MOB
Tadeas Mejdr from the Czech Republic will be on a hand-built Czech RB
Eric Weeman from Portland, Oregon: Moots, from Steamboat Springs, Colorado.
Bill Fry with a bit of work to do... thinking of changing the grips before the race.
Jon Thorsen: cro-moly YD-open frame painted by Atomic in Christchurch
The Bike Vegas crews line-up: (From left to right) Mr Bouncy, George, The Queen Mum and Snotty.
Glen Russell: GT cost less than the entry fee! Nice work.
Amazing bike, stunning location: Judd Rowher from New Mexico - Black Sheep Highlight.
Andrew Bott: flash Specialized just finished!
Mike Shaw: On-One Scandal with a few bling bits. Shot in its regular haunt of Daisy Hill, Brisbane.
Glen Frost: brand spanking new custom rig by Tom Fyfe Fyfe Cycles from Tuakau
Vicki Butterworth, Napier and RSSS rep in Durango: Butterworth Tandem Express (hand made by Brent Carrad).
Tom Fyfe: stunning Fyfe custom. Fillet brazed with Columbus tubing, 700c and rigid to keep it real.
Mike Hunn from Wellington. Mojo Sl, 140mm travel front and rear. 11kgs of plushness
Alden Ardern, Jeffson hand built in Rotorua, mirror paint job, Schwinn style twin top tub, paint by The Customs Department - gorgeous.
Andrew Francis, Tauranga: Soma Juice 29er finally 1-speeded!
Nick Bushlove Kennedy of Christchurch.
Allan Uy from The Philippines weapon...
Daniel Roper: bike getting pimped for SSWC -powder coat, go-fast orange.
Mike Dunn of Rotorua: looking forward to the beer.
Jeremy Smart, Beach Haven, Auckland, will be riding this puppy! It is currently being kept inside to minimize UV damage.
Lenny Goodell from New Mexico: a new weapon of choice the Sandia Mountains (New Mexico, USA) in the background.
Onion-Bhaji Boomshanka, 98 Schwinn Moab, gathering dust under the house. Time for the light of day. Original as, only the front end is new.
Rad Ross Schell, USA, 09 SSW Champion - a wild TREK Fuel 11! (1.1 louder!).
Garth Weinberg, NZSSC08 and 10 champ, Rotorua, NZ: NINER...
John Meredith will be riding in his 10th SSWC - awesome and hoots, mon!
Warwick Mills, Kiwi: Surly 1x1
Damon Stewart, NZ: his Jeffson gets a final tune-up at Kiwibikes...
Blair Tupp, NZ: whip for raceday, a one speed Superfly100 (Singlefly100?)
Chris Birmingham from Te Anau: Team Fat Chance!
John Groves and Apollo: better late than never...
Greg Thurlow from Wellington: deciding on which bike has been a bit of a journey - Diamonback it is!
Heather Irmiger, USA - 09SSWC champ: Superfly
Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski, USA: very cool retro Trek Sawyer from Gary Fisher...
Simon Gibb - SSWC machine
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