Crank It Cycles

Following the demise of his old team, and his move to concentrate on the off road XTerra discipline, Cabin has secured sponsorship from Gary Fisher bicycles and chosen a Superfly carbon hard tail 29er.

As a competent technical rider, Cabin reckons 29ers are ideal for the sort of events he does and the Superfly satisfies his desire for a light bike. Weighing in at 10.6kg complete with pedals, he expects to have it under 10kg once he's given it his "treatment".

He finds 29ers "... carry speed so well and are very comfortable and stable at high speed. Over a race distance, because of those factors and the mellow style required there is less fatigue. I reckon in XTERRA I could probably come off the 29er with a whole lot less stress in my lower back and could subsequently run a whole lot better compared to the same course on a 26 inch wheel bike."

To prove his point, he won both the recent Wild Moa triathlon and Matarangi Intrigue events, breaking the course records in the process!

Gary Fisher Superfly - their lightest hard tail and it's a 29er!

You can read more about Cabin's progress on his new blog site .