Hey, cool, another NZer! I'm from a little further south than you though - Chch girly. Just getting into the dirt and have been hanging out at Bottle Lake Forest. It's like mountain biking but without the mountain . I think it's time to explore a little more though. Heck, there's plenty of flatness to choose from in Canty if I can't get over my fear that anything seriously uphill will kill me.