Welcome to the Website of Andy Rhodes 24hr Mountainbiker 24hr Mens Solo Mountainbiker Cateye Moonride 1st Place 2005

About Andy

I am 28 years old, and intially started my racing career on motorbikes when I was going to college in the USA. When I came back to New Zealand I wanted to keep racing but needed to finish University so couldn't afford to keep racing motorbikes. Thats when I decided to buy my first Mountainbike. Its been a happy partnership ever since though the bikes have come a long way from that first, Diamond Sorento. My mountainbikes now cost more than my old motorcycles ever did!.
I have plenty of goals and ambitions for 2005! with the foremost of them getting a top placing at the mont24hr in October.
I am also the co-founder of Adventure Events which was started due to what I thought, was a lack of technical mountainbiking in Canterbury. We started by holding events in Victoria park but eventually found land owners in the canterbury area which were happy for us to develop Mountainbike tracks which we have been developing over the years. I am a Mechanical Design Engineer by trade and work for Motovated Design & Analysis, who are very supportive of my passion for mountainbiking, and the long hours it can entail.

About Nixz

Hi, I'm Andy's partner and have had the long suffering role of being his main pit crew for most of the endurance events he enters(don't tell andy but i'm starting to enjoy it!!). I must say, its a great way to see your own country and I've even been to Australia and Canada for Mountainbike events!. I have also developed a discerning eye for quality bikes which probably is very amusing to Andy!

At the events that either Andy holds and rides in, if i'm not in the feeding area, i'm probably cramped, out in the bush, amongst the mud & rain taking heaps of photos of all the various mountainbikers!
I designed this website as a side project as I am actually an Artist, though I have a little background in Design and enjoy it most days!.