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One of the rides in New Zealand’s first e-bike festival, Cyclorama, will take riders through private land to the top of Mt Rosa, which offers views across Gibbston, near Queenstown.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Having created some of New Zealand\u2019s most successful television shows and films Dave Gibson\u2019s latest production is Cyclorama, New Zealand\u2019s first e-bike festival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gibson spent four years as chief executive of the New Zealand Film Commission before moving to rural Queenstown to join his partner and take up e-biking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt only takes me 15 minutes to get to Arrowtown and you can go to people\u2019s places for dinner, and you\u2019re not even sweating,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While enthusiastically researching his new pastime on the internet he came across an-e-bike festival in Verbier, Switzerland, and another in Flachau, Austria.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Former television and movie producer Dave Gibson’s latest creation is New Zealand’s first e-bike festival, Cyclorama.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

\u201cThey are these high mountain, winter resort-type places and this has suddenly become the summer thing to do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The similarities with Queenstown were obvious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is a really great place for it. I thought that if I didn\u2019t do it someone else would.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The area is increasingly becoming known for its cycle trail offerings with hundreds of kilometres of off-road trails, mountainbike events and tours available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A recent report commissioned by businessman Rod Drury \u2013 another local biking enthusiast \u2013 found biking in the region could become almost 50% of the size of the ski visitor economy by 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Participants in Cyclorama will be able to cycle the Gibbston River trail, and sample local pinot.
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Gibson, who created and ran Gibson Group producing films such as The Silent One and television programmes including Public Eye, The Strip, Duggan and The Insider\u2019s Guide to Happiness. pulled together a team of event professionals and e-bike enthusiasts to create Cyclorama.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The inaugural festival, which is having a delayed launch after being scuppered by Covid-19 regulations last year, is scheduled for Labour Weekend in October. It includes six separate events, all non-competitive, and with a focus on fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most are self-guiding and include enjoying the most of the region\u2019s wine and food offerings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Tour de Gourmet is a progressive degustation-style ride in the Wakatipu Basin, the Hop Trail visits craft breweries, and Peddling Pinot includes lunch with renowned Gibbston winemaker Grant Taylor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Ginology trail includes gin tasting, and blending your own gin at a taxidermist studio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If participants don\u2019t feel as in control of their e-bike as they should afterwards, there is an option to be picked up and returned to Arrowtown, for a small charge.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The Californian Quail is one of the birds riders might see on an organised bird watching ride to Lake Hayes during Cyclorama, New Zealand’s first e-bike festival.
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Other rides include a bird-watching tour around Lake Hayes and a \u201cRide to the Sky\u201d with local e-MTB guide Shay Muddle up Mt Rosa, one of his favourite and hard to access rides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gibson anticipated hundreds would book for the rides and hoped many more would visit the e-biking hub on Arrowtown\u2019s Butler\u2019s Green, which would include bike retailers, free tips and tricks sessions, a bike doctor, bike jumps, coffee and food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou spend a day on a bike in nice surroundings with a bunch of people and have some nice food and a glass of something, and have a good time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat\u2019s the vibe.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There would be no requirement to wear lycra and people of all ages were already booking their spot, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And while those with regular bikes were welcome, the festival was intended for people with e-bikes, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The large and growing number of trails in the region meant there was plenty of scope for the festival to continue to evolve in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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