The Wright Line With Keegan Wright: EP1

Nov 21, 2017
by Cycles Devinci  
Views: 9,710    Faves: 35    Comments: 2


Keegan Wright is fresh off a status quo-wrecking 2017 season, piling on the enduro podiums and turning plenty of heads by winning the New Zealand Elite Downhill National Championship against a stacked lineup of World Cup movers and shakers. Here, Keegan faces off against some equally formidable characters—a pack of fierce Maori warriors. Their spear-wielding Wero challenge marks the beginning of a ceremonial Powhiri greeting. And passing test means a ticket to ride. It’s a blessing this New Zealand native puts to good use across Rotorua’s raw, rugged trail systems.

This multipart series has Keegan test-driving his new Spartan across a few favorite trails, while showing you some of NZ’s best riding terrain.


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More tangled roots and moss per square inch than, well, anywhere. Welcome to NZ.
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Threading it through the biosphere.


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Pure stoke. Everything's all right these days for Mr. Wright.



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26 Comments
  • 52 22
 I'm stoked for Keegan and great to see someone with an obvious passion for riding getting some payback for all their hard work.

However... having 'grown up' hiking and biking in the forests that contain these trails I'd be very pissed off if everyone started taking lines like that and needlessly destroying the forest undergrowth. Maybe I'm just getting old (34)!!!
  • 3 9
flag jamesbrant (Nov 21, 2017 at 23:09) (Below Threshold)
 no doubt. not exactly great trail stewardship behaviour on an advertisement for a bike eh, you would think Devinci would consider that angle before releasing it.
  • 7 1
 @jamesbrant: That forest probably has well over 15 tones of moss in it. Displacing a few ounces of moss is the least humanity has to worry about.

Where are you people when it's time to complain about corporate pollution?

Where are you people when it's time to complain about policy?

Where are you people when it's time to complain about air quality?

Even if Wright removed all of the moss off that one corner so the video would not show moss being displaced by an MTB tire, his actions would not have the affect on our eco-system that our dependency on oil destroys.

So, if you are using a combustion engine to get to the trails, pointing out Wright's 'mistake' is hypocritical.
  • 2 0
 @jamesbrant: I bet you're fun at parties....
  • 10 1
 great footage and I honestly didn't mind the music, but the pacing just felt a little weird. Looking forward to ep2
  • 9 2
 Could have used another 2 minutes!
  • 6 0
 I feel like knee pads are getting uncool! So many vids without 'em?! Why? Just an observation.
  • 3 0
 What got me going were the socks
  • 6 0
 Eye Protection. That's where its at Bro.
  • 5 0
 Kiwis don't need gloves, and the next logical step is to get rid of knee gloves
  • 2 0
 He doesn't wear knee pads at the local enduros either which he dominates. Not many rocks I suppose but I'd still be wearing them
  • 1 0
 Its not like Keegan has any risk of crashing on that trail.
  • 2 1
 Awesome video!! so stoked to see more of these

Also, sorry but that song is forever going to be the "Magnetic night park segment" song now... it's just hard to top that stuff.
  • 6 3
 Devinici is the bomb. Always wanted one of their bikes.....
  • 3 0
 Nothing beats raw tech. What's the track?
  • 1 0
 Te Iringa
  • 1 0
 @ollyman: Do you know what state it's in at the moment? I've been meaning to ride it for ages but haven't got round to it yet.
  • 1 0
 @rmt: "Rotoruas raw trails" lol good one, that shits all Taupo. Rode it yesterday, only went to the top and turned around. Two major trees down near the bottom, everything else is good to go, apparently there was a large slip, but didn't see any signs of that on the part I rode.
  • 1 0
 @nzbraaap: Haha! Yeah, it's certainly not Vegas! Cheers. May try and get there before Christmas. How long did it take you to get to the top and back? I was planning on starting early and getting all the way in and out again in a day.
  • 1 0
 @rmt: yeah man get in before it dries out anymore! took an hour exactly hiking up and just under 15 minutes to come down. Not sure how much longer it is to Oamaru Hut.
  • 3 0
 The curvy trail pic is nice
  • 1 0
 Keegan Wright says knee guards are for bitches...
  • 1 0
 Only until he misjudges something and loses a season. Hope I'm wrong.
  • 1 0
 mint
  • 1 2
 now i got a migraine from that music.
  • 1 0
 whats the name of the song?







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