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Our heads are spinning at Jona the Dropped HQ right now!Around a week ago this package arrived from Switzerland, from a wonderful subscriber who got in touch a while ago asking if it would be ok to send some chocolate to Jona for Christmas. Can’t say no to that!I kept it a surprise for him, particularity the bit about the Swiss Army knife. more»

At the end of a fun-filled Labour weekend while making one last stop on the way home Jona's dad accidentially destroyed his most loved and precious possession ever - his Pinarello FP Due that he's done thousands of km's on Since early 2023.Since then he's used a couple of different loan bikes and we've thoroughly investigated replacements options, more»

This is the forth and last video in the series from 19 October 2024. One for the superfans ... or perhaps parents wondering how to get their teens off their devices? What better way could you imagine for kids to spend a saturday morning??The other videos more»

October 19 2024 was a big day on the bike for Jona the Dropped.After the Spoken bunch ( https://youtu.be/G0x66N3vx7M?si=8o1yDK6TilW0XHDs ), hanging out with the gang (coming soon) and descending Maungakawa (twice) ( https://youtu.be/6DqNay61dgA?si=5TNodN78qV4uwbh6 ) Toby and Jona still had more talking to do.Perhaps not the most scintillating more»

Jona and buddies had a lot of fun last month.After the Spoken bunch ( https://youtu.be/G0x66N3vx7M ) they decided to seize the day and get some video screaming down their favourite mountain.There's a video coming of their ride up the hill (twice) and Toby & Jona's Talk Show after more»

Early on Saturday morning 19 October 2024 Jona mounted the new cameras and fitted the mics for his favourite group ride, the  @spokencycles1780  bunch in Cambridge, Waikato, Aotearoa New Zealand.Initially the editor was skeptical about who would watch 1 hour and 40 mins of riding but honestly, once you settle in to it it's mesmerising! more»

Auckland is a beautiful city!On the way to the Mechanics bunch ride Jona captured this video of the St Johns to Auckland city trip via Te Ara Ki Uta Ki Tai - a shared path that opened a couple of years ago, and the iconic Tamaki Drive waterfront road.Fun fact: Jona is the first member of the public to ride the newest section of Te Ara Ki Uta Ki more»

Every Saturday at 8am Auckland's most ambitious bike riders meet at Mechanics Bay for a fast and furious bunch ride. The loop follows the waterfront before heading out towards Pakuranga then south and west to Auckland Airport. Then North back to the start.This ride was on 21 September 2024, and showcases Auckland's legendary "four seasons in one more»

Every Saturday at 8am Auckland's most ambitious bike riders meet at Mechanics Bay for a fast and furious bunch ride. The loop follows the waterfront before heading out towards Pakuranga then south and west to Auckland Airport. Then North back to the start.This ride was on 21 September 2024, and showcases Auckland's legendary "four seasons in one more»

We’re back - and back on track!It’s been a hectic 7 weeks since this training squad. This is the first of a huge backlog of amazing videos coming out from Jona - make sure you subscribe so you don’t miss a thing.This track squad covered team pursuit, tempo and match sprint races.We’re still getting to know the new cameras - Insta360 X4 and more»

At the start of the  @GrassrootsTrustVelodrome  Junior Track Squad Jona was able to record the warmup ride with his new Insta360 X4 on the front and GoPro Hero 12 Black on the back of his track bike.Take a look and experience what it's like zooming around the track @JonatheDropped style.Soundtrack: Moon Stylez by my more»

When you think the way Jona and his dad think, this channel getting popular means we HAVE TO keep making it better.So what better way to celebrate Jona’s birthday than with a big investment in the ultimate set of equipment to make the best possible cycling videos.So long as you keep watching the videos and maybe joining the channel we should more»

The Northern Tour is the only major cycling event that takes place in the city of Auckland (New Zealand) itself, as opposed to being in the rural outskirts of the region or more commonly across the border in the Waikato.Because of this it’s well attended! Great fun seeing everyone and having them in our city.We’ve been too busy playing with more»

Making it's debut on Jona the Dropped: On-board race video!Live the experience of U16's A-grade crit from the 2024 Safetyminder NZSS Northern Tour.The full Northern Tour video is https://youtu.be/9p7xLsyMDbI Strava https://www.strava.com/activities/12354617262 SoundtracksSkylines - Anno Domini BeatsHousin - Yung LogosI Just Wanna Be more»

I’ve been sick 😩 and there hasn’t been any road or track racing since the last video 🥺 but I have been fixing bikes, getting free stuff and doing an MTB race 😀The review here is of the Loop-100 Bike Light from GacironGet yours here:https://www.gaciron-shop.com/promotions/coupon/4fe542fe-18f0-42a5-8832-6c14bcc2388fThe discount code is more»

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Survived the first weekend staying in Auckland in months!Accomplishments this past weekend:00:00 Lifting my bike from the roof for the first time01:07 Back at the gym 03:40 Team Time Trial (TTT) finals07:10 TTT debrief08:44 Watt Bike challenge10:35 TTT prizegiving11:34 Eating pies!StravaTTT more»

Following on from the track squad on Friday https://youtu.be/9eFl2q5nZog 00:00 New longest ride in Cambridge01:13 Woke up super early to watch more Olympic Track Cycling01:30 Got to Otaua for TTT (but had no team)01:57 Did the  @AucklandSchoolsCycling  road race05:33 Debriefed the road race08:45 Worked on some bikes08:11 more»

While our Team New Zealand heroes are off at the Olympics Jona is heading to @GrassrootsTrustVelodrome for the weekly junior training squad.This session on 9 August 2024 consisted of keirin, sprint and elimination training. All good fun, especially the elimination.Programme detailshttps://www.velodrome.nz/junior-programme SoundtrackBeautiful more»

The Velo League round 3 at @GrassrootsTrustVelodrome  is an all ages track racing league happening every 5 weeks on Sundays.Round 1 video https://youtu.be/B7TBvpeuvf0 Round 2 - Jona couldn't ride because https://youtu.be/kEu7PUl-xiI C-grade had good numbers this time so solid competition. A neat way to round off a fun weekend - see more»

Firstly, THANK YOU!!! This channel is going so well it can now help pay for Jona's cycling. We never would have believed that was possible, it was only ever about recording these great experiences and sharing them. To everyone who has watched, liked, commented and subscribed THANK YOU SO MUCH.August 2 - 4 2024 was another full weekend of riding more»

The weekend from Friday 26 to Sunday 28 July was full of what makes Jona happy - riding, riding and more riding!On Friday was track squad followed by 'pursuit night' at Grassroots Trust Velodrome. The videographer couldn't hang around but you can see more at @CyclistLeo  Saturday was Spoken Cycles group ride followed by a day with Cambridge more»

The Te Awamutu Sports Cycling Club Spoken Cycles Winter Series 2024 round 8 on Sunday 21 July 2024 consisted of the Aspen loop then Maungakawa climb.We drove from Auckland just for this race because Jona loves riding that hill! As you can see it worked pretty well for him in the race.Strava: more»

The NTS has been developed by Cycling NZ to provide a series of track racing opportunities for developing riders in a competitive and supported environment.Round 2 was at Grassroots Trust Velodrome Cambridge 13 - 14 July 2024.This is video from day 2. See day 1 here: https://youtu.be/dvgUw89KsG8 Full live more»

The NTS has been developed by Cycling NZ to provide a series of track racing opportunities for developing riders in a competitive and supported environment. Round 2 was at Grassroots Trust Velodrome Cambridge 13 - 14 July 2024. This is video from day 1.Full live streamSession 1 https://www.youtube.com/live/f1AC3nk89c4 Session 2 more»

Jona had two days “rest” between North Island Track Champs and NTS. Day 1 rest day was just bike cleaning and chilling then day two involved 100km starting below zero degrees and ending in the Velodrome.Stravahttps://www.strava.com/activities/11868013399SoundtracksSunset Haze by Filo Starquez https://soundcloud.com/filo-starquez Creative more»

Day 1 video is at https://youtu.be/QKm4gwKTcQo Day 2 was on Wednesday 10 July and features team pursuits and team sprints. Jona is the only rider from his school here so he joined in some “one the day” composite school teams, while the real focus of the day was supporting his mates especially the champion schools from Cambridge.Event more»

After the NZ North Island School road champs the preceding weekend Jona had a day off (not really https://youtu.be/bMwnglRxxEo) then it’s onto the track for the School track champs.Day 1 was on Tuesday 9 July and consisted of an omnium style series of individual events. Given that there’s half an hour of video from this first day we’ll cover more»

Just to prove we can still post short videos ;PMonday 8 July 2024 was the day after the North Island roads and the day before the North Island track champs.Jona joined a junior open roll at the Grassroots Trust Velodrome  to get back into track mode.Soundtracksoar by Rexlambo https://soundcloud.com/rexlambo Creative Commons — more»

The New Zealand North Island School Road Championships took place on 6 & 7 July 2024, based at the Karapiro Domain near Cambridge.This is Jona’s second year doing North Islands. It didn’t rain much this year which made for a might nicer experience, even if it was a bit frozen in the mornings.Enjoy all the vibes of the event in this short more»

Big week coming up with New Zealand North Island Schools’ road and track championships. This video is from Friday 5th July 2024 - we were in Cambridge to setup camp for the road’s, try out the Giro Aerohead and do the last regular Friday track squad of the term.As you’ll see, the technology works with Jona’s first sub-14 second flying more»

Is there anything more exciting than new bike day!!?My Cervelo P2T "Hokey Pokey" has been a loyal and faithful steed, giving me the opportunity to get started in track cycling. However it's 20 years old and technology leaped forward with aero carbon frames, so time for me to upgrade :DIn this video:00:00 Intro00:42 Parts off Cervelo01:09 more»

I guess it had to happen eventually. Jona slid out on the first lap of the Te Awamutu Cycling Spoken Cycles Winter Series round 6 race at Puahue.Not a lot of racing in this video, just a foggy morning and some hardy souls with lots to say.SoundtrackSerenity by Ghostrifter Official https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc Creative Commons — more»

This is the second edition of the IBUILT Junior Tour organised and delivered by Auckland Schools Cycling Club (ASC) and part of the NRS.Aimed at junior riders from year 7/8 through to U19 the tour is a two-day event encompassing five great stages of racing.Jona raced in under 17’s this year.We hope you enjoy this short film that tries more»

Back to track at Grassroots Trust Velodrome  - this time with new Thule roof racks and bike holders, and also a new track bike frame to collect.Life is good for Jona the Dropped!Tonight we did:00:00 A 2-hour drive01:22 Warm-up02:03 Elimination 05:10 A bike handling drill06:30 A very small crash - my first ever on track :/07:14 Keirin (I more»

Channel takeover today by the humble soigneur of @JonatheDroppedAfter 18 months of fitting multiple bikes (along with tools, trainers and bags) in the car we've finally got roof racks! Exciting stuff ... until we forget they're there and enter a drive thru or reverse into the garage... I guess that's a future video.We have acquired:Thule more»

The Te Awamutu Sports Cycling Club Spoken Cycles Winter Series 2024 round 4 was on a beautiful Waikato day - Sunday 16th of June at Ngahinapouri.Jona rode in D-grade and came 4th, just behind the top 3 in an uphill sprint.Thanks as always to the awesome TASC team and more»

For the second year running Jona is racing the Morrinsville Wheelers Cycling Club Meadow Mushrooms Track Series at  @GrassrootsTrustVelodrome  Round 2 was on Saturday June 15 2024.See round 1 here: https://youtu.be/GHcSvIkebyk This video ended up super long with so much good racing, so here's an index ( * = Jona):00:00 Big more»

Happiness is being at Grassroots Trust Velodrome on a Friday evening.Tonight we covered:00:00 Pumping the tyres00:48 Island hopping01:56 Team Sprints03:31 Point a Lap07:08 Bike tag08:52 DebriefRound two of the Meadow Mushroom's Morrinsville Wheelers Track Series is coming tomorrow.Soundtrack: The Center Isn't Holding - National more»

Welcome back to the The Dropped Workshop. My mate Kieran has more bikes that need servicing. In this episode of “The Dropped Workshop” you can watch me as I suffer for 2.5 hours replacing the shifter cables on a Giant Propel. Lucky for you most of the video is sped up. Soundtrack:Future by Spiring more»

The Auckland College Sport Cycling Points Race took place Sunday 9 June 2024 at Pukekohe Park.Here’s last year’s event: https://youtu.be/AazeDG0NspA Jona did pretty good this year! This video also includes broad coverage of other grades, given he has mates across just about all of them.Event more»

For the second year running Jona is racing the Morrinsville Wheelers Cycling Club Meadow Mushrooms Track Series at Grassroots Trust Velodrome.Round 1 was on Saturday June 8 2024. Jona raced C-grade, and C & D combined with the under 15's for the snowball race at the end.The program included:- Scratch race- Elimination race- Points race- more»

EVERYTHING was different this week: Jona has his new FMWC jersey! FMWC (Friday Morning World Champs) is a new cycling club in Auckland, and Jona won a jersey - one of the coolest even I'm sure you'll agree. As for the squad, there was: 00:00 The new shirt! 00:24 Island hopping 02:19 Gladiator 07:15 Team more»

Just a little wee vlog because Jona loves training with this Spoken Cycles bunch. And his Dad wants credit for getting up crazy early so he can join it ;P It's just over a month until the North Island School's Road champs that he mentions in the video. Great to see this positivity leading up to more»

Tonight's Grassroots Trust Velodrome Junior Squad focused on two types of track races - the madison and scratch races. Good fun as always. Programme detailsvelodrome.nz/junior-programmeSoundtrackNo Indication by Track more»

When I'm not riding bikes I like to work on them. My buddy Kieran has starting buying a few second hand bikes and I'm helping upgrade them. This Avanti Corsa SL needed new shifter cables and bar tape. Watch me work. Soundtrack: Smoke by Lish more»

The Velo League is a new event at @GrassrootsTrustVelodrome  - an all ages track racing league happening every 5 weeks on Sundays. Its neat, because it's another way to get value out of weekends in the Waikato. It's also more track riding, and without Junior racing happening on Fridays it will fill that gap (somewhat. maybe not more»

The Te Awamutu Sports Cycling Club Spoken Cycles Winter Series 2024 Round 2 was based just out of Cambridge at Goodwood School, riding the Fencourt Road, Aspin Road and Flume Road loop on Sunday May 26. JONA WON HIS GRADE!!! This is the first time Jona has won a road race. How about that? If you watch through to the last part of the more»

Back at the Grassroots Trust Velodrome for Junior Squad again.Some fun races this time. We did:warm-up that has a sprint finishelimination race (3rd!!)practiced riding close on the track in columns500m sprint race (gassed)a fun tag thingProgramme detailshttps://www.velodrome.nz/junior-programme SoundtrackNaxos by Scandinavianz more»

The Te Awamutu Sports Cycling Club Spoken Cycles Winter Series 2024 kicked-off on Sunday 19th of May at Ngahinapouri School. Jona rode in D-grade and came a respectable 9th out of 26 entrants, not too far off the winners. Thanks to Melanie, Kelly, Shar, Gumboot and the team for organising. It's great to have the opportunity to more»