Hunter Cycles is a family-run bike shop at 4 Hobson Avenue in Kerikeri. Tim and Jo Hunter started it in 2008 and moved into a bigger store with more stock and accessories. Tim became a qualified bike mechanic in 2005, and Jo, a qualified hairdresser, now works in sales, admin and stock control. The shop stocks Giant, Specialized, Kona and Marin bikes, along with electric bikes, and it caters for kids' bikes, road, mountain, BMX, electric road and mountain bikes, and commuter bikes. Its workshop handles everything from quick tune-ups to custom builds, plus tyre changes and suspension servicing.
The shop's website explains the servicing it recommends for suspension. Air forks need a dust wiper service, with an annual fork service suggested for most riders and more often for those who ride in dusty or muddy conditions. Full-suspension bikes need at least an annual rear shock service. Specialized bikes with a Brain system need a service at 50 hours and every 150 hours after that, with the suspension body serviced every 30 hours of riding. The shop says it can do dust wiper services on most Fox and RockShox forks in-house. The workshop team, Francis and Johnny, are experienced cyclists.