TCB Ski Board & Bike is a bike shop at 29 Ayr Street in Ohakune, Ruapehu, its name promising both wheels and winter. It carries a 4.9 rating from 427 Google reviews.
Alpine bike shops live by the calendar. The warm months are the busy ones: suspension and brake servicing, wheel truing, tubeless setups and an honest verdict on whether a tired old bike is worth fixing or not. Locals book the pre-season service early rather than joining the queue when the trails open, and they ask at the counter which rides are dry and which are shut, because the people there usually rode them that week. Come winter, the same craft turns to skis and boards: hot waxes, edge tunes and binding checks before the trip up the mountain.
On Ayr Street under Mt Ruapehu, TCB Ski Board & Bike is well placed whether the day is for snow up top or the Old Coach Road out of town.