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Updated 4 Mar 08 Important info regarding the 12 & 24hr ..... see below 
We welcome on board Dave and the Bike Vegas guy's at Rotorua to distribute the Ay Up product throughout NZ.
Stock will be leaving Oz early next week and should be in the store by the following week. They will have a full range of kits, lights and stock of all products. Drop in or give them a call for pricing and more details ....
You can still order from the site and have product shipped from Australia but there will be a significant saving buying direct from Bike Vegas Check out their store here Rotorua, NZ Feb 2008 - an awesome event set on pristine MTB turf and hosted by Dean from Symbiosis, 3 guess's who he is ! 
Race report of 24hr N-Duro - Rotorua, NZ 2008 by Australian Ay Up rider and solo winner Andrew Fellows Rotorua 24hr - Red Woods Forest
After only finding out about the race on the Monday, come Thursday I found myself sitting aboard an aircraft bound for Hamilton, New Zealand. From there I would catch a coach to some of the best riding you will ever experience in down town Rotorua.
While in New Zealand I would be staying with Andrew and Mark from the AYUP crew. Our hotel was about 5 minutes by bike to the race head quarters, also only 5 minutes to a great coffee shop, appropriately named "Zippies". I soon found that Rotorua is a mountain biker’s heaven, with a population of around 70 thousand it supports 8 bike shops and it is estimated that around 200 thousand tourists come from far and wide just to ride the forest.
The course was 13km long and contained only 1 km of fire road and the rest was solid, technical, life changing singletrack. With sections of the trail named, ‘be rude not to, tickler, exit trail, I could already tell we were in for a real two wheeled treat. The area of the racecourse was only the tip of the iceberg, as the trails run well back into the forest. The N-Duro boys run a 100km marathon in the same forest, just to give you an idea how big the area really is!
The weather for the race was great, overcast with slight drizzle, although when you were in the forest (about 90% of the time) the huge redwoods sheltered you from the rain. The temperature remained high throughout the night and made for pleasurable racing conditions. Night riding was such a rush! Ducking and weaving through the tight trail, launching of natural ramps, railing every corner trying to conserve any energy where ever possible. Throughout the night my Ipod served as my best friend, having a constant beat helps me find a rhythm, and also keeps the sleepmonsters away!
After a long night the sun came up around 6, but it wasn’t until 7 that the light actually filtered through the canopy of the forest and allowed us to switch off the lights. By keeping the pressure on for most of the night I had worked my way into a position of comfort and was able to enjoy the last few hours. The highlight was going out for my last lap with a great bunch of mates and enjoying what is undoubtedly the best location I have every ridden. So mark the date on your calendar and make the journey, you won’t regret it!
And, for all the single speeders, you will happy to hear that the fastest lap was set on a SS. Also New Zealand is having a national SS Championship in Rotorua, front left is the single speed legend Marcellos ! 
NZ CUSTOMS AND GST CHARGES LISTED BELOW WHEN BUYING ONLINE ........
PRICING AND FREIGHT
Payment, Pricing & Freight - UPDATED 10 FEB 08
All pricing listed on the webshop does not include your countries customs clearance fee's or duty. Below is a breakdown of expected costs for all orders sent to NZ. This additional cost will be collected by TNT either before the goods have been delivered or upto 2 weeks after the goods have been received by the customer. NZ Customs Deferment Processing Fee (DFE) is basically a customs clearance fee of $20 NZD on each parcel, GST of 12.5% is charged on all goods entering NZ above a value of $400 NZD Below we have listed approximate costs of a single kit after DFE and GST is applied using current exchange rate of 1.135 NOTE exchange rates change daily, see currency convertor here for the latest rates.08 ROAD including freight = $317.50 NZD ($280 AUD web purchase) + additonal costs collected by TNT on behalf of NZ Customs - DFE = $22.00 NZD, Total approx cost $337.50 NZD 08 ROAD - BIKE VEGAS PRICE INCLUDING GST - $315 NZD - saving $22.50 08 MTB including freight = $544.50 NZD ($480 AUD web purchase) + additonal costs collected by TNT on behalf of NZ Customs - DFE & GST = $88.00 NZD, Total approx cost $633.00 NZD 08 MTB - BIKE VEGAS PRICE INCLUDING GST - $570 NZD - saving $63.00 08 ENDURO including freight = $709.50 NZD ($625 AUD web purchase) + additonal costs collected by TNT on behalf of NZ Customs - DFE & GST = $108.50 NZD, Total approx cost $818.00 NZD 08 ENDURO - BIKE VEGAS PRICE INCLUDING GST - $750 NZD - saving $68.00 For Web purchases, we discount on bulk buying, 5 kits or more, and this will have significant savings on both customs clearance fees and freight. Mail in to ayup.enquires@optusnet.com.au to take advantage of this. We will reply to you as soon as possible. Note, bulk buying is only offered where we can bill on one invoice and ship to one address.
If you are already a valued customer and want to spill the beans on your experiences with Ay Upper's, drop us an email and we'll publish it.
Here are just some of the reports - I have some good news: Your lights are awesome and I have been telling a lot
of people about them!
After hours of street night riding, I finally did my first MTB night ride
with the Ay up's last night. I really didn't know how the little Ay up's
would stack up against the established halogen and HID lights in the market.
Well, they did very, very well.
I rode in the Woodhill forest here in Auckland (New Zealand) on a Wednesday.
Wednesday's in Woodhill are well known for night riding so there were
probably 100 cars at the carpark when I arrived. Many riders had $750
-$1,000 light sets that looked impressive simply because they were big (and
heavy). My Ay up's in comparison are hardly noticeable visually and weight
wise. But "Would they stack up" I kept asking myself?
I rode with a friend who used a single Halogen light (from a very well-known
manufacturer) with approx. 15 Watts output. We compared brightness and shape
of our light outputs at a few different spots in the forest and the results
were very obvious: Even one of my light sets (i.e. EITHER handlebar OR
helmet-mounted light) was already brighter than his 15 Watt beam. At one
point it didn't look like there was much in it but then I realised that I
had swivelled one of the beams up a bit - once my beams were shinning on the
same spot his light simply 'disappeared.'
So far, so good but the real test is fast, flowy singletrack. Well, when
combined (handlebar AND helmet-mounted unit) my two lights provided much,
much more output than his single beam. This meant that when I was riding
behind him he would ride in his own shadow and when I was ahead, he could
not keep up because he simply did not have the same detailed view of the
terrain that I had. So I estimate the light output of two Ay up lights to be
around 35-40 Watts equivalent - absolutely brilliant!
During our ride, we met all sorts of other night riders and my lights, from
what I saw yesterday in the forest, were the brightest and lightest. I am
sure you could get a marginally better light output with an HID but for two
to four times the money that the Ay up's go for. So it really is a
no-brainer.
So, thank you, very much for an awesome set of bike lights.
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