Meet The [R] Team :: Blake Nielsen

Despite his striking resemblance to a character from Hobbiton, Blake is in fact one of our senior tech editors here at the mag and he has been pushing our test bikes to their limits for several years now. You might also recognise him from the racing scene? As one of the country’s fastest pinners Blake has donned the iconic ‘green and yellow’ national jersey to on several occasions to represent Australia on the world stage in multiple gravity disciplines. He also has a lot of experience from earlier in his career spinning spanner’s in the bike retail side of the industry, which enables him to brings a wealth of mechanical insight to his reviews and that is evident when you read his words or hear him explain how a different components perform and describe how various bikes handle trail situations.