Hanlen drops out in Mountain Bike World Cup
A perilous course proved the undoing of much of the field including New Zealand’s Karen Hanlen in the fourth round of the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup in France today. The Whakatane rider dropped out on the second of six laps in a race that… More ›
Sheppard sprints to podium in mountain bike World Cup
New Zealand mountain biker Samara Sheppard produced a remarkable charge on the final lap to earn a podium finish in the fourth round of the UJCI World Cup in France on Saturday (NZ time). The 22 year old was still in fifth place half way… More ›
Riders Depot wants to be your friend!
Because you visit the Spoke magazine website, by default our friends are your friends. Sometimes being friends with our friends has benefits, like when they have crazy sales and you get to save a ton on Fox and Unit stuff (and some other moto gear… More ›
2013 Shimano Saint Propaganda
Now, I’m not saying the new Saint groupset isn’t good… but this video is kinda funny. Shimano wanted to capture the first impressions of its SPONSORED teams at Sea Otter. No-one got preferential treatment, Shimano delivered boxes of goodness to Yeti, Santa Cruz and Trek… More ›
NSMB – The little website that could
If the world of mountain bike websites were like the world of Thomas the Tank Engine, Pink Bike would be Gordon (scroll down to the persona bit) but it seems of late NSMB has taken the title of Thomas, the little website that could. If… More ›
Rarangi gets a pump track
Damian Stones and Reon Boe spent a week in sunny Rarangi (the first left turn out of Picton) not long ago and banged out this damn sweet looking pump track. I can’t think of a better place than Rarangi to build a pump track; after… More ›
Reviews, reviews and more reviews
We have a secondary school student doing work experience for us at the moment. Yesterday I had a bit of a brainwave when trying to think of things for him to do and came up with the idea of finally putting all the past Spoke… More ›
2012 Foes Shaver first look
When Emma (Spoke founder and its founding designer) and I went to the Queenstown Bike Festival a few weeks back we opted not to take a bike for her as the Foes distributor had mentioned having a medium bike available. He didn’t say what it… More ›
Steve Peat on a 29er with Isle of Man legend Guy Martin
It couldn’t really get any better could it, Steve Peat killing it on a Tallboy with Isle of Man legend Guy Martin in tow. More ›
Frankly Thursday: Simon Morton
Simon Morton might just be the most famous mountain biker you’ve never heard of. The host of Radio NZ National’s weekly This Way Up program, you may also have spotted him on your tv screen a while back presenting Why We Buy. His latest radio doco is Broken… More ›
Easton vs New Zealand – The video.
I’ve been waiting for this video for a while now. It’s the video of the Easton trip that Spoke guided and it’s pretty fricken choice (the Coastal Crew put it together!). You’ll be able to read about it in issue 47 of Spoke due mid… More ›
Let them eat Reverb Stealths!
I can quietly hear some boys at a local distributor freaking out right now, thinking I may have given up their little secret. But as of a couple of days ago it appears that the infamous Reverb Stealth (we told you about it here) is finally… More ›
Strength In Numbers Wellington premiere is sold out!
As promised here is the Wellington premiere date for Anthill’s new film Strength In Numbers. I may have just watched it and may be pretty damn awesome. Some of you may recall that Life Cycles sold out, so it may pay to get in quick… More ›
Barel and Mavic launch new online film series
Fabien Barel launches his new film project, with a feel-good voice over too. More ›
Like Spoke, win an Avid cap
We’re on the hunt for more Facebook likes. Manual, our big brother, is sitting on over 5000 and we’re way back at not even 2,500. So we thought we’d offer a little incentive to get you guys liking if you’re not already. We have a… More ›