By Caleb Smith on Monday June 17 2013 in Exclusives, New products
So the previous post on the Force covers a bunch of stuff that’s common on the Sensor that we don’t really need to go over again. I mean they both share very similar silhouettes and the same Angle Optimized Suspension and Path Link. The real… More ›
By Caleb Smith on Sunday June 16 2013 in Exclusives, New products
Today at 2am New Zealand time a bunch of the world’s MTB media met down in the basement conference rooms of our Deer Valley, Utah accommodation for the final unveiling of GT’s two new Trail/All Mountain bikes, the Sensor and Force. Both these bikes have… More ›
By Caleb Smith on Friday June 14 2013 in Exclusives, New products
Red Bull athletes getting custom painted helmets is nothing new but when Darren Berrecloth showed up for the Melrose Bike Festival last weekend, his lid looked just that little bit more custom than most. Given the strength of Darren’s Bearclaw branding Red Bull were more… More ›
By Caleb Smith on Friday May 31 2013
I don’t know whether this is cool or not? But it’s worth a watch. More ›
By Caleb Smith on Thursday May 30 2013
This time it’s pure XC trail shredding in Arrowtown, from the man of the hour Conor Macfarlane. More ›
By Caleb Smith on Wednesday May 29 2013 in New products
Santa Cruz had offered the Juliana (Furtado) model of bike for a long time. It was basically a women’s specific Superlight. Well a couple of days ago at the EWS round one, Santa Cruz sponsored rider Anka Martin was photographed with her new whip and… More ›
By Caleb Smith
Each town in British Columbia seems to offer better singletrack than the last one visited. To prove what’s out there Dave Roth and Seb Kemp cycled, on mountain bikes, from Whistler around the Strait of Georgia, stopping in Squamish, the Sunshine Coast, Powell River, Cumberland,… More ›
By Caleb Smith on Tuesday May 28 2013
A Wellington Spoke reader is enlisting your help. Two casual thieves broke into the bike cage in at a Wellington CBD business (opposite the police station even) and took his Giant Trance X1 MTB. Here’s the closed circuit video of the perps breaking into a… More ›
By Caleb Smith in Exclusives, New products, Racing
The Commencal Meta AM has been on a bit of a charge recently. Karl “Weasel” Patterson took out the Urge Mt Vic Super D in Wellington on his Meta, smoking the entire field, with Craig “Cowboy” McGinnity not far behind. In the Open Men category,… More ›
By Caleb Smith in Off topic
Inspired by Sean Penn’s classical masterpiece Into The Wild, this film is about the essence of mountain biking. Don’t give your entire $24.00 savings account to charity, abandon all your possessions and hitchhike to Alaska without telling anyone, but for the love of God, don’t… More ›
By Caleb Smith on Monday May 27 2013 in Exclusives, New products
Okay so it’s not all new stuff, but Chris from Revolution Products stopped by the office a couple of days ago with a few new things in his car, notably this complete 100m travel Carbon Pivot 429… This thing is pretty darn rad, Pivot have… More ›
By Caleb Smith on Saturday May 25 2013 in Exclusives
**Update** We just heard that the Intense Carbine now features ISCG tabs as well as Stealth routing for your seatpost, and they’re in stock in New Zealand right now! After discovering the joys of the 650b wheel size on the Scott Genius 720, Spoke reviewer… More ›
By Caleb Smith on Wednesday May 22 2013 in Exclusives, Reviews
To go along with the print review of the Scott Genius 720 in issue 51 of Spoke we have just released the video review, but we’ve tried something different here. That is, instead of the voice over, or the text that you have to read,… More ›
By Caleb Smith on Tuesday May 21 2013 in Off topic
It seems that DOC are really embracing social media and to that end they have just released another YouTube video promoting mountain biking, this time showcasing the Takapari Road track in the Ruahines, about 50 minutes north of Palmy. This one takes it back a… More ›
By Caleb Smith on Monday May 20 2013 in Racing
Dirt TV maybe the official video provider for the Enduro World Series but the BMC boys and the Super Enduro Team crew have already dropped these rad clips that capture the vibe of the first round of Seven in the inaugural Enduro World Series! More ›
By Caleb Smith in Exclusives
We finally have Race Face’s Forest Trooper T-shirt in our webstore but our first batch is in strictly limited numbers. Head over to the shop now to make sure you don’t miss out! More ›
By Caleb Smith in Racing
Today the Enduro World Series kicked off at the second PRO race of the Superenduro powered by SRAM season. Everyone was waiting for this weekend, it was one of the most anticipated mountain bike races ever. Before the race it was almost impossible to guess… More ›
By Caleb Smith on Sunday May 19 2013 in New products
Troy Lee Designs released all their new designs online today. They had teased us a little with some of the riders repping new kit at Sea Gerbil but the full range is looking pretty fresh. And yes that includes all the A1 helmet colours if… More ›
By Caleb Smith
Illness struck New Zealand mountain bike star Anton Cooper, who finished near the rear of the field in his debut in the under-23 ranks at the opening round of the UCI World Cup in Germany today. The 18 year old Junior World Champion suffered from… More ›
By Caleb Smith
The Enduro World Series has begun! The prologue for the Superenduro Powered by SRAM race was held in the town of Castiglione della Pescaia and it was an intense day of racing for all. Riders tackled a fast course down through the town’s medieval streets.… More ›