By Caleb Smith on Tuesday May 15 2012 in New products
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 ›
By Caleb Smith in Exclusives
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 ›
By Caleb Smith
Fabien Barel launches his new film project, with a feel-good voice over too. More ›
By Caleb Smith on Monday May 14 2012 in Exclusives
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 ›
By Caleb Smith in Exclusives, New products
On the way back from the New Zealand premiere of Anthill’s new film Strength in Numbers I stopped in to check some new stuff from FSA and Gravity at Wide Open Distributors. Unfortunately customs were not cooperating and the 2013 stuff wasn’t quite there yet,… More ›
By Caleb Smith on Wednesday May 9 2012 in Exclusives, Off topic
We were overwhelmed with emails for the Strength in Numbers premiere, and we’ve just collated the doorlist for Auckland’s screening tomorrow night. More ›
By Caleb Smith in Exclusives, Racing
Because I wasn’t there I can’t really give you a race report, but by all accounts Christchurch’s first enduro event, The Port Hills Enduro, went down a treat, with over 90 racers showing up on the day to try this new style of racing. Just… More ›
By Caleb Smith on Tuesday May 8 2012 in Exclusives
7th May, 2012: It is with great excitement that we announce the release of both Manual Magazine and Spoke Magazine on iTunes Newsstand. More ›
By Caleb Smith on Monday May 7 2012
Whakatane’s Karen Hanlen secured a stunning 2nd place at the latest round of the BMC Racing Cup in Switzerland over the weekend. In difficult conditions on a drying but still challenging race course and against many of Europe’s best athletes, Hanlen put together a fantastic… More ›
By Caleb Smith in Off topic
The ever talented Seb Kemp and his Tallboy LT grace our LCDs again. This time though it’s not in the name of selling bikes but teaching us how to corner. More ›
By Caleb Smith in Exclusives, New products
Well it took a little longer than expected but the Yeti SB95 is finally built. After ordering the stated front derailleur in the SB95 owner’s manual it turned out to be wrong (the manual) and we had to wait for a new front mech to… More ›
By Caleb Smith on Friday May 4 2012 in Racing
Joe Bowman releases his much anticipated film series on the most loved man in mountain biking, Steve Peat. More ›
By Caleb Smith on Wednesday May 2 2012 in Off topic
Um, it’s an ad for deodorant. But it’s the Bearclaw, and it’s made by Freeride Entertainment so it’s watchable… More ›
By Caleb Smith in Exclusives
If you’re a subscriber you’ll probably already have a copy of issue 46 of Spoke as they went out on Monday, but for the rest of you they will be on newsstands around the country tomorrow. You can purchase a real copy made from trees… More ›
By Caleb Smith in Off topic
We are sitting on very limited copies of selected issues of Boneshaker, Rouleur and Privateer magazines and I’ve just been into the First Floor web shop and put them all on sale. Rouleur is down from $37 to $20 and Boneshaker from $20 to $12.… More ›