Spoke Magazine

Author: Lester Perry

WORST BIKE AWARD GOES TO….

1 By on Wednesday April 20 2011

Well done Pharell, you’ve managed to create an almost completely useless, overpriced fixed-gear bike but because it has your name ‘attached’ to it some people will buy anyway….. Don’t you realize hipsters are now riding cross bikes not fixed?! Details after the jump….. More ›

SEA OTTER GOODNESS

0 By on Monday April 18 2011

So unfortunately I didn’t make it out to Sea Otter this year (or any other year for that matter!) so we’ve got to ‘borrow’ content from around the interweb to keep y’all up to play. The vid above is from the Speed and Style Event… More ›

TWHITE'S GOES ONLINE

0 By on Friday April 15 2011

These days bike shops have to be innovative to stay ahead of the game and keep customers interested, and T White’s bikes continues to one-up most bike stores in this department. This time it’s with a fun little ad for their recently launched web store.… More ›

MOUNTAIN BIKING ON ROAD BIKES

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You may (maybe not) have noticed a lack of posts from me last week. Well I was off tripping around the South Island, with no bike! Weird, I know! Well now back to normal programming as of now (between moving house this week!) Unless you… More ›

GRAVITY x ALASKA GALLERY

1 By on Friday April 1 2011

The dudes over at Gravity have just posted a full gallery from their Alaska trip a few months back. Waddayaknow the shot above of Kelly McGazza which graces the current issue of SPOKE was shot while on that trip and is a whole lot bigger… More ›

JENNA MAK ON RED BULL

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News just in from our favorite energy drink company- they’ve added ex-mountainbiker turned fixed gear legend and all round nice lass Jenna MakGill to their roster of sponsored athletes! More ›

A LOOK AROUND YETI

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Yeti bikes just dished out this sweet little vid put together by World Cup team member Joey Schusler of a look through their US factory. COOL. After watching this vid, go to the Yeti Website and check out their 2011 team page, there’s some killer… More ›

PUMP UP THE JAM

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Jono from Local Knowledge TV shot us through this chilled little vid from the ever expanding trails in Riverhead, Auckland. Social pump-track sessions every Thursday evening at the WCRC (we’re not sure what that is though) Compound. More ›

HRC FINAL SHEBANG

0 By on Tuesday March 29 2011

This just in from the Hamilton Riders Collective: “Things have been kicking off a little bit with the HRC crew seeing as summer is drawing to a rapid close, and the guys have been super keen to ride lately in order to make the most… More ›

MTBNZ 2011 WORLD CHAMPS SQUAD

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MTBNZ just dropped the first selection (final team named July 12th) for the MTB Worlds later this year. Wide Open team members Samara Sheppard (u23 XC) and Jay Barrett (u19 DH- pictured above) are in the list. Check out the full list after the jump…. More ›

RYAN MCCRAE DOES HRC

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The HRC (Hamilton Riders Collective) have been running low key events in Hamilton over the last 10 weeks or so, everything from short course downhills to the infamous ‘dick-athalon’ and last week was their final grass slalom for the season. SPOKE contributor Ryan McCrae rolled… More ›