So Day 3 at the Mondraker setup camp saw actual riding on their World Cup spec’d rigs. Jono did work. According to Patrick, Brook did one run in four hours. They are there to get these bikes dialled and that kind of dedication to tweaking… More ›
Spoke‘s longest running senior photographer Simeon Patience got a brand new ride in the mail today. Now it’s been a while since any Spoke staff have been rolling on Rocky Mountains, actually Spoke‘s last editor Eleanor still rides a beautiful steel hardtail from the late… More ›
So Patrick Fallon just banged through a whopper gallery from today’s session at the Marcocchi/Mondraker setup in Queenstown, looks like Spoke senior photographer Sven Martin got on the tools as well today, either that or Brook isn’t mechanically minded at all. Oh in the photos… More ›
Back when I worked in a skate shop in Wellington I met Jamie and his brother Ben, who were both shredders. Turns out Jamie and I were also at design school together but those damn industrial designers had a building all to themselves so I… More ›
So a couple of days ago we dropped a press release letting you know that MS EVil was gone and MS Mondraker had risen in its place, with Brook MacDonald staying on the team. Anyhow Mondraker designer Cesar Rojo and Marzocchi decided that Queenstown was… More ›
The good folk at Osiris in New Zealand have given us a few pairs of BMX shredder Ryan Nyquist’s Pro Model shoe to give away. Osiris have gotten on the MTB bandwagon and have put together a pretty banging team of riders, and this is… More ›
Mark Dickson from KRD stopped by our new offices today to show us some new bits and pieces, which are in store now, from e*thirteen, Race Face, WTB, Lezyne and X Fusion. Now these Race Face bars aren’t that new but that funky display thing… More ›
So a few spokemagazine.com readers have given me a little grief regarding the lack of original posts since… well, since Christmas. I don’t have a bunch of excuses, but we have just come off a pretty heavy deadline trying to get an issue of both… More ›
Here I was keeping quiet about SRAM’s new derailleur when they go and post shots on their own Facebook page so I figure I may as well drop a snapshot or two. Thing is I may have played with it and I may just know… More ›
SRAM’s Black Box manager Jon Cancellier recently came through New Zealand and when he was in Wellington he just happened to stay with us. Now he did his best to hide his bike and the prototype bits on it from my camera, but you can’t… More ›
Issue 07 of Boneshaker just arrived in the store and it’s a doozie. I’ve said it before but Boneshaker is one of the best cycling magazines on the planet. If you love all kinds of bikes then this is the magazine for you. Issue 07… More ›
So I’ve been travelling the last few days with no Internet access so have been sitting on a few updates. Jon Bokrantz brought us that cool little clip about the Outside Sports pump track a few days ago and here he introduces the start of… More ›
Hey Guys, above is a little taste of Christmas cheer for all our loyal subscribers, contributors and anyone who has helped us, we couldn’t do it without your support! Yours truly, MANUAL & SPOKE magazines. More ›
A few weeks back ABD brand and team manager (and spokemagazine.com blogger) Jon Oldale hung out at Chris Beverland’s recently revamped jumps. Lewis was there too and Jon was well impressed. Actually he was so impressed he offered him a spot on the ABD team… More ›
It’s been a huge year for Teva after unveiling the new Links MTB shoe. Designed by freeride legend Jeff Lenosky, these are the most functional and best looking MTB shoe on the market and have had loose lips sinking ships all over the world. A… More ›