By Caleb Smith on Wednesday May 23 2012 in Off topic
Join us for an inside look at freeride mountain bike star Brandon Semenuk and his crew as we follow them on the road from World Tour Competitions to the journey back home in the coastal mountains of Canada. In this premiere episode we check out… More ›
By Caleb Smith in Off topic
RockShox have just released this little video that gives an insight into what goes down when they are custom tuning a shock for a specific bike in a company’s range (in this case Rocky Mountain). More ›
By Caleb Smith on Tuesday May 22 2012 in Off topic
One year ago I shattered my leg. The last twelve months have been hard work but I feel like it’s finally starting to pay off. I’m back on my bike having fun and I’m loving it… More ›
By Caleb Smith in Off topic
How would you feel if your summer was taken away from you? Fascinated by the emotions that someone would experience having their main focus for the summer suddenly ripped away from them, Dan Barham will spend the next five months following various riders, who for… More ›
By Caleb Smith on Friday May 18 2012 in Off topic
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 tonne on Fox and Unit stuff (and some other moto gear… More ›
By Caleb Smith on Thursday May 17 2012 in Exclusives, Off topic
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 ›
By Caleb Smith in Off topic
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 ›
By Caleb Smith on Wednesday May 16 2012 in Off topic
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 ›
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 on Monday May 7 2012 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 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 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 ›
By Caleb Smith in Off topic
The ever talented Dan Barham and his fellow expat sidekick Seb Kemp just slipped this awesome clip out with little fanfare. It’s worth a watch, if you can rise above its advertorial tones, that is. Nice to see that Icebreaker actually talk to mountain bikers… More ›
By Caleb Smith on Tuesday May 1 2012 in Off topic
That got you going eh? Well there is a story on the Stuff/Nelson Mail site this morning that looks at the Heaphy reopening for the 2012 season and there is a quick mini poll in there with that simple question. So get over there and… More ›
By Caleb Smith in Off topic
Fulfilling a lifelong dream, professional freeride mountain bike athlete Paul Basagoitia can now add a natural terrain double backflip to his list of accomplishments. Taking place just outside Page, AZ, Paul has cemented himself in history by raising the bar of freeride mountain biking to… More ›