By Caleb Smith on Friday February 3 2012 in Racing
Early season testing started for the Santa Cruz Syndicate with mechanics, engineers and riders arriving in the town of Imperia, Italy, for three days of extensive testing aboard the latest Santa Cruz full carbon V-10’s. The bikes were decked out with the Syndicate’s newest sponsor… More ›
By Caleb Smith in Exclusives, Racing
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 ›
By Caleb Smith on Thursday February 2 2012 in Exclusives, Racing
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 ›
By Caleb Smith in Racing
Well if the name of the event is anything to go by it looks like Nelson is the place to be on the 21st of April. If you show up to race, chances are you could win yourself a complete singlespeed Ibis Tranny (worth lots… More ›
By Caleb Smith in Exclusives, Racing
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 ›
By Caleb Smith on Wednesday February 1 2012 in New products, Racing
The Santa Cruz Syndicate and SRAM/RockShox brands have been synonymous with one another for 8 years, from the inception of the Syndicate in 2004 through 2011. It is with sadness and great respect that we are parting ways in 2012. This has been an incredible… More ›
By Caleb Smith on Tuesday January 31 2012 in Racing
The Coppermine Epic Entries are closing very soon, in fact in ten days. Enter now and don’t miss out on what looks to be a stunning course this year. I rode it a couple of times over the Christmas break and it’s running amazing. Hell,… More ›
By Caleb Smith on Monday January 30 2012 in Off topic, Racing
If you were on the fence about buying a copy of The South, well they’ve just gone and made it a bit more enticing by dropping the full clip of Cam Cole’s Vic Park section. Watch. Enjoy. Buy. More ›
By Caleb Smith in Racing
The complete NZ Mountain Bike Championships wrap up with, as per usual, no photos. Just use your imagination… More ›
By Caleb Smith on Friday January 27 2012 in Racing
Red Bull have just dropped this mini doco on Brook MacDonald’s win at Mt Hutt in the weekend. He doesn’t even swear!!! More ›
By Caleb Smith on Wednesday January 18 2012 in Racing
It’s not the newest of news (but it all kind of backed up over the Christmas break) but it’s worth mentioning that the folks at Scott have been busy of late, what with the signing of Brendon Fairclough to the Scott 11 DH team and… More ›
By Caleb Smith on Tuesday January 17 2012 in Racing
The first round of the 2012 MTBNZ DH Nationals has arrived in Queenstown. The brand new Remarks Grass Track invites the riders to a fast, loose and ridiculously dusty visit and racing mode is officially on in New Zealand. Jon Television brings you the whole… More ›
By Caleb Smith on Thursday January 12 2012 in Racing
GT Bicycles is proud to announce its partnership with Atherton Racing. Beginning in 2012, the mountain bike race team of Dan, Gee, and Rachel Atherton, will join non-family GT rider Marc Beaumont and form the new team GT Factory Racing. “Atherton Racing is one of… More ›
By Caleb Smith on Monday January 9 2012 in Racing
More Mountain Biking Videos The 2012 NZ MTB Cup presented by Nature Valley got off to a scorching start today in the blistering heat of Queenstown. The new Remarkables downhill venue overlooking Queenstown Airport, Frankton and Lake Wakatipu delivered dry, dusty, and very hot racing… More ›
By Caleb Smith on Friday December 30 2011 in Racing
So if you follow Wyn on Twitter you will have noticed he’s been riding Pivot’s Phoenix DH bike. Well, according to the Revolution Products blog it’s all official: “So it gives us great pleasure to say that Wyn Masters is now racing on the Revolution… More ›