Spoke Magazine

Category: Racing

Cabin’s Mid North Island XC Finals Report

0 By on Friday December 16 2011 in Racing

While Dirk Peters fired out an early warning shot to his rivals ahead of the upcoming NZ National MTB season, it was the debut of the yet-to-be-named rock garden that drew all the attention during Sunday’s final of the Mid-North Island MTB series. Over the… More ›

Anton Cooper signs to Trek World Racing for 2012

0 By on Tuesday December 13 2011 in Racing

Not that no one saw this coming, what with Anton signing to Martin Whiteley’s 23 Degrees a month or so back, well as of today Christchurch super-mini-shred Anton Cooper will be raicng for Trek World Racing joining fellow Kiwi Justin Leov on the powerhouse team.… More ›

Coppermine Redux

0 By on Wednesday December 7 2011 in Racing

So Ian from Nelson’s (well New Zealand’s) most prestigious all-mountain race, The Coppermine, has just dropped this re-edit of the Coppermine descent footage that we brought you a month or so ago. The clip definitely shows a bunch more and the addition of music is… More ›

Brother Ryan gets hooked up on Pivot

8 By on Thursday December 1 2011 in Racing

The Revolution Products DH team has been around for last five seasons and they’ve enjoyed a huge amount of success, but have decided to grow the team and now they’ve added their first Super D/Enduro DH rider to showcase Pivot’s rad trail bikes. So Chris… More ›

Danny Hart: Every ride has a story

0 By on Tuesday November 22 2011 in Racing

This past season fans joined Danny Hart for a ride of a lifetime. We watched, astounded, as he attacked every DH course in his bonkers style and his flat-out commitment to speed. Here is a different look at the man himself. At home, relaxed, preparing… More ›

Brook MacDonald Signs with 23 Degrees

0 By on Monday November 21 2011 in Racing

Although Martin answers the question in the press release, you’ve got to be thinking is there any more space at 23 Degrees for any more Kiwis? I mean maybe MTBNZ should be employing Martin direct to manage all the New Zealand downhillers. With Brook on… More ›

Endura Launches NZ XC team for 2011/2012

4 By on Wednesday November 16 2011 in Racing

The New Zealand distributor of Scottish cycling apparel brand Endura has put his money where his mouth is and launched a massive XC team for the 2011/2012 season. The team, consisting of Raewyn Morrison, Adrian Retief, Nigel McDowell, Josh Parkin, Ryan Hunt, Amber Johnston and Nathan… More ›

Eddie Masters signs with Revolution / Pivot

1 By on Tuesday November 15 2011 in Racing

Just heard via Chris at Revolution Products that Eddie Masters has joined the team and will race for the Revolution Products team for the 2012 season. Eddie took delivery of his new 2012 Pivot Phoenix DH on practice day morning at round 3 (Napier) of… More ›

The Athertons and Commencal part ways

2 By on Friday November 11 2011 in Racing

This Team Rumours guy (or guys) really knows what’s up. Now he’s called part of the Atherton equation, today the official press release regarding their departure from their five year sponsor Commencal was released. Team Rumours has them getting more wings and heading to GT… More ›

Nelson Sprung Super D Round 1 Results.

1 By on Tuesday November 8 2011 in Racing

The Nelson MTB club kicked off their Sprung Super D Series last week. They seem to be taking their event pretty serious; shit, they even have categories. Kieran Bennett was fastest overall with a time of 09:15.4 with Jamie Nicoll and Derek Winwood taking the… More ›

Danny, Champion of the World

0 By on Monday November 7 2011 in Racing

I remember when I used to live back in the motherland, there was this weedy little kid with a hot sister who would turn up at the races and pretty much clean up his junior category and place top ten in Pro. Damn, that weedy… More ›

Brendawg off Monster Specialized

3 By on Wednesday November 2 2011 in Racing

VitalMTB has just posted up a press release regarding Brendon Fairclough’s departure from Monster Specialized. I guess this is the first one of @teamrumours to come true, well part of it anyway; Giant needs to pick up Brendawg for it to fully come to fruition.… More ›