By Caleb Smith 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 ›
By Caleb Smith on Tuesday November 1 2011 in Racing
The Downieville has been on my bucket list for a while now and this awesome clip from Yeti Cycles and John Reynolds featuring Ross Milan and Mike West has captured the trail the best I’ve seen yet. 2011′s winning DH time was 38 minutes. Rumour… More ›
By Caleb Smith on Friday October 28 2011 in Exclusives, Racing
That’s right, together with the awesome folks at ABD we will be bringing you indoor pumptrack madness at the On Your Bike Expo in Hamilton. There will be a tonne of prizes on the day from ABD, Spoke and Teva as well as $250 each… More ›
By Caleb Smith in Racing
So in case you’ve been living under a rock strange things have been afoot at the Circle K. The UCI sold the title sponsorship of the MTB to a website no one had ever heard of. Then the UCI asked people to tender for the… More ›
By Caleb Smith on Thursday October 20 2011 in Racing
Kinda forgot to post this up. If you’re in or near Nelson this weekend get to the Firepit (that’s you, Wilding). More ›
By Caleb Smith on Thursday October 13 2011 in Racing
Nelson is following in Wellington’s footsteps and getting itself its own regular Super-D/Enduro Series over summer. All the info is here, if you need more you can head to the NMTBC website. More ›
By johnoldale on Wednesday October 12 2011 in Racing
Not only is this a bangin’ video by the crew at Local Knowledge, it’s also a promo for the Burniston Brothers. Originally hailing from Wales, these two Kiwi imports are about as dedicated as can be to racing. This dedication will hopefully get them to… More ›
By Caleb Smith on Tuesday October 4 2011 in Racing
Now there is nothing I loathe more than sending you people to the elephant in the room that is the rockyroads.net website, but there’s a story up there right now which is actually an interesting read. It’s pretty much a fluff piece for the UCI… More ›
By johnoldale on Monday October 3 2011 in Racing
The infamous Hayden McGregor AKA “Donny” is setting up his own race team for the 2011/12 New Zealand DH season. If you’re lucky enough to know Donny, you’ll be fully aware that your product will be well publicised. So if you need your product and/or… More ›
By Caleb Smith on Monday September 12 2011 in Racing
Are we up to Episode 8 already? Episode 8 of The Atherton Project begins with the team heading out on enduro bikes with 7-time Paris-Dakar rider Mick Extance – and getting stuck into some North Wales mud, quite literally. Then it’s on to World Cup… More ›
By Caleb Smith in Racing
Specialized’s JAROSLAV KULHAVY rode to his first elite men’s cross-country World Championship title on Saturday afternoon in Champery, Switzerland. Winning the rainbow striped jersey capped off a perfect season for the Czech rider, who also won the overall 2011 World Cup two weeks ago. “I’m… More ›
By Seb Kemp on Tuesday September 6 2011 in Racing
More Mountain Biking Videos Due to some internal battles that were supposedly going on at The World Champs between the UCI and some media outlets, DirtTV were slower than usual to get their amazing coverage out. Which was a shame, but just because it was… More ›
By Seb Kemp on Monday September 5 2011 in Racing
I hate rain and I’m not that much of a fan of watching sports. So it stands to reason that I should hate standing around in the rain watching sports. However, yesterday I had the pleasure and the privilege of witnessing downhill mountain bike history… More ›
By Caleb Smith in Racing
So here it is, the run that you will be telling your kids about in 50 years’ time, Danny Hart’s World Championship winning run at Champery! More ›