Now, I’m not saying the new Saint groupset isn’t good, but this video is kinda funny. Shimano wanted to capture the first impressions of its SPONSORED teams at Sea Otter. No one got preferential treatment; Shimano delivered boxes of goodness to Yeti, Santa Cruz and… More ›
We have a secondary school student doing work experience for us at the moment. Yesterday I had a bit of a brainwave when trying to think of things for him to do and came up with the idea of finally putting all the past Spoke… More ›
When Emma (Spoke founder and its founding designer) and I went to the Queenstown Bike Festival a few weeks back we opted not to take a bike for her as the Foes distributor had mentioned having a medium bike available. He didn’t say what it… More ›
I can quietly hear some boys at a local distributor freaking out right now, thinking I may have given up their little secret. But as of a couple of days ago it appears that the infamous Reverb Stealth (we told you about it here) is finally… More ›
On the way back from the New Zealand premiere of Anthill’s new film Strength in Numbers I stopped in to check some new stuff from FSA and Gravity at Wide Open Distributors. Unfortunately customs were not cooperating and the 2013 stuff wasn’t quite there yet,… More ›
Was it the picturesque garden background or the shiny blue bike that drew you in? A bit of both you say? Thought so. For the next wee while, I have the pleasure of testing out the new women’s specific Avanti Motiv. It’s the women’s version… More ›
Well it took a little longer than expected but the Yeti SB95 is finally built. After ordering the stated front derailleur in the SB95 owner’s manual it turned out to be wrong (the manual) and we had to wait for a new front mech to… More ›
Endorsed by the Huck Wizard himself, Spoke is proud to present the Huck Wizard T-shirt. The Huck Wizard T-shirt is a homage to the master of Huck himself; when you’re down and out and need to huck, the wizard can now be right there with… More ›
Look what showed up today! Spoke’s new long term test bike and it just so happens it’s for ME! Yes sir, that is an XL Yeti SB95 just waiting to be built up, but I need to chase up a few things first. I’m gonna… More ›
Its seems that every other post these days is about Teva. The reason for this is pretty simple; they’re putting their money where their mouths are. What with amazing events, sponsoring core athletes and getting shoes on the feet of a bunch of New Zealand… More ›
Once upon a time I owned a couple of damn expensive night lights. When my house burned down a few years ago they all disappeared. When I finally got round to replacing them, the night light market had changed dramatically. I mean you were buying… More ›
You gotta love embargoes. When we had Jon Cancellier’s bike out for a ride in December there was so much on it we couldn’t show you, and then I go and miss the embargo release by a few hours and it’s all over the net already.… More ›
Oh boy there’s some nuggets in this clip. You get to hear (or not) how silent the new SRAM type 2 rear mech is, you get a sneak peak at new rear shock and forks and you even get to see the new MTB power… More ›
Issue 47 of Spoke will see a bit of a first for us. We’re going to do our first ever head to head review, and in a Spoke twist it’s going to be a Santa Cruz Tallboy up against a Santa Cruz Tallboy. One however… More ›
Last week in Santa Cruz Seb Kemp went disguised as me to the SRAM Trail House product launch. A bunch of rad new trail goodies from SRAM were unveiled but today we can only talk about one thing, but it’s a pretty exciting thing all… More ›