We took delivery of our long term test Cannondale Trigger 2 29er last week, and the scramble to ride it first caused no end of ‘discussion’ in the Spoke office. Caleb snuck off before anyone else could get near it, and despite looking like a… More ›
Those of you that have met me or know what I look like will know I love food, so when food shows up in the office I get pretty excited. So when these UK based Mule bars showed up just before Christmas I was pretty… More ›
So I’ve been after a pair of Cyan Blue shorts for a while now, ever since DaKine first started making them a few years back. Well it seems a few more people are up with the play now and most recently would be UK brand… More ›
…to work out that 650b is here and not just a furphy anymore. Today we received our Scott Genius 720 test bike and threw it together for a car park spin. “Geez, it feels efficient!” said Caleb before realising he’d locked out the front and… More ›
At Spoke we’ve been rocking a bunch of CSIXX stuff for a while and you may have seen or remember Leif’s review of the 110GL single ring guide back in issue 45 (or you can read it here). Well the good news is that there… More ›
When I was at the Melrose Fat Tyre Festival a few months back, Over the Edge shop owner Richard Bruce was rolling round on one of these German designed 140mm travel Liteville bikes. There is no doubt it’s a head turner, everywhere I rode with… More ›
Like kids at Christmas, we opened up a box of SRAM X0 Trail goodies for our testers to put through the wringer over the next months. Caleb shot a few pics before we wrestled to see who gets to ride them first. Dammit, Mark wanted… More ›
“It’s like riding rodeo”, blurts out Greg Herbold. “I can now grip with my left, and hold onto the bucking bronco while I sort out my controls with the right”. He breaks into a little demonstration of bull riding style while the assembled hacks chuckle.… More ›
The Hive and e*thirteen joined forces a few years ago now and since then we’ve seen a bunch of cool products trickle out but none highlight the collaboration more than the wheelsets. Hive’s Chub Hub was the first product that really put them on the… More ›
WTB brought these rims out a while ago now so they aren’t exactly new, but this pair that just showed up for review is the first we’ve seen of them. It’s no secret that WTB have been working closely with Stan’s over the past… More ›
If you head over to the Santa Cruz website you’ll notice that both APP bikes the Nickel and the Butcher are, well, they aren’t there anymore. It’s a hard sell really, when the alloy Santa Cruz VPP bikes are getting so affordable that anyone would… More ›
Shimano’s new Zee groupset showed up this morning and over the next few months we’ll be putting this price point/heavy hitting gravity groupset through its paces. The Zee group is an awesome example of trickle down technology at its finest; the 10 speed rear mech… 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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
So ever since I got the Tallboy, the 140mm travel Niner WFO has been relegated to the back of the workshop. The WTB Strykers I’d been running on it had been outstanding, but as a few people pointed out, they were a bit under-gunned for… More ›
Leif just flicked me through a few iPhone pics of the complete and ready to roll Avanti Vapour 29er test bike. We had to pinch a few parts off the Butcher long term test rig to get her complete but she’s done and it’s pretty… More ›
A 2x guide from MRP showed up in the mailbox yesterday courtesy of MRP marketing guy and Frutia local Noah Sears, and last night I got a chance to install it on the Tallboy. It’s a BB mount so installation was super easy, although as… More ›
We’ve tested a few bikes recently that have been sporting Shimano’s new XTR stoppers and we thought it was time we got a set for ourselves, albeit a set of the slightly scaled down (and with a bit more plastic) and more affordable XT ones.… More ›
Yes indeed, today is a good day; epic sunshine, no wind, almost no clouds and to top it all off my 140 mm Fox 34 forks showed up (hit up your local bike shop as the distributor is shipping these now). These bad boys are… More ›