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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
I’ve been waiting for a while for Seb to send me something from the Santa Cruz bike launch in Sedona, but to no avail. @Dan Barham, @calamitystrange, @garyperkin and @2Flat have been Twittering up a storm and every other website on the planet has posted… More ›
SRAM just posted up this little video about Jaroslav Kulhavy’s win in Champéry on prototype 2012 Grip Shift. What they failed to mention is this working prototype was offered to all of the SRAM XC racers but only Jaro was prepared to roll the dice. I’m… More ›
Ashley and Marjolein at Revolve riding in Wellington don’t sleep. Whether it’s running clinics, weekly rides or organising female-only Super D races, they’re always busy. Well their latest little venture is so damn awesome I wish I’d thought of it (actually I remember John Kirkcaldie doing… More ›
Spoke‘s longest running senior photographer Simeon Patience got a brand new ride in the mail today. Now it’s been a while since any Spoke staff have been rolling on Rocky Mountains, actually Spoke‘s last editor Eleanor still rides a beautiful steel hardtail from the late… More ›