SRAM is excited to announce that, starting in January 2012, production of all X9 10-speed and 9-speed trigger shifters (front and rear shifters, all current colours and speeds—2×10, 3×10 and 3×9) will be upgraded, using the same pull lever ball bearing technology used in XX… More ›
I like mountain bike DVDs. I think I’m pretty critical of crap ones. But I definitely love good ones. What makes a good one these days kind of depends what kind of riding you’re into, whether it be race, freeride or trail. Well with Pieter… More ›
I’ve been rocking a pair of Giro’s high end carbon soled Codes for a while now and raved about them in the current issue of Spoke but at $400+ they aren’t for everyone’s wallet. The good news is Giro’s distributor WH Worrall’s have just landed… 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 ›
So I don’t spend a whole lot of time surfing the web for bicycle lube products, so when Rick from PRV rang the other day asking if we wanted to test some of Morgan Blue’s products, I honestly had no idea what he was talking… More ›
Specialized and Matt Hunter brings the goods once again, this time it’s a three minute ad for the Enduro… Climbing or descending. Downhill or XC. Whistler or Moab. No matter the location or terrain, Enduros just like to rip it up. They’re happy climbing winding… More ›
Sometime Spoke contributor and Christchurch ruler Laurence Mote has just taken ownership of Spoke‘s latest product for review in our March issue: a pair of Specialized Rimes, and this is what he had to say about opening the parcel. “I take pleasure in small things.… More ›
Look at his hair! More ›
Team Wide Open’s Conor Macfarlane teachs you how to keep dirt out from under your ODI longnecks. More ›
Matt Whitaker and the rest of the boys from Wide Open (Turner, Marzocchi, ODI, FSA etc) are heading to Queenstown this Thursday for the fifth year of their now infamous product launch. We’ll be bringing you web updates and product videos as well as a… 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 ›
Okay so the fact that i’m posting yet another video of 29ers in action isn’t some kind of conspiracy, its just that in 2011/2012 it seems all the main bike companies have finally figured out that there is a place for these big wheels. Now… 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 ›