By Caleb Smith on Tuesday January 17 2012 in Exclusives, New products
Issue 07 of Boneshaker just arrived in the store and it’s a doozie. I’ve said it before but Boneshaker is one of the best cycling magazines on the planet. If you love all kinds of bikes then this is the magazine for you. Issue 07… More ›
By Mark Dangerfield on Friday January 13 2012 in New products, Reviews
Just before Christmas we took delievery of this Scott Spark 20 for Review in issue 46 of Spoke. We did a brief profile on the Spark back here after the Sheppard Industries launch but this has been our first chance to get a leg over… More ›
By Caleb Smith on Thursday January 12 2012 in Off topic
Unit have just dropped this 20 minute TV clip from the 2011 Frew Farm Jam. Watch it now. More ›
By Caleb Smith on Wednesday January 11 2012 in Off topic
Gravity are running a caption comp over on their website here. All you have to do is caption this shot of Kelly McGarry, simple. Well, a few other people may have entered already so you’re gonna have to be good. More ›
By Caleb Smith on Monday January 9 2012 in Racing
More Mountain Biking Videos The 2012 NZ MTB Cup presented by Nature Valley got off to a scorching start today in the blistering heat of Queenstown. The new Remarkables downhill venue overlooking Queenstown Airport, Frankton and Lake Wakatipu delivered dry, dusty, and very hot racing… More ›
By Caleb Smith on Friday December 30 2011 in Off topic
Okay so it’s not me, but it is Supplejack. In fact it’s Laurence Mote on one of the easier corners on a 26. Okay so this isn’t about blowing my own trumpet but more about proving Styli (the Santa Cruz distributor) wrong. See Styli lives… More ›
By Caleb Smith in Racing
So if you follow Wyn on Twitter you will have noticed he’s been riding Pivot’s Phoenix DH bike. Well, according to the Revolution Products blog it’s all official: “So it gives us great pleasure to say that Wyn Masters is now racing on the Revolution… More ›
By Caleb Smith on Sunday December 25 2011 in Exclusives, Off topic
So I’ve been travelling the last few days with no Internet access so have been sitting on a few updates. Jon Bokrantz brought us that cool little clip about the Outside Sports pump track a few days ago and here he introduces the start of… More ›
By Caleb Smith in Off topic
Yup you read that right The Rapaki is finally open for the first time since the Quakes hit Christchurch… Good news for Canterbury’s fit bastards, not much use for lazy shuttle bunnys… More info and track status here. More ›
By Caleb Smith on Thursday December 22 2011 in New products
Gary from NZO is now in the hardgoods business, he’s just picked up these sweet single ring chain guides from Aussie company Widget. This is what the NZO website has to say: “Widgits are Australian made, laser-cut stainless steel chainrings with replaceable alloy guides to… More ›
By Caleb Smith on Wednesday December 21 2011 in Exclusives
A few weeks back ABD brand and team manager (and spokemagazine.com blogger) Jon Oldale hung out at Chris Beverland’s recently revamped jumps. Lewis was there too and Jon was well impressed. Actually he was so impressed he offered him a spot on the ABD team… More ›
By Caleb Smith on Sunday December 18 2011 in Off topic
A few weeks back Justin Leov sent us a little teaser clip of the pump track he was building for Outside Sports. Well this weekend just passed saw its official opening and the folks at Outside Sports put this funny as little clip together. Oh… More ›
By Caleb Smith on Friday December 16 2011 in Racing
While Dirk Peters fired out an early warning shot to his rivals ahead of the upcoming NZ National MTB season, it was the debut of the yet-to-be-named rock garden that drew all the attention during Sunday’s final of the Mid-North Island MTB series. Over the… More ›
By Caleb Smith in Exclusives, New products
Among a slew of other podiums this year Cannondale rider Jerome Clementz won The Mega Avalanche, The Mountain of Hell, The Enduro of Nations and most recently the Trans Provence. Right now though he’s travelling the length of New Zealand taking in the sights and… More ›