Chris Akrigg – five from chris akrigg on Vimeo. I pretty much have a man crush on Chris Akrigg, seriously he is my favourite rider on the planet and it would be a dream come true to one day shoot with him! Anyhow watch this… More ›
How’s this, so I had the latest issue of Dirt Rag but I hadn’t finished reading it until today, and discovered a very interesting ad for GT bikes. This one is for all those haters over on Spoke’s Facebook page that weren’t feeling the Mule… More ›
In June we will be heading over to the States to attend GT’s official product release of three new versions of existing bikes but today on their Instagram feed they dropped this sneek peek. It’s just a mule so I’m guessing the final product might… More ›
Brett Rheeder in Kamloops on Pinkbike Brett Rheeder would have to be one of my favourite riders at the moment. The kid has sooooo much talent on a bike as well as being a super chilled out and approachable guy. After watching this trick heavy… More ›
Watch Specialized Racing & Red Bull endurance athlete Rebecca Rusch set a new female record on the iconic 142-mile Kokopelli Trail. “Reba” overcame dynamic conditions, injuries, and broken lights to finish in 13 hours, 32 minutes, smashing the previous record by over an hour. More ›
I popped into KRD Imports the other day with the sole purpose of photographing a stack of WTB tyres for an upcoming subscription giveaway and managed to get sidetracked checking out a few of the newer arrivals to their warehouse. First up is the new… More ›
“Enduro”. It’s the buzzword that’s taken the world by storm in the last 12 months, even though it’s essentially what we’ve all been doing with our mates for years—cruising uphill and shredding back down. The main difference between what we all do and what we… More ›
A while back we posted up a video from the big S announcing that they were releasing wheels with no beads. Beadless wheels, if you will. Well one time Spoke contributor Vernon Felton from Bike took a trip to Specialized to check these new wheels… More ›
Troy Lee’s (re)entry into the open face helmet market has been a long time coming. Their new A1 Cyclops helmet has been three years in design and thank goodness that wasn’t for nought! Al and Rick from the Troy Lee distributors both showed up the… More ›
Spoke 51 is here, and we’ve shaken off the 50th birthday hangover with a great issue. Conor Macfarlane nabs the cover and a rad feature story. A couple of German tourists ditch the trailers to sample the best of Kiwi singletrack. The Wide Open crew… More ›
Last year Spoke was invited to hop over the ditch and check out the Melrose Fat Tyre Festival as well as some pretty rad South Australia riding. Well they loved us so much they’ve invited us back for a second year. If it was just… More ›
Our French friend Tito Tomasi sure gets around. His latest epic video sees him crossing the French Alps on an eight day radventure. More ›
The Cannondale Overmountain team are gearing up for the Enduro World Series with a pretty talent-heavy rider roster; any team boasting Clementz, Weir, Moeschler and Cruz is always going be in the mix at the pointy end of the Enduro races this season. More ›
Some great riding on some really fun looking terrain and trails here from Neil Donoghue, 2012 UK Gravity Enduro Champion. He’s riding a bike that has some wheels which may be a size. But that shouldn’t matter, right? More ›
We’ve been up to our necks in Issue 52 lately and haven’t been giving much love to the ol’ website. Maybe you’ve seen these videos elsewhere, maybe not. First up, Trek World Racing Stories’ first installment for the season… More ›
Spoke’s resident food maestro (maestress?) Sarah Wadsworth was the subject of Frankly Thursday a few weeks back, but now she’s stepped away from the oven and gets behind the keyboard to bring us a look at US import Alex McAndrew. He’s been hanging out in… More ›
Today sees the release of the second instalment of ‘MacAskill’s Imaginate’. ‘Taking shape’ sees Danny under a strict rehabilitation programme focused on getting the trials legend back on his bike so he is able to tackle his most ambitious project to date. While still recovering… More ›
This is pretty cool stuff… Nathan Kaso makes time lapse and tilt shift films, all shot as individual still images then strung together to create these stunning videos. The effect is of turning everyday city scenes and people into almost Lego-like caricatures. Toy Boats looks… More ›
It’s taken us a while but we finally have the Queenstown Mountain Bike Club’s Dirt is the New Snow T- Shirts in stock. Depending on how theses ones sell we may offer more colours but for now it’s the maroon raglan or the fluoro green… More ›
Here at Spoke we love Conor. In a manly kind way. The dude is just so nice, you’ll never here him speak ill of anyone, and who else would lend you a car with a morning’s notice to drive to Alexandra? Then when you throw… More ›