By Caleb Smith on Friday January 27 2012 in Exclusives, New products
Mark Dickson from KRD stopped by our new offices today to show us some new bits and pieces, which are in store now, from e*thirteen, Race Face, WTB, Lezyne and X Fusion. Now these Race Face bars aren’t that new but that funky display thing… More ›
By Caleb Smith in Racing
Red Bull have just dropped this mini doco on Brook MacDonald’s win at Mt Hutt in the weekend. He doesn’t even swear!!! More ›
By Caleb Smith
When I went to the Osiris website yesterday to try to find a picture of the Nyquist shoes, I noticed that Mike Montgomery’s name was missing from the roster. I mean when Osiris first announced the team he was the headline rider. Well it’s all… More ›
By Caleb Smith on Thursday January 26 2012 in Exclusives, Off topic
So a few spokemagazine.com readers have given me a little grief regarding the lack of original posts since… well, since Christmas. I don’t have a bunch of excuses, but we have just come off a pretty heavy deadline trying to get an issue of both… More ›
By Caleb Smith in Exclusives, New products
Here I was keeping quiet about SRAM’s new derailleur when they go and post shots on their own Facebook page so I figure I may as well drop a snapshot or two. Thing is I may have played with it and I may just know… More ›
By Caleb Smith on Wednesday January 25 2012
Looks like wealthy German mountain biker Markus Stöckl has charged things up for the MS team again. I mean in the last five years we’ve seen MS Intense, MS Evil and now MS Mondraker; the good thing is Brook MacDonald is staying with ze Germans… More ›
By johnoldale in Off topic
Tim Pierce just dropped this banga of a clip that makes you want to get straight on a plane and head to Queenstown. More ›
By Caleb Smith on Thursday January 19 2012 in New products
Lezyne have announced that they have just started production on helmet mounts for their new range of LED lights. The lights are in New Zealand stores now, the helmet mount will be shipping by the end of the month. Hit up your local bike shop… More ›
By Caleb Smith on Wednesday January 18 2012 in Exclusives, New products
SRAM’s Black Box manager Jon Cancellier recently came through New Zealand and when he was in Wellington he just happened to stay with us. Now he did his best to hide his bike and the prototype bits on it from my camera, but you can’t… More ›
By Caleb Smith in Racing
It’s not the newest of news (but it all kind of backed up over the Christmas break) but it’s worth mentioning that the folks at Scott have been busy of late, what with the signing of Brendon Fairclough to the Scott 11 DH team and… More ›
By Caleb Smith on Tuesday January 17 2012 in Off topic
Kona have been bringing the heat of late with their web clips, I don’t know who’s behind them but they’re hands down arguably the best videos from a bike company at the moment, even if you excuse the Art of Flight/Brain Farm font treatment. It… More ›
By Caleb Smith in Racing
The first round of the 2012 MTBNZ DH Nationals has arrived in Queenstown. The brand new Remarks Grass Track invites the riders to a fast, loose and ridiculously dusty visit and racing mode is officially on in New Zealand. Jon Television brings you the whole… More ›
By Caleb Smith in New products
New Zealand distributor Cycletech has just picked up the agency for Revelate Designs, these guys are the leaders in frame bags and accessories for off-road touring and as you can see from their riders whips section, well they make something to cater for everyone. With… More ›