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NZ DH Round two Wrap from Dunedin

0 By on Saturday January 14 2012

The second round of the NZ MTB Downhill Cup presented by Nature Valley was raced today in a damp and soggy, constantly changing Dunedin. Tough conditions have been the order of the two days of practice and competition for the 124 competitors on Signal Hill,… More ›

Athertons on GT for 2012

0 By on Thursday January 12 2012 in Racing

GT Bicycles is proud to announce its partnership with Atherton Racing. Beginning in 2012, the mountain bike race team of Dan, Gee, and Rachel Atherton, will join non-family GT rider Marc Beaumont and form the new team GT Factory Racing. “Atherton Racing is one of… More ›

Bearclaw searches and destroys

2 By in Off topic

Specialized is seriously upping the web video programme at the moment, dropping videos every other day. This one shows us a moustached Darren Berrecloth trying to find the perfect zone in Utah. It takes almost as much commitment as riding its lines. More ›

Specialized brings back the Ground Control

1 By on Saturday January 7 2012 in New products

Resurrected from the archives, yet modernised with the same FE Analysis as the new Fast Trak, we’re bringing the Ground Control back for the masses! With Adaptive Tread technology, we’re now able to offer XC Trail riders the fastest, most grippy tyre, for all conditions. More ›

Blowing my own trumpet

11 By 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 ›

Wyn Masters on Pivot in NZ for 2012

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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 ›