Dain Zafke, AKA Golden Boy AKA the Dark Lord’s son AKA WTB marketing guy, crashed Bike magazine’s big Whistler bike test a few months ago. You may remember that Seb Kemp was part of the Bike test team and consequently fell deeply in love with… More ›
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SPOKE 33 2009 SANTA CRUZ NOMAD REVIEW
I�m pretty sure that Santa Cruz was the first mountain bike company to spout the �one bike� line when they originally released their do-it-all Nomad back in 2005. Since its release, the all-mountain, six-inch travel market has blown up and every mountain bike company worth… More ›
YES THAT IS A 29" BONER, NO I'M NOT GAY
Yup, that is 29er. Yup, that is me (Seb Kemp) riding one. Yup, I fecking love that bike. No, i never thought I would ever type those words… More ›
KATHY'S WORLD CHAMPS SANTA CRUZ REPORT
FINALLY THE BRIDE, PEATY WINS THE BIG ONE, MINNAAR HIS BRIDESMAID. Finally in the record books, Santa Cruz Syndicates Steve Peat (SRAM/RockShox), makes history as he bags the big one winning the UCI Downhill World Championships in Canberra, Australia. Syndicates Greg Minnaar finishes a mere… More ›
KATHY SESSLER'S BROMONT SANTA CRUZ REPORT
Santa Cruz Syndicates Greg Minnaar (SRAM/RockShox) reels it in for his third win of the season in Bromont, Canada, winning his 11th career UCI downhill race in the 111th UCI World Cup Series event. His brilliant race run eclipsed the times of Fabien Barel, Sam… More ›
KATHY SESSLER WASN'T SLEEPING THOUGH
Santa Cruz team manager Kathy Sessler just sent though this press release and a bunch of super cool images from both on and off the green. Did you know it was Peaty’s 50th World Cup podium? Pretty sick, I have money on Peaty winning the… More ›
The carbon 29er that Santa Cruz has been working on for a while now is officially official. Heck they even have sizing charts in inches and millimetres. Delivery for the Tallboy is slated for October… So I guess here that means December or the new… More ›
T REX + CARBON BLUR XC = SPOKE PHOTO SHOOT
Oli Brooke-White sent me a text the other day letting me know that 2009 NZ Singlespeed Champ and all round nice guy Tim Wilding was going to be in town. We rendezvoused on Sunday morning for a quick shoot and got a few pics in… More ›
MOON A GIANT DAY
I have to admit I just stole these last two posts from Hyperfomance’s blog but seriously this latest one is priceless. So I didn’t realise it but Santa Cruz bikes have a blog, it’s actually a perfect mix of humour and interesting stuff… on the… More ›