By Caleb Smith on Thursday June 30 2011 in Reviews
Here’s a little clip that legendary Irish photographer turned filmmaker Victor Lucas put together for SRAM. It gives us a closer look at the new XO DH carbon cranks and DH specific rear mech. To see the full 15 page PDF outlining everything to do… More ›
By Lester Perry on Thursday August 5 2010
Signed, framed photo of Steve Peat, Hans Rey and Danny MacAskill up for charity auction Don’t miss your chance to bid for a one-of-a-kind, signed photo of three mountain bike legends—Hans Rey, Steve Peat and Danny MacAskill—taken on their recent trip to Scotland with H&I… More ›
By Caleb Smith on Saturday July 24 2010 in Exclusives
Definitely my worst ever post title. But it’s the truth. The Kiwis killed it in qualifying today in torrential rain at Champery, showing that our boys can actually ride and handle their bikes. Blenki qualified first which is awesome news but the rest of the… More ›
By Caleb Smith on Friday July 2 2010
Seriously, riding in the UK NEVER looked so damn fine… Book your tickets now! More ›
By Caleb Smith on Tuesday April 6 2010
Someone is going to call me out on this, but I’m sure this is a first—a mountain biker getting one of those sports books. I mean, we know roadies do it all the time (Lance, anyone?) and here in New Zealand every bloody rugby player… More ›
By Caleb Smith on Tuesday February 9 2010 in Racing
Here you were thinking that the Carbon V10s were here. But alas no, however we just received a press release announcing that one of the Syndicate Team’s new partners is Edge Composites. Edge make bullet proof carbon fibre wheelsets, and setting them up on World… More ›
By Caleb Smith on Thursday October 29 2009 in Racing
This looks promising… It looks like a World Cup race flick and smells like a World Cup race flick, but I think it just may offer something more… Out on December 1st, I’ll reserve judgment till then. Check the Made website here. More ›
By Caleb Smith on Wednesday September 9 2009
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 ›
By Caleb Smith on Monday August 3 2009
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 ›
By Caleb Smith on Tuesday June 9 2009
This past weekend marked the fourth round of gravity racing in the mountain bike World Cup series. If you didnt get up in the wee morning hours to catch it on Freecaster, you missed some heated racing! Fort William, Scotland is known for wet weather,… More ›