Vernon Felton almost loses his shit…
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Jump aboard the new COMMENCAL T.E.M.P.O with Hugo Frixtalon in British Columbia for this edit that oozes that late summer heat feel!
The T.E.M.P.O is our brand new short travel trail bike, a real playful powerhouse, designed to make the most of all those dream trails where the terrain is just calling out for you to enjoy.
Postcard from San Francisco is MacAskill’s first out-and-out MTB street trials edit for more than a decade, it is a display of his phenomenal bike handling skills and determination to go for the biggest (and riskiest) bangers.
Kiran MacKinnon is a human dyno. When Santa Cruz Bicycles needs to test, experiment and validate suspension then Kiran is the one of the main people we call on to do that work. Not only is he an extremely talented bike rider and incredibly knowledgeable about suspension, but he can actually interpret and translate what he’s feeling in a way that he can communicate to the rest of the engineering team. This enables them to cross-reference the data they’ve collected with real life, on-trail experience to build better bikes and provide the right setup for our riders. We’re constantly refining our VPP™ suspension as well as the damping tunes shocks we spec on our bikes in order to make sure our bikes ride really, really good.
Kona Gravity Rider and North Shore native Caleb Holonko has been turning heads with his classic mix of heavy hitting and super stylish riding. On a recent visit to the Kootenays with his Process X, he teamed up with local filmer Logan Williams and put together this solid clip that just scratches the surface of what both Caleb and the region have to offer.
“Throughout my life, I’ve spent many summers road tripping to the B.C. interior with very minimal exploration outside of Christina Lake. After seeing so many friends post and rave about the amazing trails, I decided to venture to Castlegar and Nelson for my first taste. Man, did it deliver! Endless single track, crazy woodwork, and some untouchable flow trails! It was great to put my little flair on trails that I normally would just chill through.
Thanks to all the trail builders that are killing it out there! I would love to buy you a bunch of beers, ya’ll are crushing it” – Caleb Holonko
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Incoming rant (not at Spoke, at Bike Mag or whoever made that schlep):
What a crock of sh*t. “We’re going to get to the bottom of all this new tech, is it really useful, is it just a giant FU from the bike industries biggest player? Tune in to find out!” “But to do this we will ONLY talk to bike companies that make the product, that seems fair”. Basically, that was a 12 minute ad for 27.5+ and Boost148.
Total click bait headline too, they don’t call bullshit on it in the slightest, they say “It’s all about choice!”. What a surprise. There’s faux outrage for 15 seconds at the start, but that was just setting up the ad. I give zero f**ks that companies release stuff like this, great, good for them, it probably progresses the sport and gives people choice. If they wanted to do a “Hey, this is what 27.5+ and Boost are all about!” video, that’s great. But videos like this that are just ads disguised as some sort of fake investigative angle treat consumers like idiots and are just bad.
Rant concludes.
I’m with you… full blown clickbait… sorry… wont do it again…
The Plus sizes are coming at last a few more tyres and cranks etc that make building a Plus tyred Mountain Bike easier.For Bikepacking and off track adventures plus size tyred MTB’s are the way forward
Try before putting them down!
Bikes have gotten so good now that theres very little point to replace your couple of years old ride, hence why the bike companies come out with a new wheel size to try and get you to buy something new, it’s all just a massive con.
It all comes down to companies being able to tool up quicker than ever due to technology and get products to market. Quicker it’s out there the quicker it can be sold. Cost of production has greatly decreased too due to the consumer now at ease with made in Asia produsts not only the good ole USA, so that’s where a majority of the big players get product made now. This isn’t a rant just fact!
What ticks me off about that video is the iPhone reference. The iPhone was an alternative that consumers chose, 650b, 650b + or 148 boost do not feel like not choices for the consumer to decide what’s best for them. The attitude of the designers on that video came across more like this to me: this produce is the best for you; now disconnect your brain and get out your wallet. They may be trying to make the best bike they can but a little humility perhaps.
All of the controversy surrounding new standards in the bike industry are a good example of a failing of the free market. The majority of the market are either unable or unwilling to cast a €4000 ‘vote from their wallet’ every year. Even if someone is splashing the cash like that, it’s probably spread over a number of market segments: you can’t vote against Boost if you’re buying a disc brake road bike this year.