Crankworx Rotorua Speed & Style

Competitions

ABSA Cape Epic Stage. A day of hat tricks.

Finishing the Absa Cape Epic requires a world-class fitness level, the alignment of any number of lucky stars and, most importantly, a partner with whom you can travel the journey of highs and lows...

Competitions

The second or third best Crankworx kicks off.

A deafening cheer ushered the first winner of Crankworx Rotorua 2019 across the dusty finish line tonight. Local rider Keegan Wright (NZL) blasted his way past legends and seasoned slalom masters,...

Competitions

Absa Cape Epic 2019: Stage 1

Langvad / Van der Breggen Increase Their Absa Cape Epic Lead There was a tacit admission from their nearest rivals that the mountain biking-road riding combination of Annika Langvad and Anna van...

Competitions

2019 ABSA Cape Epic Prologue.

Langvad and Van der Breggen Quickly Take Control of Absa Cape EpicMountain biking World Champion Annika Langvad and her road riding World and Olympic Champion partner Anna van der Breggen put down a...

Competitions

Crankworx Rotorua next week.

One week from now, international mountain bike competition season kicks off for 2019 as Crankworx Rotorua launches from the Southern Hemisphere, March 19-24.

Competitions

Gaze To Partner With Kulhavy For Team Investec Songo Specialized

In an unfortunate turn of events, American cyclist Howard Grotts, has announced his withdrawal from the 2019 Absa Cape Epic after falling ill over the past couple of weeks. Twice U23 World Champion...

Videos

Chasing Trail. Ep 27 - Farwell Canyon.

The Road Trip. The act of taking the idea of escaping the day-to-day, to go explore and experience new surroundings. KM1919 was no exception. Calvin Huth, Steve Shannon and I had been eager to get...

Videos

Brendan Howey on the Coast

Between Coast Gravity Park and single track trails lost in the middle of the forest, we caught up with Brendan Howey at his home to check out his summer program.

Competitions

Rowena Fry & Sam Hill crowned Asia-Pacific Enduro Champions

The inaugural EWS Asia-Pacific Series drew to a close last weekend with two well known faces taking top honours.

Events

Retirement looks good on N1NO.

Olympic Champion N1NO Schurter spends 95% of his time training or racing on his bike.

Reviews

2019 Trek Top Fuel 9.8 SL 1st Ride Impression

Let’s be clear - Trek’s Top Fuel is a XC race weapon. This is not your typical ‘Whistler XC’ bike, which the greater industry may characterize as a ‘trail’ or ‘all mountain’ bike. The Top Fuel is...

Reviews

Bontrager Cambion Mountain Shoe

Product detail specs on the Trek website whiff of hyperbole: “...optimized, Tachyon, asymmetrical, GnarGuard...” No question Trek puts much into its R&D and continually pumps out quality so I...

Competitions

Five events for 2019 Internazionali d’Italia Series

The Italian Cross-Country MTB circuit has announced its new season calendar, including two new events: the opening in Andora (Liguria) and the finale in La Thuile (Aosta Valley), also hosting a UCI...

News

I'm going to be honest, Scott's new DH team looks pretty good.

2019 marks a new beginning for SCOTT Sports. With the SCOTT DH Factory, SCOTT looks to bring fresh talent and ideas to the Downhill World Cup Circuit. With riders from all over the world, the team...

Videos

Our favourite Spanish traveler heads to Lisbon for some fun.

Every time I remember Lisbon, there are lots of memories, flavors, smells... stairs and fun trails.

Competitions

Seems like Team Bulls wants a Cape Epic Title in 2019.

Germany’s Karl Platt has started every Absa Cape Epic since its inception in 2004 and won five times – a record of victories he shares with Swiss legend Christoph Sauser. Austrian powerhouse Alban...

Articles

Howey & Hanley take us to the other side.

Mountain biking can take you to some beautiful places, and there is no equivalent elsewhere to what you can experience in British Columbia, Canada.

Articles

Convert killer video(s) into clothing line. Sick!

On February 1, 2017 the Austrian mountain biker and trials rider Fabio Wibmer and his university friend Elias Schwärzler uploaded the first Sick! Series episode onto YouTube. Fabio already had...

Videos

Ebiking around Asturias with David Cachon.

When I raised this adventure I was very clear that it must be something very special, it was the first time I was going to spend several days with an E-Bike on the mountains and I wanted to live the...

Competitions

Euro Enduro Calendar for 2019 released.

The Enduro World Series (EWS) is excited to announce its 2019 European Enduro Series and Qualifier Calendar.  

Articles

Meet the Gringo's part deux.

We’re all Gringos strangers to each other or to a place, at this precise moment or in your entire life.

Competitions

Epic racing comes to a close for 2018. Ready for 2019.

The 2018 Epic Series races have taken riders from rugged South African countryside to the stunning Swiss Alps to the beautiful snow-covered peaks of New Zealand’s South Island.

Videos

Let's meet some nice French guys.

We’re all Gringos strangers to each other or to a place, at this precise moment or in your entire life.

Competitions

The Pioneer, an epic in New Zealand starts off wet.

The Pioneer mountain bike stage race in New Zealand’s Southern Alps – part of the global Epic Series that culminates in South Africa’s Absa Cape Epic – is now underway, kicking off with a 20km...