Kieran Bennett debuted his new DRD Tomac Primer 220 at Wellington’s Skyline Screamer race in the weekend. Having limited time on his new Tomac Primer, Kieran surprised a number of people with his great battle in the Skyline Screamer (an eliminator “3-cross” style format down a wide open firebreak). With a number of elite riders in contention for a sizeable purse, this event was sure to be a great race. READ MORE
Written by Caleb
SHREDDING THE GNAR – SKYLINE SCREAMER
OUT OF THE BOX PART 2 – WTB
So the second box arrived a little later in the day and came direct from WTB in the US of A. Its contents definitely got me a little excited. It contained a couple of new 2.3 TCS Weirwolfs, and two new Mutano Raptors, a 2.2 and a 2.4. as well as a Brian Lopes 205 gram pro-model Silverado saddle and a Ti railed 215 gram Devo as well. Existing WTB Weirwolf fans (as well as those that have never ridden them) will be pleased to know that Mark Weir and the folks at WTB have given the venerable Weirwolf a bit of a redesign, changing the knob arrangement to allow for continuous traction while cornering hard. BikeRadar have a really good story on the new tyres over here. READ MORE
OUT OF THE BOX PART 1 – KONA
So two parcels turned up yesterday. One had this Magic Link equipped 2010 Kona Cadabra in it. We will be testing this bike for issue 37 of Spoke. So far it’s had a roll down the drive and is still sporting refelectors and those pedal thingys so I can’t report on its ride just yet. I won’t be testing it personally but I am itching to see how the Magic Link performs out on the trail. It’s a pretty modest build but one that’s really growing on me: SLX up front, XT in the back, new Shimano 575 brakes, Mavic CrossRide wheels and the proven combo of a Fox Float RL with 15QR up front and an RP23 to handle rear duties. READ MORE
TIM WILDING’S KARAPOTI RACE REPORT
Great news; yesterday I won the Karapoti Classic, also doubling as the New Zealand Mountain Bike Marathon Championships. READ MORE
TIM WILDING AND ANNIKA SMAIL TAKE KARAPOTI
It’s a win in both pro men and pro women at the Karapoti for Santa Cruz today, as Tim Wilding piloted his Carbon Blur XC to a convincing win over Brendon Sharratt and Mark Leishman, and then Annika Smail cruised her Carbon Blur LT to a similar win over Nic Leary and Samara Sheppard. Full results here; more pics now. READ MORE
NADA
$100 bucks (albeit US dollars) is about what you’d expect to pay to join a bike club, but when the membership card is a raw steel singlespeed frame, well that $100 membership got a little bit sweeter. Nada want help from its customers to collectively gather and generate the knowledge and know-how to get people out of cars and onto bikes. There’s 39 frames left from the first lot (only one in NZ), so if you want to join Club Nada head over there quick.
DOLLAR DOLLAR BILLS-SKYLINE SCREAMER-$1000 FOR 1ST PLACE
Enter the Skyline Screamer and you too could find yourself drifting a fire road corner like Justin Leov.
Despite rumours to the contrary there are still plenty of spots open in this Sunday’s Skyline Screamer downhill race off Wainui Hill. It’s an old school three-up eliminator race from the summit of Wainui Hill to Te Whiti Park. This is an event not to be missed, with huge prize money on offer. Up for grabs is the following: Men – $1000 1st; $500 2nd; $250 3rd; $150 4th; $100 5th Women – $500 1st; $250 2nd; $100 3rd. READ MORE
FIREPIT DIRTJUMP JAM
Damian Stones asked Nelson local Kelly McGarry to build him some jumps in Ngamoti, kind of like a bigger pump track. Well they are finished and ready to shred. To celebrate they are having a jam on the 21st March. More info in the Firepit.
