Tag: Bikes

  • Ridden: Specialized Sequoia Expert

    Ridden: Specialized Sequoia Expert

    When the Specialized Sequoia Expert arrived at Slap HQ, I wasn’t really harbouring any thoughts that it might be a bike that would replace riding two or three others. It’s not a road bike, it’s definitely not a mountain bike, but it’s both of those and more, admittedly in smaller portions of each of the…

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  • Insider Rides: Wyn Masters’ Honda Scoopy

    Insider Rides: Wyn Masters’ Honda Scoopy

    When Wyn Masters isn’t winning EWS races, pulling endless wheelies or sticking a banana in someone’s face, he still rolls in complete style. Cruising the pits of Crankworx Rotorua on his Honda Scoopy did nothing to hide the fact that Wyn doesn’t mind being in the spotlight one bit. We slowed him down just long…

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  • Red Bull’s Behind The Bike: Matt Jones

    Red Bull’s Behind The Bike: Matt Jones

    Words: Matt Jones/Red Bull. Photos: Miles Holden Early on in my career I realized I wanted to work on my bike myself. I knew I wanted to have direct input into how my bike feels, and have the ability to play around with my own ideas to make my bike as suited to me as…

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  • The Renaissance Of Steel

    The Renaissance Of Steel

    Ferrous materials have been making a comeback into the current psyche of cycling, refuting notions that a high-performance bicycle has to be made from fantastic plastic. Modern steel fabrication is pushing out of the custom bicycle builder niche and into the realm of  high-performance production. For too long, cyclists have been distracted by the thermoplastics of the 00s and…

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  • Jumping the Shark: Who Jumped First?

    Jumping the Shark: Who Jumped First?

    “No one ever notices the underdog until it’s biting their head off.” – me. Solid. Dependable. Established. Grey. These are words I use to describe one of the biggest brands in the business. Another I use is: boring. Shimano are the bearded accountant with an office in the basement adjacent to the mailroom and elevator.…

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