Tag: Mountain Biking
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Slapping The Singlespeed Champs
Click or not: Slapping The Singlespeed ChampsIn November, SSWC returns to NZ. There was always an informal rule that it didn’t touch down in the same place twice, but the 2017 edition is heading back to Vegas. Although controversial, the RSS knows how to throw a singlespeed party and the sculpted volcanic trails make for an ideal course. For those who… …
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Scoot Life
Click or not: Scoot LifeFreedom on the open road is personified when you’re riding the aptly known ‘Cadillac of scooters’ the Honda Helix 250, featured in this short road tripping film by Pit Viper. A scooter that is near and dear to my heart, a friend of mine who whilst in college rode a white Helix, known affectionately as… …
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SSWC17 Rotorua: Keeping It Local
Click or not: SSWC17 Rotorua: Keeping It LocalWhere would mountain biking be without great design – from trails to bikes to helmets, shoes and clothing? Nzo are a Rotorua clothing company making well-engineered and great looking gear. They’ve recently taken that to whole new level letting you customize your own riding clothing here. Gary Sullivan from Nzo is always generous with his… …
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Motive Trailer #3: Kamloops
Click or not: Motive Trailer #3: KamloopsTo the birthplace of all-mountain riding go Matty Miles and Matt Hunter in the latest trailer for Specialized’s upcoming Motive film. …
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A Side Order of Awesome Part 2: Ratus Ratus
Click or not: A Side Order of Awesome Part 2: Ratus RatusLast time on the ‘Slap we looked at an all original 1983 Morrison Bikes Sidewinder (here). That particular bike had a very easy life and sits comfortably at my in progress museum along with other interesting rides I’ll share in future pieces. This week is all about a Sidewinder that hasn’t been quite so lucky… …
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Youngblood
Click or not: YoungbloodMountain bike videos (or ‘edits’ for those radder than I) can leave one a little underwhelmed occasionally. This one doesn’t. While the riding fare is of the typical better-than-we’ll-ever-be variety, the cinematography has an original feel to it and seems to just look… different. And a Roots Manuva soundtrack, well, it’s hard to wrong. …
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High Altitude Lines
Click or not: High Altitude LinesWatch Joy Schusler’s latest work for Yeti Cycles, High Altitude Lines, as Ben Kraushaar, Sam Simmons, Justin Reiter, and Dylan Stucki trout fish and ride bikes around the mountainous playground that is Colorado. Now that the shortest day has been and gone, it’s time to plan your own outside adventures. …
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Following The Horsemen
Click or not: Following The HorsemenEvery once in a while a brand-produced video gets it oh-so-right. Tobias Steinieweg and Maximilian Stolarow follow in Schusler’s wheel rut in producing adventure videos for bike companies (Huayhuash and it’s accompanying BikeMag article is an epic, inspirational highlight; a first of many) by filming Kevin Landry and Claudio Caluori riding through trading trails primarily… …