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Makara Peak is having a party, and you're invited. Free mountain bike tours and skills clinics, guided bush walks, dog walks, trail runs, planting, trail digging, SHUTTLES and the Grand Loop Race. Bring your family and friends down to discover Makara Mountain Bike Park. Bike hire available on site on the day! Schedule of events throughout the day 9am- Trail Run Women's Skills Course 10am- Guided MTB tours (beginner/family and intermediate) 10.30am Guided Walk (History and Nature of Makara Peak) 11am- Dog Walk Noon- Plant Releasing Basic Skills Course Fun family activities at Hub 1pm- Guided MTB tours (beginner/family and intermediate) 2pm- Bush Bash with Simon Kennett (discover the...

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Transition doesn't sleep. Hot on the heels of the TR250 downhill sled comes Transition's foray into the trail/XC market with this sweet looking new ride, the Bandit. When we know more we'll let you know, or keep checking Revolution Products' website. More photos below.

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Fancy winning a $4000 Mondraker DH mountain bike frame? Or scoring a share of $2000 worth of fresh Unit clothing just in time for Christmas? Australian-based clothing brand Unit Clothing has teamed up with mountain bike brand Mondraker to offer Unit’s Facebook fans a huge giveaway to celebrate their latest high-profile rider signing, MTB freeride legend Andreu Lacondeguy. Facebook fans who enter the contest will have the opportunity to win a Mondraker Summum Pro Team downhill MTB frame worth $4000AUD (the same type of frame Andreu used to compete at the 2010 Red Bull Rampage in Utah), and $2000 worth of Unit clothing. To enter, all you need to do is head over to Units Facebook page, Like...

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The final in 'The Story Of XTR' just magically dropped on the Internet today. The trails look like some serious fun. Shandro and Weir are pinned!In the final episode of "The Story of XTR", we treat the viewer to some of the most spectacular riding in the world. The singletrack that Andrew Shandro and guest rider Mark Weir ascend and descend is nothing short of epic! Join us as we reveal the new "Trail version" of XTR! Music Credits: "Long Road" by Aaron Grant Produced by Rich Smith

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Ryan McCrae has been getting busy again, this time on a little clip promoting this weekend's New Zealand Dirt Series Round 2.....Featuring Paul Langlands, Jono Hopping, Huge Wotherspoon. Round Two of the New Zealand Dirt Series is taking place on Saturday 4th December at Paul Langlands' Jumps, Royals! Paul has been working hard on the jumps and has five dialled in a row; should make an awesome event. Make sure you go along for a shred or even just to watch. Royals Jumps, Victoria Road, Cambridge, practice starts 12pm.

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Easton's new Carbon Haven is probably one of the most highly anticipated wheelsets of 2010/2011. We first got wind of them at Sea Otter back in April but the production wheels have just rolled in the door at WH Worrall (Easton's distributor) this week. Built from the ground up for trail and all-mountain riding, the Haven Carbon wheelset relies on Easton’s exclusive Advanced Ballistic Composite (ABC, best acronym ever) technology for incredible toughness and low weight. 20mm 0r 15mm front wheels are $2100 RRP and 135mm QR rear wheels are $2200 RRP. To find out where you can get a set email W H Worralls here. Full press release back here. The new Haven Carbon. Designed, engineered...

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In issue 38 of Spoke Craig Haze reviewed David Byrne's (ex Talking Heads) latest book Bicycle Diaries, and we also showed you a few preliminary sketches of Byrne's New York bike racks. Well I just found this little video from the Wall Street Journal that shows the racks almost complete and ready to roll out on to NY streets.

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Wow, last night will go down in The Underground Super D's three year series as the biggest gong show so far. Climbing up the tip track to the start at the radar dome Mark and I rode out of sun and into dense low cloud. Twenty people had ponied up for the start, including Tim (T Rex) Wilding, with his TallBoy fresh of his second place at the Huka XL. As everyone guessed the infamous Red Rocks track was the course, its been at least four years since I last rode it and that thing is still as scary as ever. Richard Leacock and the Giant Iguana took the win again (12:30), followed closely by T Rex (12:50) and Ryan from Bicycle in third (12:52). Leif lost a chain, Banga lost a chain and a...

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A group of 30 Australian town planners, cycling advocates and enthusiasts are off to Holland in 2011. The filmmakers documenting this tour of Dutch Cycling Infrastructure could use your help…

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Christmas is almost here, and as most of us know, it's a time for giving. Photographer Derek Morrison knows this and sent us five of his gorgeous large format 2011 calendars to give away to five lucky spokemagazine.com readers. Think of it as a gift from Derek and Spoke to you. That's just the way we are. All you have to do is email us the names of three of the riders featured in the calendar (you can find the answers here). The competition will be drawn on Wednesday next week.

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