We stopped by the Catlike stand at Eurobike and were very impressed with the range from this Spanish manufacturer.  Chances are you’ll recognise the helmet worn by French MTB superstar Julian Absalon and female World Champ Margarita Fullana among others.  It is also the head gear of choice of the Basque road team Euskaltel [...]

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For this edition of our expose series from Eurobike we decided to look at Look (sorry), Crank Brothers, Ritchey, Syncros, Stan’s No Tubes and Campagnolo(?).

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7 time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong will bid for an 8th title as a member of Team Astana it was announced Wednesday in New York.

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The final round of the Irish MTB XC NPS takes place this Sunday the 28th September in Castlewellan Forest Park, County Down.

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People often ask us have you seen anything really new.  Sure we say, there is this new carbon frame, that new fork etc.etc. but it’s not often that we actually see something truly revolutionary that stops us in our tracks.  However, one of those moments happened at Eurobike as SRAM presented their new planetary crank [...]

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The 2008 edition of the Vuelta a Espana finished on Sunday with victory going to pre-race favourite Alberto Contador of Team Astana. 

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Speculation is rife concerning the team setups for the 2009 season among the MTB downhill set.

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The first of our Eurobike test gear arrived yesterday, a pair of rain jackets from UK manufacturer Endura along with a set of Winter gloves.  The Summer has been such a washout that we could perhaps have done this sooner but we are glad we didn’t as Endura have just released a really exciting new [...]

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This Saturday Cuchulainn Cycling Club are running “Da Cooley Thriller” in Carlingford.  Starting and finishing in the village, the race will head out into the Cooley mountains for one large loop of 52 kms or a shorter 27km loop.  Predominantly singletrack, the road has only 14km of roads and 6kms of fire roads.

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Former Irish Junior Cross Country champion turned downhiller James O’Carroll has just become Ireland’s answer to the UK’s suspension guru Tim Flooks of TF Tuned with the launch of his new venture OC Tuning.

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We recently came accross this on the Pace racing website.  They are selling off ex-demo forks at vastly reduced prices.  DT-Swiss have a great reputation for quality and precision engineering and we reckon these are well worth a look especially as they come with a full 2 year warrenty.  To see images of the range [...]

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With all this focus on mountain biking some of you have been wondering about the Road side at Eurobike.  First up is the new Dura Ace Di2 group from Shimano followed by some nice bikes we picked out as highlights.

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We attended the FSA press conference at Eurobike and had a tour of the product line.  The company already produces some of the tastiest products on the market for both MTB and road but have made some recent advancements that are worth a  special look.

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The last round of the mountain bike World Cup took place in Austria this last weekend with the downhill overall at least still up for grabs.

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For part 2 of our eclectic look at the highlights of the Eurobike show we have picked some diverse products from the best of the best.  First up is a new Marin carbon fibre hardtail followed by some new products from Mavic and finally top German company Magura.

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It’s been a while since we checked in with the last Grand Tour of the season and a lot has happened in the past week.

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At Eurobike it was confirmed that KTM have a new Irish distributor.  While we can’t tell you who it is yet, this excellent range of bikes from the motorbike supremos will send shock waves through the industry with competitive pricing and high spec levels.  We toured the whole range at the show and while not [...]

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Visit Scotland have just launched a new adventure pass that has some mountain biking elements to it.  The free pass offers discounts and special offers on 50 adventure activities, wildlife and sightseeing tours throughout the country to help visitors make the most of Scotland’s glorious outdoors.

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DT Swiss recently announced their lineup for 2009 and we thought we would bring you some of the highlights.

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Lance Armstrong has confirmed that he will indeed return to race at the top level of road racing in 2009. Just ahead of his 37th birthday the Texan rider has told Velonews and Cycling news that the Tour de France is his goal, a potential record 8th title. 

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RockShox launched the completly redesigned 2009 Boxxer last Friday at Eurobike.  RockShox General Manager Jeremiah Boobar outlined the benefits of the new fork to  Spoke.ie.

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21 Irish Mountain Bikers made the trip to Pra-Loup for the 2008 Masters World Championships.

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Eurobike is the biggest bike show in the World with 36,800 trade visitors from 75 countries and 1,430 journalists from 32 countries.  Spoke.ie joined the latter in a hedonistic 3 days of bike geekery gone mad.  Now that we have recovered we can present some of the highlights of the show over the coming days [...]

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Rumours are flying around that 7 time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong is possibly set to make a return to elite level road racing in 2009.  The internet is a buzz with the story and it was a hot topic at last weeks Eurobike trade show.  The rumour suggests that Armstrong will ride for [...]

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Irish international Cross Country rider turned qualified trail guide Niall Davis is running training days for mountain bikers on Saturdays and Sundays during October.

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Epic MTB club have just run the first kids day at Ballinastoe.  The aim is to give kids an introduction to the sport in a controlled environment and despite the weather, 35 kids of varying ages and ability showed up to have a go.

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In terms of bike shows there are 2 big ones - Interbike in Las Vegas and Eurobike in Friedrichshafen, Germany. Over the next few days Eurobike will be home to 868 exhibitors off all things biking and Spoke.ie will be there to report on all the latest equipment. This is the ultimate in [...]

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Orchard CC are running a charity cycle for Age Concern and in conjunction with Richhill festival week on Sunday 21st September.

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