National Youth development rider Leah Maunsell took the win in the Under 14 girls category at the Ticknock NPS round on Sunday.  Thi sis her account of the weekend, just don’t tell her brother about her handlebars!  Incidentally entry is now open for Round 4 in Lady Dixon Park on the 26th May.  Full details [...]

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Shimano have just released detials of a revamp to their legendary XTR groupset.  Now divided into XC and Trail, this release is a new brakeset for XC and a new 29er wheelset.  40 grams per wheel may not seem like a lot but to the XC set that’s a whole heap of weight and with [...]

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SRAM have just announced some new wheelsets, a follow on to their RISE series, but this time focusing on more trail and all mountain applications.  Not before time we say, the RISE wheelset is fantastic.  Their are carbon (ROAM) and aluminium (ROAM & RAIL) versions, all in 26″, 27.5″ (650B) and 29er varients. All the [...]

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Rockshox have just announced the reintroduction (and redesign) of their Pike fork, a new Monarch Plus rear shock and changes to the Reverb and Reverb Stealth seatpost including the aptly named ‘Connectamajig‘ quick release hose for the Stealth. Pike The Pike is back after a period of absence in a new package and available in [...]

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A recent arrival in Spoke towers is this rather nice Orbea Occam 29er full sus.  Packing 100 mm of rear travel and 120 mm of front suspension it is a trail oriented marathon weapon. Orbea have been on our radar for a while.  Obviously Julian Absalon did them some favours but the range has expanded [...]

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Today Rockshox announced it’s latest update, a replacement for the budget Recon Silver.  The new fork drops nearly half a pound (or 230 of your grams , a considerable saving.  The fork also benefits from much of the technological wizardry found on forks that are more than twice the price.  Given that the Recon currently retails for [...]

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One of our favourite manufacturers, Niner bikes, have just announced a new carbon version of their Enduro steed the RIP9. Two years in development the new frame adds carbon frame, linkages, ISCG compatibility and additional travel to what was already a great package.  The RIP9 was one of the first 120mm travel bikes and the [...]

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In the blazing sunshine 29 starters took on the tough Hadleigh farm course in pursuit of Olympic gold.  Despite home girl Annie Last leading the field for the first lap it was French rider Julie Bresset who took to the top step of the podium with a sizable gap on Beijing Gold medalist Sabine Spitz [...]

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Trek have been busy working away on re-developing  their Superfly hardtail and Superfly 100 29er cross country bikes.  Hopefully these will be available in Ireland this year and we will endeavour to bring you pricing and availability woon.  In the meantime expect to see the Superfly pounding the trails at the Olympic cross country race [...]

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The Specialized boys had a bit more fun than Trek World Racing at La Bresse.

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Santa Cruz used April Fools day to launch two new bikes only they weren’t joking although you may have a smile on your face if you pilot one of these! Designed around a mid travel “trail” bike, the 29er Tallboy LT (Long Travel) offers 135mm of rear wheel travel and is designed for 130-150mm travel [...]

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Magura have announced today a new lineup of suspension forks which include 26″, 29″ and 650B wheels sizes reflecting a growing trend anticipated for 2013 of mid travel 650B bikes.  Magura forks have an awesome reputation for stiffness and smooth travel backed up with incredible Germna design, just ask Olympic Champion Sabina Spitz or multiple [...]

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Shimano have released details of an update to their workhorse SLX groupset that includes many of the features found on the top level XTR and XT groups. The new SLX is specifically developed for all-round mountain bikers, those who desire to ride on any challenging terrain and trail course.  Many new features have trickled down [...]

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We have been riding a Niner Air 9 Carbon for the last twelve months and it is hands down the best bike we have ever ridden.  However while it is ground breaking it is not the lightest 29er hardtail on the market currently.  Keen not to be left behind Niner have produced a RDO (Race [...]

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We here at Spoke.ie are champions of all things Niner bikes so we were thrilled to learn that they now have an XS size available for their excellent entry level EMD9 frame. The 14″ seat tube opens this bike to not only a whole host of small adults but also most importantly kids.

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We have been asking SRAM when they were going to produce a wheelset for MTB for over three years and each year they gave us a knowing smile and said soon.  Well soon is here with two new wheelsets announced – the RISE 60 and 40.  The former features a carbon fibre rim, no surprise [...]

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29er frame manufacturer Niner bikes have just announced the redesign of two of their most popular designs the Air9 and EMD9.

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One of our favourite manufacturers, Ritchey have announced some new products to their lineup in 2012. WCS stem C-260 At 100 grams (100mm) this is lightest, most advanced alloy stem in the Ritchey line

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