We've all been contemplating the Surly Krampus demo that has been sitting in our showroom for a while - is it a fatbike, an adventure machine, a big trail bike, or what? This weekend Lewis finally took it out for a couple of hours at Bethunes & Forrester, and here's what he has to say:"Within minutes it was clear that the Krampus is a proper trail-ready mountain bike. I've ridden fatbikes before - they're ponderous and super-stable, but the Krampus has a long, low toptube, a slack(ish) headangle, and a short wheelbase considering the size of the tyres. Consequently the handling is pretty snappy considering the size of the tyres; with the modern geo it actually handles better than my rigid On-One...
Shimano XTR Di2 is the first commercial electronic MTB shifting system. Yeah, we know it's expensive (we haven't nailed down pricing but expect it to be about $2500ish for the deraillers & shifters alone... ouch), but it's undeniably bloody cool. How does it ride? We don't know yet... the Shimano reps have given us very clear instruction to keep this demo system in the showroom, but bikeradar have a great video here. Our first impressions are that it's very, very slick and smooth. The shift triggers require a firmer push than their Di2 road counterparts, and this is probably a good thing for mountain bikers. The rear derailleur always moves with pinpoint accuracy, and the front derailleur automatically trims to match -...
The other day this guy comes into the shop... turns out he's Monty Bevins, a singer song writer and about to embark on a country wide bicycle tour, singing gigs along the way. So after chatting a while he tells us he'd be keen to use our bicycle showroom for a little gig after the trip to show off some photos and sing some songs! How could we turn that down!? So Bike Otago is now officially hosting its first ever gig on Friday May 1st, 530pm. Not sure what we'll do about alcohol, but we'll figure something out... Check out Monty in the video below. Turns out he's got an incredible sound and we're a little ashamed not to...
We've just received Urge's new range for 2015. We're yet to work out pricing, but check out the awesome new colours...
Our old favourite and clear best-seller, the All-M, has received a makeover - with a cool matte finish and some new details. The blue's a good match for Yeti turq, and orange is a great contrast. Another stunner is the new matte-black-matt-gold Archi-Enduro - it's just so classy! The popular Endur-O-Matic is now available in pure matte black, and there are new colours for the full-face lids.
