Confronting a mountain lion in pitch black, being chased and bitten by a pack of dogs and facing a grizzly bear would not stop Matt Griggs from completing his mission. As the 37-year-old Perth cyclist grinded out the 4500km from Canada to Mexico in June and July, failure was not an option. Mr Griggs wasContinue Reading »

A massive congratulations to Matt Griggs, who recently conquered the mighty Tour Divide covering over 4000km along The Great Divide Mountain Bike Route  from Banff, Canada working south to Antelope Wells, New Mexico ( check the route here https://www.adventurecycling.org/routes-and-maps/adventure-cycling-route-network/great-divide-mountain-bike-route/ Check out Matt’s awe inspiring stats here http://trackleaders.com/tourdivide16i.php?name=Matthew_Griggs Well done Matt, we all look forward to some crazy storiesContinue Reading »

With the buzz of Fort William behind us we set off on the Monday morning for the next world cup in Leogang, Austria. The drive involved the whole length of England. Then a overnight ferry to the hook of Holland. Following this we embarked on what was without a doubt the longest drive of myContinue Reading »

Take a look at the progress of hardcore rider Matt Griggs at the Tour Divide on the following link: http://trackleaders.com/tourdivide16i.php?name=Matthew_Griggs   Matt has put a good dent in the epic 4418kms to be covered self supported from Banff to New Mexico in the USA, roughly 1890 covered so far! Black Bears and Mountain Lions areContinue Reading »

Hey guys, bit of an update from the last few weeks! We arrived in the UK to some good weather and picked up the van. After a few small mods to the van and after ticking everything off the shopping list for the trick we were ready to get up to Scotland for the 3rdContinue Reading »

Every now and then the ultra keen trail rider calls on an adventure that exceeds all those prior. Enter the 2016 Trans NZ 5 Day Enduro stage race, taking place over an abundant variety of incredible trails of Craigieburn and Queenstown on the South island of New Zealand. 120 participants took to the challenge whichContinue Reading »

Getting up for work at 5 am seems easy compared to the rude 3:30 am alarm that awaits the Wednesday morning before a national round weekend. After meeting speedlight teammate Carl Pickersgill at the airport, it was a 3 hour flight over to Melbourne to pick up the rental van. Next a 6 hour slog to Thredbo and after a rainContinue Reading »

Exciting times for Speedlite with the addition of two of the states best downhill riders on board. We’re happy to welcome Jordan Prochyra and Carl Pickersgill to represent us. Better still, Jordan has recently been welcomed on board the Giant Australia Downhill team, backing this up with a mighty 5th podium place in the recentContinue Reading »

Why do we ride bikes? Mountain bikers are a diverse bunch and their motivations are like to be more diverse than the riders themselves. It may be the personal challenges faced on the bike, the sense of adventure, the comradery found in a group of like-minded people or the buzz fuelled by competition on raceContinue Reading »

After an extended mid-season break, racing headed south for round five of the 2015 WAGE series to the home of fine wine, chilled vibes and good times; the much loved country Town of Margaret River. Flow trails through pine forest was a common characteristic of all the weekends’ race stages, with the well laid outContinue Reading »