Check out what DIRT had to say about our Morewood Makulu.

November 29th, 2009 @ 9:30 AM

There is something about this frameset that sets it apart from its rivals, whether it’s down to the design of the frame and its linkage or the tuned factory BOS suspension, it’s hard to say. But what is clear when you mount the Makulu is that it is different from anything you’ve ridden before, the suspension truly isolates the rider from the ground in a way which at first is almost disarming. But it doesn’t take long to get used to floating over the … Read More »

Bicycling Magazine took our new Marathon bike for a ride, and this is what they had to say:
“…owning a Morewood is akin to running an Apple Mac, or grinding your own coffee beans: slightly left of field and the mark of a connoisseur…”
Patrick Morewood has been building bikes by hand in Pietermaritzburg for over a decade, and in that time has built a reputation for no-nonsense downhill machines that look the part, and do the job too.
In South Africa, owning a Morewood is akin to running an Apple Mac, or grinding your own coffee beans: slightly left of field and … Read More »

‘The Morewood rolled into the office at the tail end of last year, one of the first production versions, put together by one of the team of engineers down at BOS suspension in Toulouse. Since that time it has been in constant use, most certainly not one of the bikes that gets buried in a corner of the office’.
Frame
“It’s correct from the outset.”
In terms of geometry it’s a very straightforward bike, but don’t for a second think that each millimetre and degree has not been agonised over.

These angles are deliberate and certainly not the work of a guesser. This … Read More »

June Issue of Dirt Mag

Look out for the June issue of Dirt Magazine, and you will find a blinding review of the Makulu, our professional level downhill racing bike. You may remember seeing this on the Dirt Mag website when they received delivery of our Makulu. Well, finally the review is out in the June issue of the magazine.

As soon as we get our greasy fingers on a copy … Read More »

No, we dont just make downhill bikes. We also make some other models that we hope will tickle your fancy. Take the Mbuzi for instance, our lightweight, highly capable, enduro or trail bike. Also known as the mountain goat. Here is a review on Bike Radar.

Ok, so we have been a little slack on the blog, sorry. If you have been online in the last few weeks you will know about the big news and high hopes for Morewood in 2009. And, just incase you missed it, here is the review of our Izimu by Jason at Sicklines.com, after an entire season of riding the beast. Enjoy.

Morewood Mbuzi

There is nothing quite like driving 180km/h on the Autobahn drafting an entry for ones blog with the sounds of Daft Punk in your ears.

Im in France with the guys from BS Trading. Tomorrow I’ll be hitching a ride to Friedrichshafen for Eurobike 2008 and help out at the SportsNut stand.

But today I went beating down the Cenq Chateaux (5 Castle) trail in Alsace, just above the little town of Turckheim.

I’ve been riding bikes for years. I’ve come from a Kona Hahanna in … Read More »