Mitch Delfs is at it again, together with Will Rischbieth, they put together some of their home made magic. Episode one in Perth, Western Australia takes you to Mitchell Delfs home town of Margaret river for some riding and fun times. Check it out:

Kenda/Morewood riders Nathan Rennie and Mitch Delfs have been selected to represent Australia at the upcoming world champs. Both riders will be riding in the Downhill (DHI) / Elite Men class.

Riders representing Australia:
Bryn Atkinson (Wentworth Falls, NSW 09/12/1982)
Mitchell Delfs (Gracetown, WA 25/07/1989)
Jared Graves (Toowoomba, QLD 16/12/1982) (Oceania Champion)
Michael Hannah (Yorkys Knob, QLD 21/11/1983)
Samuel Hill (Glenn Forest, WA 21/07/1985)
Chris Kovarik (Deception Bay, QLD 01/03/1978)
Jared Rando (Ainslie, ACT 22/06/1981)
Nathan Rennie (Northbridge, QLD 06/06/1963)

From everyone here at Morewood, we wish Nathan and Mitch all the best leading up to and at the World Champs

Pro bike: Mitch Delfs
We recently stopped in and caught up with young Perth gun, Mitch Delfs, and got the low down on his new wheels. This is Mitch’s second season with the team, but it was only this year that the team under went some massive sponsor (and thus) name changes. This year also saw Mitch paired with a new team mate in the form of Nathan Rennie. So how has the season and settling in with the new bike gone so far for Mitch? We’ll find out….

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Kenda/Morewood team rider Nathan Rennie has been training hard with Nathan Corbett who is a professional Australian Cruiserweight kickboxer and martial artist, fighting out of Five Rings Dojo, Gold Coast, Australia. He is the reigning WMC Muaythai Cruiserweight World champion and K-1 Scandinavia 2007 tournament champion. Putting in some hours getting his fitness back, Rennie is focused on getting a good result at the World Champs later on this year!

The race was held in sunny and warm conditions, but the riders had to battle with a course that was bone dry in some sections, and still very wet from seepage, in the forested areas. The off again - on again rain of the past week finally moved away overnight, with blue skies and bright sun appearing shortly before race time. The open sections of track dried out quickly, however, in among the trees the mud remained, forcing riders to carefully negotiate slippery rock gardens and rooted sections.
Mick Hannah (GT Bicycles), with 11 riders remaining, was the first to make … Read More »

Santa Cruz Syndicate’s Steve Peat celebrates his 50th career UCI Downhill podium by placing 2nd in the UCI World Cup Downhill in Mt. Ste. Anne, Quebec. Not a stellar weekend, but “Old School” pulled it together for the Syndicate and Minnaar is licking his wounds. Sam Hill takes the win and the leader’s jersey going into Bromont next week. Aaron Gwin has his first career UCI podium and Gee, Fabien, Sam, and Steve destroyed him with a champagne blast. The riders were greeted with a new downhill track with a lot of changes from year’s prior. The track is still … Read More »

With the steep, snow covered peaks of Andorra acting as a stunning backdrop, KENDA MOREWOOD team riders Mitch Delfs and Nathan Rennie tackled the slick roots and and tight trees under sunny skies and cool temperatures.
After quite successful opening round with very flat course in Pitermaritzburg, South Africa (Nathan Rennie in 12th place and Mitch Delfs in 45th) and also satisfied performance during the second round in La Bresse, France (Mitch Delfs 12th) the third round of the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup in Vallnord, Andorra would see Mitch Delfs place 27th (+5.56) while, injured in La Bresse week earlier, … Read More »

Barons Volksway in Pietermaritzburg were quick to step up and support the Kenda/Morewood team during their World Cup trip to South Africa. One phone call to Gareth Britz from Barons VW, and he managed to organise us a VW 1.9 TDI Touran which was more than capable of hauling the five man team and their kit to and from the track everyday. Besides being whacked by a speeding camera, we all really enjoyed driving the vehicle and had to play rock, paper, scissors before each trip to see who got to drive.

With excellent customer service and quality vehicles, I suggest you go and pay them a vsit, … Read More »

If you were wondering how the Kenda/Morewood team bikes got their chromed finish, ponder no further. It takes hours of getting dirty and tedious polishing by hand. Pictured here are Pat and Leon having the time of their lives! Each bike takes about three to four hours to polish. 3-4hours, 10 bikes, you do the math!

The Kenda/Morewood team jetted off to Spain to do some suspension testing leading up to the first leg of the Nissan UCI World Cup in South Africa.

Patrick Morewood and Morewood design engineer, Fabien Lemasson joined the team to help towards getting the frame geometry right as well as discuss kinematics with Olivier Bossard for future designs on Morewood bikes.

Fresh new rides for Nathan Rennie and Mitch Delfs were professionally set up by the team and testing went well with the riders doing around 30 odd runs each, constantly giving feedback after each run helping towards getting the bikes properly dialled in.

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