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2010 Dirt 100 MOREWOOD MAKULU

Morewood — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 08:52:56 +0000

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 trail, and with the terrain posing no threat to the Makulu it only leaves you to do one thing – go faster!

The Morewood’s amazing rear suspension is well matched by good sizing and geometry meaning this is a much sought after frameset and one that the Dirt staff have not wanted to give back!

£2650 (Fox shock), £2800 (BOS shock)
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The day BOS arrived

Gary — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:30:29 +0000

words and photos: Gary Barnard

Have you ever wanted something for your whole life?

Have ever wanted something for your whole life sadly knowing that you probably will never have it?

That is how I felt about BOS suspension. Interestingly enough not everyone knows about BOS, their history and the prestige that accompanies it!

In my life BOS started off as the “No Name” single crown forks and huge rear shocks that the Sunn Chippie team used. It then turned into the super sexy dual crown forks on the front of some crazy french dual slalom racer at the Stellenbosch world cup in ‘98 (a certain Cedric ‘crazy french’ Gracia). The epitome was the unbelievable F1 racing quality Carbon upside down wonder fork that I saw in person in Vail 2001 when Nico won the World Championships.

Needless to say I wanted one and never thought owning one would be possible.

By a strange twist of fate I ended up being one of the first riders sponsored by a little known company in PMB, South Africa called Morewood Bikes. A company that I have believed in 100% since the first time I rode a Morewood in 2002. This company slowly but surely started to produce some of the finest handling Downhill bikes in the world and reached a level of design, build and performance quality that translated into a relationship with the enigmatic BOS engineering.

Now, many years after staring at the pages of the first Dirt magazines trying to work out who the hell made THAT, I now have a BOS engineering fork on my patio table!

Morewood Makulu with BOS suspension

Does it live up to all the hype?

Hell yea, It is my new best friend

Well almost…Here is my real new best friend.

Summer Barnard - Super chilled

Dirt Magazine gives Morewood Makulu the review it deserves

Terror — Thu, 28 May 2009 13:13:36 +0000

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 of the mag, we’ll share the goodness. Otherwise head to your news agent and go buy the magazine. Thanks for the support guys.

Magazine cover picture taken by Gary Perkin.

The first Kenda Morewood team bike is ready!

Morewood — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 08:59:26 +0000

Nathan Rennie

Patrick Morewood has personally been polishing Nathan Rennies Makulu all day yesterday, and now it is ready to build. Check it out more on Morewood Spy!

Or, read what Andre from Rushsports had to report over here.

Rennie on a Morewood in 2009

Terror — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 09:23:26 +0000

Believe what you have heard, Nathan Rennie and Mitch Delfs will be riding on the Morewood Makulu for KENDA MOREWOOD, an all new race team by Gravity Group.