Above the sleepy town of Pniel just outside Stellenbosch, the boundaries of freeride mountain bike have been pushed to new levels this week at DarkFEST 2019. Back in 2016 when we first took a look at the bikes ridden at Pure Darkness 3 (the pioneer series to the DarkFEST events), it was mainly a selection short travel slopestyle bikes. But since embracing the Fest Series banner, it’s been all about the big rig downhill bikes.
Graham Agassiz’s Evil Insurgent Park Bike
Adolf Silva’s YT TUES
Nico Vink’s Scott Gambler
Nicholi Ragtkin’s Specialized Demo 8
Andreu Lacondeguy’s YT TUES
Ike Klassen’s Santa Cruz V10
Ethan Nell’s YT TUES
Mads Haugen’s Commencal Furios
Jordie Lunn’s YT TUES
Theo Erlangsen’s YT TUES
Tags: Darkfest
