Category: BIKES
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Bikes Of The Apocalypse: Marin Palisades Trail
Click or not: Bikes Of The Apocalypse: Marin Palisades TrailThe end is nigh. It’s always been nigh, or nighabouts. But more nigh since 2020, when the world was duped to do as you’re told, or else… Some of us survived that attempt, others were not so lucky, and still aren’t. During that time we were threatened to be hunted down, put in camps, and… …
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Drool Factor + : Manitou Looks Backwards To See Forwards
Click or not: Drool Factor + : Manitou Looks Backwards To See ForwardsThe early to mid 90s (heck, the whole of the 90s) were a time of innovation and experimentation for the mountain bike industry. It was the golden age, the halcyon days. My ultimate dream bike among many at the time was the Manitou FS, with its unique rear suspension system utilising basically a Manitou fork… …
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Ridden: Paul Klampers
Click or not: Ridden: Paul KlampersEpiphanies don’t come often to us, the mere mortal. Most go through life waiting for someone else to guide them, be it a deity, or a mentor, a friend, lover, or more likely these days, the media or that strange new entity the ‘influencer’. Most of these can be helpful in assisting with information, but… …
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Just Stop With The Car Hate Already
Click or not: Just Stop With The Car Hate AlreadyCyclists, on the whole, are extremely self-righteous. Now, the term ‘cyclist’ can cover anyone from a commuter to a pro racer, and not everyone who falls within that spectrum is complicit. However, I see way too many of these self-appointed signallers of virtue and social justice spouting off regularly and often vehemently about their perceived… …
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Insider Rides: Ryan’s Ratty Daily Driver
Click or not: Insider Rides: Ryan’s Ratty Daily DriverI came across this Tarini Firenza around 1993 in Taumarunui secondhand for $500 in the LBS, where at the time I didn’t have a job so not much dollars so my lovely wife to be put it on layby. The guy that sold me the bike said it was hand built by a chap called… …
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Pro Cycling Is The Same As Pro Wrestling
Click or not: Pro Cycling Is The Same As Pro WrestlingQuiz the man in the street about Professional Wrestling and you’ll get a fairly generic answer. But first, just who the hell is the man in the street? And for the sake of holding-the-baying-social-justice-mob-at-bay, and/or woman in the street. The average Joe/Joeleen is timid, afraid, closeted by the highly likely chance they might offend someone… …
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Read: Just Ride
Click or not: Read: Just RideJust Ride. It sounds so simple, and so it should be. But for years I tried to make riding as complex as possible, for myself and many others. Not consciously, but yeah, consciously. Riding had to be done right, with the right bike for the ride and the right gear for the bike and… …
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A Taste Of Freedom
Click or not: A Taste Of FreedomI used to hate Ronny Romance and everything he stood for. What a miserable prick I was. He actually stands for everything that I’ve standed (stooded?) for, for ever, really. That’s kinda romantic. Or bromantic. Anyway this is a beautifully shot and narrated representation of why I/we/you ride, or if it isn’t, should be. …