Category: BIKES

  • Chainslap Garage Presents: ‘Hotblack Desiato’ CAAD4

    Chainslap Garage Presents: ‘Hotblack Desiato’ CAAD4

    I remember it well. The intersection of Evans Street and Ross, a gentleman older than me. To my left he rode, alongside a Kombi van likely piloted by a stoned me. Almost definitely. It was the bulk, the ‘fatness’ that drew my attention. Not that of the rider, but of the bicycle underneath him. Accustomed…

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  • Malachi Pedals Beyond

    Malachi Pedals Beyond

     Pretty sure I met this cat at the SSWC in Castlemaine, Victoria in 2003. I met a lot of tattooed cats that weekend so I could be well mistaken, but either way I know Malachi’s name well from decades of (he and I) living the two wheel life. Just one of those guys who…

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  • Chainslap Garage: Bosomworth SLX

    Chainslap Garage: Bosomworth SLX

    Bicycles are family. They are always there for you, usually don’t let you down, and you love them for the most part. And sometimes, you just have to let them go. Chainslap Garage is like an extended family, with more bikes than we’d ever be comfortable housing if they were actual children. Even the favourites…

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  • Ty Tuesdays: Freedom Band Live @ The Yard, Raglan

    Ty Tuesdays: Freedom Band Live @ The Yard, Raglan

    Freedom. It’s good for me, but not for you. That’s been the attitude of the inhabitants of this country (and the world) for the last, oh, three or so years, coincidentally. “You can have your freedom, but only if you do as you’re told.” The right to have autonomy over ourselves is now controlled by…

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  • Landed: WTB HTZ i30 EMTB Wheelset

    Landed: WTB HTZ i30 EMTB Wheelset

    Let’s face it, the electric bike, in all its forms, has saved the bike industry. For now. E-bikes created a whole new segment for manufacturers to develop products for, and they had a whole new audience to cater to. In the mountain bike world especially, new sub-cat products were actually useful and not just a…

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  • Rat Rides: Big Mo Chopped, Locked and Loaded

    Rat Rides: Big Mo Chopped, Locked and Loaded

    Our resident rat rider Ryan is back with another of his insane chop shop projects, this time a bastardised Big Mo utilising some, let’s say, unique parts to create a literal Frankenstein’s Chopper. This project started out life as a standard Big Mo branded chopper. We cut off the rear end and used pulldown bars…

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  • Skidkhana: A Gravel Bike Film in 4K

    Skidkhana: A Gravel Bike Film in 4K

    Skids. They were the first ‘trick’ you learned once you’d mastered the art of balance, pedalling and steering. A skill you keep forever, and utilise for purpose but mainly just because they are fun. It’s feet up, feet off, and feet out in this instance as a sinuous gravel road becomes a playground for 42mm…

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  • Revisited: Herygers Humiliates Holland

    Revisited: Herygers Humiliates Holland

    The title of this video nails it; Koksijde 1994 really was a significant moment in modern cyclocross racing, for reasons good, bad, and a little bit ugly at times. It was also the first time I’d watched a ‘cross race, when SBS TV aired the full replay one Sunday morning. Sat with VCR remote in…

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