Category: BIKES

  • Pumped: Silca Impero Ultimate

    Pumped: Silca Impero Ultimate

    The frame pump is a much-maligned piece of equipment, suffering in the last decade or so from the proliferation of minimalist pumps and Co2 canisters, and its incompatibility with a lot of modern road frames with their swoopy carbon tubes. It didn’t really matter that it remained the best, most-efficient way to inflate a tyre, it…

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  • Patent Leather Magic

    Patent Leather Magic

    Joe Parkin may not be a household name, even in cycling circles, but he’s done a hell of a lot as both a rider and an author. Heck, he was even Editor of the best mtb magazine in the world, Bike, and then its road spinoff Paved, for a couple of years. His books A…

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  • Cold Lonely And Festive

    Cold Lonely And Festive

    Is there a more polarising cycling company than Rapha? Never has a manufacturer of clothing for riding bikes in been so lambasted, mainly for their high prices, but also for the moody videos they produce which are seen by some as elitist, too hip or just plain wanky. Personally I love their gear, even if I…

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  • A Jaunt Through The Park

    A Jaunt Through The Park

    Life is good in Canada by the looks of it for our former cohort Caleb Smith. He just filmed this cool little video for the new Kona Private Jake cx/gravel/adventure bike around the parks, roads and singletrack of his new(ish) home, which looks like a pretty perfect place to ride. And live. We reckon these…

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  • Bernard Kerr’s London

    Bernard Kerr’s London

    Something tells me this may not be the most accurate depiction of London living. Instead of the tribulations of central city rent and murderous road infrastructure, Bernard Kerr sticks to the Surrey Hills’ trails, except when he’s in the air. It’s not hard to see why Kerr took the top honours at this years Red…

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  • Belgian Waffle Ride

    Belgian Waffle Ride

    There’s never enough Belgium around here, even when the elements of said Belgianity are in the States. The Belgian Waffle Ride is our kind of event, long, hot, dirty, roady, singletracky, gravelly, beery and booby. It attracts the big hitters and an even bigger field of fun and pain seekers, hitting them back with over 230km…

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  • Ride Like The Wind

    Ride Like The Wind

    Protecting your team leader from the wind just got trickier…

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  • Old School Sunday

    Old School Sunday

    Kids in the 70s didn’t need berms, down ramps or even specific bikes to create a sport. Just bust out the old Stingray (or Dragster for us Down Under) and slide and huck that thing to flat until it breaks. Weld in some gussets and voila, BMX is born. There’s more style and unadulterated fun oozing from…

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