Category: BIKES
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Songs for the Apocalypse: The Wake-Up Bomb
Click or not: Songs for the Apocalypse: The Wake-Up BombREM could well stand for resplendent en masse as they, like the rest of us, would “rather be anywhere, doing anything” as they drop a seriously tight (and sartorial) Wake-Up Bomb back in ’95. …
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The Analog Kids
Click or not: The Analog KidsClem Shovel is a good guy. Quiet, friendly, unassuming, and a hell of a bike rider, I first met him on my first trip to the Classics in 2012 when he drove the support car, handed out bidons (he’s French after all, no bottles there) and used brute force and a big hammer to try… …
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Opening Weekend from the Other Side
Click or not: Opening Weekend from the Other SideFinally, racing season has started. Sure, we’ve been watching the hot, empty roads of the Middle East and Australia, but when Opening Weekend in Flanders rolls around we know that the good stuff is here. The next six or so weeks is all about the wind, the rain and the cobbles, with fingers crossed for… …
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Sonic Truth at the Sugar Cane 200
Click or not: Sonic Truth at the Sugar Cane 200A beautifully shot video that makes you want to get up at the crack of dawn and ride your bike a really long way on gravel. Until the second half’s soundtrack kicks in and you want to gouge your own ears out. I find playing this over the vid helps… …
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Big Bike Film Night Is Back!
Click or not: Big Bike Film Night Is Back!The Big Bike Film Night returns for 2020 and is pedalling across New Zealand from February to May. Described as a feast of short films devoted to the bicycle and all who ride it, the Big Bike Film Night is a collection of international and New Zealand movies specifically selected by Taupo based ‘Film Pedlar’/… …
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Sublime To Ridiculous
Click or not: Sublime To RidiculousBicycles offer the greatest escapism I have experienced anywhere. Ever. You can do your best thinking or absolutely no thinking at all while turning pedals. Throw wilderness into the mix and you have utter bliss. PSA: It’s not always sublime. Let’s not look at it through rose tinted Prisms. Sometimes it is completely ridiculous. Sometimes… …
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AKATARAWA GRAVEL FONDO 2020!
Click or not: AKATARAWA GRAVEL FONDO 2020!IT’S NEARLY HERE!!! A hardy trio of musketeers did a full recce of the route. They also took some photos and came to the unanimous agreement that this is an absolute banger of a route. Comments like “Tolkien country”, “Incredible adventure” and “You’re a crazy bitch” were dropped on the TripAdvisor reviews alongside 5*… …
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Bombtrack at a CX World Cup
Click or not: Bombtrack at a CX World CupLike the title says, Bombtrack ‘crosser Gosse van der Meer took to the mud at the Bern World Cup and mixed it up with the big boys. This little film is a great insight into life mid-pack out of a van rather than up front and a giant bus. …