Category: RANT
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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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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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Time Travel Is A Thing, So Why Can’t I Do It?
Click or not: Time Travel Is A Thing, So Why Can’t I Do It?You know that ‘the movies™’ are just an usher for predictive programming, and everything that happens in them eventually comes true, right? So why can’t I be cast in The Time Machine? Coz this here dimension sucks. But where would I go? The future, to see how this shit show ends, or doesn’t, more likely?… …
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Instagram Is Bullshit
Click or not: Instagram Is BullshitInstagram is bullshit. But I need it. NO, I don’t need it, but somehow it’s got me by the balls, because of commitments I’ve made to others. My supporters, partners, sponsors, donors, call them what you will. Those who are kind enough to trust my experience and give me parts and clothes and accessories to… …
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No Fun
Click or not: No Fun I bumped into an old mate recently. We used to work together, ride together, socialise together. We didn’t so much as drift apart, but for whatever reasons, new jobs, new houses, we just didn’t see each other. It’s always good to see him, have a catch up and then go back to our respective… …
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Controversial As
Click or not: Controversial AsNever one to skirt around the edges, it wouldn’t be an opinion piece without a dollop of controversy. A flick through the Chainslap archives over a flat white is the perfect reminder of two things. Number One: we are spoiled for photographers with mad skillz in Wellington, who have an incredible ability to capture a… …
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Worlds Kits: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
Click or not: Worlds Kits: The Good, The Bad, The UglyThe Road World Championships are always a cavalcade of colour, with riders ditching their trade team allegiances and (supposedly) coming together under the colours of their home countries.A rider who may have been resplendent in their team kit all season can suddenly be reduced to looking like they shopped at K-Mart, all because of where… …
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Get Off My Lawn
Click or not: Get Off My LawnI’m far too salty for someone who is under 30. Pessimism and being judgmental has been my M.O. since forever, so much so that as a young adult, a friend remarked, “You’ve been 40 since you were 17!” I can’t help it, though at times it would be nice if I could be less like… …