Category: READ
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Read: Draft Animals
Click or not: Read: Draft Animals“If you want to sell books, you’ve got to stir up some shit.” Salman Rushdie. Ok, I might have made that quote up, but there’s a possibility the master of fatwa sex once said something along those lines. Maybe Phil Gaimon goes by that mantra, though I highly doubt it, having just finished his latest… …
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A Kiwi Does Eroica Japan
Click or not: A Kiwi Does Eroica JapanWhen Giancarlo Brocci started an event called Eroica in 1997 he had no idea it would morph into the runaway success it is today. It grew from his passion for two things, preservation of the white gravel roads in Tuscany, (the Strade Bianchi) and giving recognition to the bygone era of cycling where technology was… …
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Boneshaker
Click or not: BoneshakerTrying to find words to sum up the beauty in design of Boneshaker Magazine isn’t easy. So I’ll let them do it… It’s the wind in your hair; two brave wheels and the horizon. Boneshaker is a perfect-bound publication with a strong design aesthetic and contributors from all over the world. We’ve celebrated the chrome-shining… …
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The Winter Closeout
Click or not: The Winter CloseoutIt’s an angry runaway stream roller, barreling down the trail intent on flattening all that dare remain in its direction of travel. Being astride such a beast is inspiring, the sound of the fat tread finding purchase where there ought to be no hold in enthralling. As Arthur C. Clarke once said, “Any sufficiently advanced… …
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For The Ages
Click or not: For The AgesAll the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his time plays many parts. Somehow these lines are still swirling around my head; penned by Shakespeare centuries ago, they have managed to outwit my stunted short term memory and defunct… …
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Around The Bend Around The Lake
Click or not: Around The Bend Around The LakeWhat does it feel like to race in a New Zealand peloton full of hard Kiwi blokes who seem like they are filled with extra testosterone and frothing at the bit, only to leave you for dead on the side of the road for a stray dog to feed on? It’s actually quite painful and… …
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The Long Format Brodown
Click or not: The Long Format BrodownThere has to be a saturation point. The threshold for how many different-but-same storylines, reviews, and general commentary has been quite high since content started to be pumped out at an almost intolerable pace. I feel that a lot of what ends up on the front page of a website these days is a watered… …
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Grinta
Click or not: GrintaGrinta is one of those Italian words that seems to be designed specifically for cycling. It’s those displays of toughness displayed by hardened Pros that invariably provide the best imagery from the classics and tours each season, and imbue themselves in cycling folklore for years to come. It’s only fitting then that the first issue of Grinta… …