Category: FEATURED
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Bikes Of The Apocalypse: Marin Palisades Trail
Click or not: Bikes Of The Apocalypse: Marin Palisades TrailThe end is nigh. It’s always been nigh, or nighabouts. But more nigh since 2020, when the world was duped to do as you’re told, or else… Some of us survived that attempt, others were not so lucky, and still aren’t. During that time we were threatened to be hunted down, put in camps, and… …
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Drool Factor + : Manitou Looks Backwards To See Forwards
Click or not: Drool Factor + : Manitou Looks Backwards To See ForwardsThe early to mid 90s (heck, the whole of the 90s) were a time of innovation and experimentation for the mountain bike industry. It was the golden age, the halcyon days. My ultimate dream bike among many at the time was the Manitou FS, with its unique rear suspension system utilising basically a Manitou fork… …
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Ridden: Paul Klampers
Click or not: Ridden: Paul KlampersEpiphanies don’t come often to us, the mere mortal. Most go through life waiting for someone else to guide them, be it a deity, or a mentor, a friend, lover, or more likely these days, the media or that strange new entity the ‘influencer’. Most of these can be helpful in assisting with information, but… …
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Ridden: Vittoria Corsa Pro (vs Control NEXT vs Control Graphene vs Rubino Pro)
Click or not: Ridden: Vittoria Corsa Pro (vs Control NEXT vs Control Graphene vs Rubino Pro)What more can you say about tyres that hasn’t already been said? We know they are the most important part on any bike, the vital contact point between the road and rider, hopefully avoiding the two meeting in an unceremonious manner. They can make or break any ride, and render the finest of bicycles as… …
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Rat Rides: Ryan’s RootBeer Cannondale
Click or not: Rat Rides: Ryan’s RootBeer CannondaleOur resident Rat Rider Ryan has been churning out a constant flow of unique, radical bikes with his mate in their workshop lately. From chopped choppers to cruisy shoppers, the results are always like nothing you’ve seen before; every bike a one-off, something we are completely au fait with here in Chainslap Garage. As we’ve… …
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Friday Fugazi: Instrument
Click or not: Friday Fugazi: InstrumentIf you are sitting around on a Friday night trying to find something to watch and end up with just more cat videos, then plug into this and get jolted out of your digitally induced stupor. Analogue and scratchy, loud, kinetic, energetic. Real instruments, of music and mind. …
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Chainslap Garage Presents: ‘Hotblack Desiato’ CAAD4
Click or not: Chainslap Garage Presents: ‘Hotblack Desiato’ CAAD4I 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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Chainslap Garage: Bosomworth SLX
Click or not: Chainslap Garage: Bosomworth SLXBicycles 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… …