Category: INSIDER RIDES
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Insider Rides: Ryan’s Ratty Daily Driver
Click or not: Insider Rides: Ryan’s Ratty Daily DriverI came across this Tarini Firenza around 1993 in Taumarunui secondhand for $500 in the LBS, where at the time I didn’t have a job so not much dollars so my lovely wife to be put it on layby. The guy that sold me the bike said it was hand built by a chap called… …
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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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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… …
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Rat Rides: Big Mo Chopped, Locked and Loaded
Click or not: Rat Rides: Big Mo Chopped, Locked and LoadedOur resident rat rider Ryan is back with another of his insane chop shop projects, this time a bastardised Big Mo utilising some, let’s say, unique parts to create a literal Frankenstein’s Chopper. This project started out life as a standard Big Mo branded chopper. We cut off the rear end and used pulldown bars… …
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Insider Rides: Hayden McCormick’s Team BridgeLane Cervelo R5
Click or not: Insider Rides: Hayden McCormick’s Team BridgeLane Cervelo R5Hayden’s a dude. Just the right amount of chilled and focused, while more than able to laugh at himself and twists and turns that his life throws at him. Currently racing in the Tour of Utah, we caught up with Hayden one summer afternoon in his Te Awamutu hometown, where he talked us through the… …
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Insider Rides: Brett’s Merckx Team SC
Click or not: Insider Rides: Brett’s Merckx Team SC“Ah, I know this bike!” And so he should’ve. It had carried him to one of his victories in Paris-Roubaix, plus a host of other wins and podiums in major races. Of course I had to let him ride it, but somehow and for reasons unknown I failed to get photographic evidence. I mean, what… …
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Insider Rides: Tom Pidcock’s Pinarello F10
Click or not: Insider Rides: Tom Pidcock’s Pinarello F10Trajectory. Backing up his victory in the Junior race just two years ago, Tom Pidcock’s win in the U23 Paris-Roubaix last weekend shows he is on the correct trajectory. Mirroring his National, European and World Championship Junior CX titles with the equivalent U23 crowns, ticking off the British Crit Champs and CX Champs long the… …