Category: ORIGINAL
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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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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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Shot: Paris-Roubaix 2019
Click or not: Shot: Paris-Roubaix 2019Throw out all the superlatives you want, there’s just not enough words to portray Paris-Roubaix to a level anywhere near its reverential status among its suitors. See, even when trying not to, it makes you. It’s best left to the camera and a denizen who knows where to point it to relate one of the… …
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Find What You Love And Let It Kill You
Click or not: Find What You Love And Let It Kill You“My dear, Find what you love and let it kill you. Let it drain you of your all. Let it cling onto your back and weigh you down into eventual nothingness. Let it kill you and let it devour your remains. For all things will kill you, both slowly and fastly, but it’s much… …
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Insider Rides: Webster San
Click or not: Insider Rides: Webster SanFor this instalment of Insider Rides Sam Webster talks us through his bespoke Miura-san Bridgestone after returning from his second trip on the prestigious Keirin circuit. “Everyone’s in the same boat, and that’s the one thing with Japanese Keirin, everyone has the same equipment within their strict specification, even your helmet and your jersey. So… …
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Cerchio Ghisallo
Click or not: Cerchio GhisalloEvery year, as the Giro di Lombardia snakes through the hills nestled above Lake Como, an old man, Giovanni Cermenati, claps the riders as they pass the top of his driveway just a few hundred metres past the Madonna del Ghisallo. He then turns and heads back to his small workshop, back to continue his… …
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Claudio Marinangeli: The Gate Keeper
Click or not: Claudio Marinangeli: The Gate KeeperIn true fashion, it takes nine people to put the clock up, seven of those help verbally. Now we can see the time we can see that it is late and that everyone should get started. Don’t tell the riders that have already filtered off though, getting their first stamp of the day and spinning… …
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Scrotty Mods: The SPD Grease Port
Click or not: Scrotty Mods: The SPD Grease PortThe SPD pedal is a stalwart. You can’t throw a rock without hitting a set that’s weathered years and years of abuse. If there’s a downtrodden parts bin build rattling around the trails, it’s a pretty safe bet there’ll be a set of M530s wound into her. This mod was conceived by Mike Trudgen, ordinarily… …