Category: SHOT
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Huttcross 19.3: Harbourmaster
Click or not: Huttcross 19.3: HarbourmasterAs an event organizer, hitting virgin cyclocross soil is filled with the same jitters as a first date. It’s a combination of nervous excitement blended with the uncertainty of whether you’re really going to get along. They say love gets you into bed and passion gets you out of it. Well, fully armed with water… …
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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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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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FOJCX 2018: Joyful & Triumphant
Click or not: FOJCX 2018: Joyful & TriumphantYou’ll be forgiven if you haven’t heard of Sunbury CC. They’re a small club. With an even smaller CX crew. In the hipster city of Melbs. Back in 2014, that rambunctious rabble had a bold vision that Australia could become a player in the globalisation of cyclocross. Their strategy was to place Straya in the… …
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Huttcross #5: One Liners And A Bit Of Joy
Click or not: Huttcross #5: One Liners And A Bit Of JoyWhile the Biggest Cyclocross Party in the Southern Hemisphere posse aka Fields of Joy CX gang aka Melbourne GP of Cyclocross corps (sheesh – more pseudonyms than Prince) were praying for rain in Victoria, the Huttcross working party were busy scoping out the least wet areas of Moonshine Park for their penultimate round of the season. The sun… …
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Huttcross 4: Fight Club
Click or not: Huttcross 4: Fight ClubRacing is life. Fifteen bucks buys you a ticket to ride. Like-minded souls forget the social constructs that dictate hierachy, ditch the stiff working week threads, let down their hair and kick back to relax in the ambience of blood, mud, sweat and heckles. The only thing that counts here is how hard you can pedal. And… …
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Crazy Nick: A Story Told in Polaroid
Click or not: Crazy Nick: A Story Told in PolaroidThe digital camera has made everyone a photographer. I’m not entirely convinced that’s a good thing, going by the over-saturation of phone shots we are bombarded with (and feel compelled to keep up with) every fucking day of our lives. There are still artists out there, but some only think they are. Some stay true… …
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Insider Rides: Buck’s Hinault Custom
Click or not: Insider Rides: Buck’s Hinault CustomIt’s always strange meeting people that you’ve previously only known by the wonders of the internet. I’d talked to American ex-pat Buck Rogers on a popular forum many times over the years, and his enthusiasm for all things steel, Euro, and unique leapt off the page in a cacophony of “fuck yeah!”s and “right on”s. When… …