Category: STYLE
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Insider Rides: Brett’s Jaegher Interceptor Speedmaster
Click or not: Insider Rides: Brett’s Jaegher Interceptor SpeedmasterI’m an impatient type of guy, mostly. I’ll lie in bed thinking about something that I need to do tomorrow, but jump up and do it right now. If it can be done inside, of course, I mean I’m not heading out to change the oil in the car or anything. So waiting for a new… …
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Breathe
Click or not: BreatheCombining two things we love to look at, bicycles and abandoned structures, Breathe crawls through the fence with Luis Favas into a ghostly velodrome in Sofia, Bulgaria. …
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In Pursuit Of Going Slow
Click or not: In Pursuit Of Going SlowI pieced together a bicycle recently with nostalgia and parts-bin pragmatism. The top-of-the-line frame from 25 years ago has patina-ed well, bearing marks of use and care and enjoyment. Everything else has been scrounged, traded for beer, borrowed, or was just hanging around as these things do. I think about buying a front rack and… …
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Iconic Style: Campagnolo Group 4 Wheels
Click or not: Iconic Style: Campagnolo Group 4 WheelsThe Italians do most forms of style better than most, especially when it comes to cars. Sometimes at the cost of efficiency and reliability, sure, but that’s what gives them their originality too. I always pined for an Alfa Romeo in my teens, and when I finally acquired one I was smitten by the style,… …
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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… …
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Style Icons: Phil Anderson
Click or not: Style Icons: Phil AndersonNot only was Phil Anderson a multiple Tour and Giro stage winner and Classics monster, he was without question an unassuming style icon. That majestic mane and the Oakley eyeshades will forever be a signature of classic 80s fashion. ‘Skippy’ wasn’t afraid to throw as many tones of fluoro as existed back in the age… …
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Mario Mondays: Nothing Stoic
Click or not: Mario Mondays: Nothing StoicThis treasure from the 97 Tour shows the Lion King at his best. Saeco kit with the stars and stripes shorts, Brikos, this is classic Cipo. The presenter couldn’t have said it better: “In a sport largely dominated by Stoics, the occasional Wideboy is bound to stand out, with his Cormorant wingspan, big-screen grin and… …