Tag: Beer
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Ways To Carry Stuff: Stealth Beer Holster
Click or not: Ways To Carry Stuff: Stealth Beer HolsterMost mountain bikers know this truth: one of the best places to enjoy a beer is at the top of a hill with a trail to follow. Beer is, however, awkward to carry, heavy, temperamental when shaken, and precious. All good reasons to spend the time and money to get the best way of ferrying it… …
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Ode To The Pub Bike
Click or not: Ode To The Pub BikeSome recent encounters with new technology which is incompatible with other new technology in imperceptible ways has left a bit of a bitter taste. After an old man rant later, on my way home I was reminded of one of the best bicycles ever: the pub bike. The pub bike is the spiritual predecessor to fixies.… …
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Belgian Waffle Ride
Click or not: Belgian Waffle RideThere’s never enough Belgium around here, even when the elements of said Belgianity are in the States. The Belgian Waffle Ride is our kind of event, long, hot, dirty, roady, singletracky, gravelly, beery and booby. It attracts the big hitters and an even bigger field of fun and pain seekers, hitting them back with over 230km… …
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Last Drinks
Click or not: Last DrinksAnother year of cyclocross racing is over and for those of us who love it, it feels like boxing day. The mass of race tape is our pile of wrapping paper, we have a gazebo to put away instead of a tree, all the other equipment needs packed away in a cupboard and we are… …
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Drink Tripels, Don’t Ride Triples
Click or not: Drink Tripels, Don’t Ride TriplesFor beer-drinking cyclists, Belgium is nirvana. The best riders, the best bikes, and the best beer all come from the motherland, and when you throw in the kassien, the bergs and the beautiful countryside of the Ardennes, there’s little argument to be made against such claims. Rapha might be seen by some as over the top… …
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Tall Poppy Syndrome
Click or not: Tall Poppy SyndromeKiwis and Aussies love a winner, we love a hero, but get too big for your boots and you’ll soon be brought back to earth with a thud. “You’re good, but don’t you dare think that you are or there’ll be retribution.” Even though 8 Wired Brewing is doing beer better than most, no-one can accuse them… …
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By George, That’s Some Good Brewing
Click or not: By George, That’s Some Good BrewingNo-one ever sits down with a good brew in hand without the intention of either relaxing, improving their mood, or getting a bit rowdy. Unless of course you live somewhere like Louisiana, in which case your intention may be to make your sister or cousin more attractive. Whatever your plans for the evening I think… …
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When Times Were Simpler, Objectification Was Rife And Bogans Loved Cycling
Click or not: When Times Were Simpler, Objectification Was Rife And Bogans Loved CyclingYou’ve gotta hand it to my homeland, Aussies are all class. How I long for those hot summer days when you could go for a ride or enter a race and yobbo tradies wouldn’t try to run you over with their utes, just playfully throw water over you. If you were a grouse-lookin’ sheila. In ridiculously… …