Tag: Campagnolo
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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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When Team Cars Had Class
Click or not: When Team Cars Had ClassIn a time where style, class and character were in abundance, Bill Woodul captured these images of the Pro team cars, wagons and vans in the mid to late seventies. Opel, Peugeot, Citroen, Mercedes, Fiat and BMW and the iconic Merckx Volvo. Pure class without a mega-bus in sight. Hand-painted sponsorship decals by craftsmen with… …
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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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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: Five Buck Beauty
Click or not: Insider Rides: Five Buck BeautyWhat can you get for a fiver these days? A whole shitty pizza, a slice of good pizza, a fancy foamy coffee, or a classic steel road bike. Sure, you have to be pretty lucky to get a road bike (or a coffee) for that, but when you have friends who collect and recycle roadside… …
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Insider Rides: Brett’s Jaegher Interceptor
Click or not: Insider Rides: Brett’s Jaegher InterceptorInsider Rides looks at the bikes that we ride, the bikes that industry insiders ride, that racers ride, and everyday folk ride. This time out, we take a look at the road bike of head-Slapper Brett, a bike conceived over many years in the mind, and eventually realised in the spiritual heartland of cycling. Cyclists love to… …