Tag: Gravel Riding
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Malachi Pedals Beyond
Click or not: Malachi Pedals Beyond Pretty sure I met this cat at the SSWC in Castlemaine, Victoria in 2003. I met a lot of tattooed cats that weekend so I could be well mistaken, but either way I know Malachi’s name well from decades of (he and I) living the two wheel life. Just one of those guys who… …
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Sublime To Ridiculous
Click or not: Sublime To RidiculousBicycles offer the greatest escapism I have experienced anywhere. Ever. You can do your best thinking or absolutely no thinking at all while turning pedals. Throw wilderness into the mix and you have utter bliss. PSA: It’s not always sublime. Let’s not look at it through rose tinted Prisms. Sometimes it is completely ridiculous. Sometimes… …
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Fond of Gravel? Fondo the Akas
Click or not: Fond of Gravel? Fondo the AkasSaddle up for an epic adventure riding around… up, over, through… the Akatawara Forest. The Akatawara Gravel Fondo is on, so mark down the 12th of January 2020! What the Hell is a Gravel Fondo? Gravel grinding is the best way to use your ‘cross bike over the summer! Gravel Fondos are totes #trendingrightnow. I’ve… …
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Bombtrack At The Dirty Reiver
Click or not: Bombtrack At The Dirty ReiverThe good crew from Bombtrack are nothing if not mavericks when it comes to travelling afar for the biggest, longest and toughest gravel/adventure events in Europe. I have known Clem for a few years now and was lucky enough to meet owner Manuel and legend Stefan ‘Fish’ Vis at the Malteni Bootleggers in Belgium in… …
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Akrigg Gravels
Click or not: Akrigg GravelsIs there anything a gravel bike can’t do? Not when it’s piloted by Chris Akrigg. …
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Ridden: Specialized Sequoia Expert
Click or not: Ridden: Specialized Sequoia ExpertWhen the Specialized Sequoia Expert arrived at Slap HQ, I wasn’t really harbouring any thoughts that it might be a bike that would replace riding two or three others. It’s not a road bike, it’s definitely not a mountain bike, but it’s both of those and more, admittedly in smaller portions of each of the… …
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Day Trippers: Featherston Overnighter
Click or not: Day Trippers: Featherston Overnighter“Credit card bikepacking” is a term that I hadn’t heard or even knew existed until recently. In fact, bikepacking was only a word that was easily dismissed as something that other, more adventurous and/or hardy types did. Adding a shitload of weight to a bike and then pedalling off up some boring gravel road to… …
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Landed: Revelate Bags
Click or not: Landed: Revelate BagsEven for non-bikepacking types, the name that usually springs to mind when it comes to on-the-bike gear carrying options is Revelate Designs. The Alaskan company has been producing an array of frame bags and their bag brethren for ten years, borne out of crazy races like the Iditarod and other adventures in the frozen wilderness of… …