Tag: Insider Rides
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Insider Rides: Tom’s Crowe-Rishworth Yorkshire Ripper
Click or not: Insider Rides: Tom’s Crowe-Rishworth Yorkshire RipperThis is my Crowe-Rishworth Bicycle. It’s my do-everything-that-isn’t-mountain-biking bike and it even gives that a good go when I get carried away. Pat needs no introduction but I’d like to take this opportunity to let him know how rad the bikes are that he builds. I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to get… …
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A Side Order of Awesome Part 2: Ratus Ratus
Click or not: A Side Order of Awesome Part 2: Ratus RatusLast time on the ‘Slap we looked at an all original 1983 Morrison Bikes Sidewinder (here). That particular bike had a very easy life and sits comfortably at my in progress museum along with other interesting rides I’ll share in future pieces. This week is all about a Sidewinder that hasn’t been quite so lucky… …
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Insider Rides: Stephan’s Merida Matts 900
Click or not: Insider Rides: Stephan’s Merida Matts 900There are so many ways we can have fun on bikes, any bikes. I’m constantly running into riders that seem to have some kind of misconception that if your bike isn’t the ‘mac daddy space plastic’ bike of justice you’re not having a sweet time, which is rubbish and it’s time to prove it. I… …
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Insider Rides’ Shop Sleds: OYB’s Pinky
Click or not: Insider Rides’ Shop Sleds: OYB’s PinkyInsider Rides gets right inside, to the bikes that find their place in the inner sanctum of the bike shop. From lunch runner to courtesy bike to used, abused and neglected, they carry on happily in utilitarian service. Josh Wrigley talks us through the mountain bike and shop life history of On Yer Bike in Wellington’s beloved… …
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Insider Rides: Wyn Masters’ Honda Scoopy
Click or not: Insider Rides: Wyn Masters’ Honda ScoopyWhen Wyn Masters isn’t winning EWS races, pulling endless wheelies or sticking a banana in someone’s face, he still rolls in complete style. Cruising the pits of Crankworx Rotorua on his Honda Scoopy did nothing to hide the fact that Wyn doesn’t mind being in the spotlight one bit. We slowed him down just long… …
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Insider Rides: Tom’s Crowe Rishworth Road
Click or not: Insider Rides: Tom’s Crowe Rishworth RoadRage Against the Machine, self titled. Strong Belgian ale. Hissing vapours sitting on winds that swirled up the paths. Teenagers lost amongst one other in nearby rooms, heat rising from their bodies and settling opaque on the window to bear witness to their fumbling deeds as their gasps broke like waves over the alley. Inside,… …
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Insider Rides: Switching Back
Click or not: Insider Rides: Switching BackInsider Rides looks at the bikes that we ride, the bikes that industry insiders ride, that racers ride, and everyday folk ride. With the recent proliferation of the new breed of ‘all-mountain’ hardtails, Nathan Timoko from local importer Adrenaline MTB runs the rule over his Stanton Switchback. Steel Hardtail frames are something we have always wanted to… …
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Insider Rides: A Transition To Hope
Click or not: Insider Rides: A Transition To HopeInsider Rides looks at the bikes that we ride, the bikes that industry insiders ride, that racers ride, and everyday folk ride. For this instalment, ace photographer Digby Shaw runs us through the heavy-on-Hope build of his new Transition Patrol. I bought my first Transition Patrol a bit over a year ago and I loved… …