Tag: old school
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Ridden: Maxxis Treadlite: What Goes Around, Comes Around
Click or not: Ridden: Maxxis Treadlite: What Goes Around, Comes Around“Happiness is a function of expectations.” Jalen Rose, from Jalen and Jacoby. The Maxxis Treadlite is a 1990s race MTB semi-slick reincarnated in 2017 as a tyre pursuing an activity that really boomed in the 60s and 70s. The 2017 guise comes tubeless-happy with a middling 2.1″ footprint in all three rim sizes. We rode the goldilocks… …
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The Renaissance Of Steel
Click or not: The Renaissance Of SteelFerrous materials have been making a comeback into the current psyche of cycling, refuting notions that a high-performance bicycle has to be made from fantastic plastic. Modern steel fabrication is pushing out of the custom bicycle builder niche and into the realm of high-performance production. For too long, cyclists have been distracted by the thermoplastics of the 00s and… …
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Old Skool X New School
Click or not: Old Skool X New SchoolThere’s no other frame material like steel, and none finer versed in the craft of turning tubes into functional art than Tom Ritchey. The moustachioed one is only too happy to impart his wisdom upon a bunch of devotees disguised as framebuilders at The Bicycle Academy. …
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A Love Note To The Old School
Click or not: A Love Note To The Old SchoolWe’re sometimes accused of being prone to old man rants about how good things were before all this new-fangled technology got more people riding bicycles off-road. The fun-loving Frenchies at Pigeon Chill Racing have just released a fun ode to those days of yore, and we are feeling rad. Have fun identifying all the bikes and… …
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Deus Does L’Eroica, Chianti Style
Click or not: Deus Does L’Eroica, Chianti StylePurveyors of all things style on two wheels Deus ex Machina once again infiltrated the rolling hills and strade bianche of Chianti for the 2016 edition of L’Eroica. A kind of old school cosplay with bicycles and wine, a proliferation of handlebars and handlebar moustaches, and no carbon in sight. The American arm of Deus… …
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Music To The Ears
Click or not: Music To The EarsThis uniquely beautiful piece of Danish design comes from Sogreni Bicycles in Copenhagen. Sogreni was founded in 1981 and specialises in custom bicycles and accessories. The flat brass disc not only pleases the eye in the most ornate way, but plays a crisp, clear note when struck, and tinkles gently over rough roads and kerbs otherwise. More than… …
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Pumped: Silca Impero Ultimate
Click or not: Pumped: Silca Impero UltimateThe frame pump is a much-maligned piece of equipment, suffering in the last decade or so from the proliferation of minimalist pumps and Co2 canisters, and its incompatibility with a lot of modern road frames with their swoopy carbon tubes. It didn’t really matter that it remained the best, most-efficient way to inflate a tyre, it… …
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Old School Sunday
Click or not: Old School SundayKids in the 70s didn’t need berms, down ramps or even specific bikes to create a sport. Just bust out the old Stingray (or Dragster for us Down Under) and slide and huck that thing to flat until it breaks. Weld in some gussets and voila, BMX is born. There’s more style and unadulterated fun oozing from… …