Tag: road cycling
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Pro Cycling Is The Same As Pro Wrestling
Click or not: Pro Cycling Is The Same As Pro WrestlingQuiz the man in the street about Professional Wrestling and you’ll get a fairly generic answer. But first, just who the hell is the man in the street? And for the sake of holding-the-baying-social-justice-mob-at-bay, and/or woman in the street. The average Joe/Joeleen is timid, afraid, closeted by the highly likely chance they might offend someone… …
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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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Ridden: Vittoria Corsa Tubeless
Click or not: Ridden: Vittoria Corsa TubelessRoad tubeless is still a relatively new thing, yet one we’ve been crying out for for years. We’ve been tubeless off-road for decades, so why did it take so long to perfect the road tubeless technology? We don’t know, but we finally feel like the tech is finally trustworthy (what with those high pressures) and… …
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Doing It Right at De Ronde
Click or not: Doing It Right at De RondeI was travelling light. I’d managed to get a full glass of beer spilt on me the previous night (good story, for another time) and although I’d quickly rinsed the beer off my only pair of trousers I figured I’d be working outside on the race and should be safe. Sitting on the back of… …
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Opening Weekend from the Other Side
Click or not: Opening Weekend from the Other SideFinally, racing season has started. Sure, we’ve been watching the hot, empty roads of the Middle East and Australia, but when Opening Weekend in Flanders rolls around we know that the good stuff is here. The next six or so weeks is all about the wind, the rain and the cobbles, with fingers crossed for… …
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More Than You Can Chew, or Knowing When To Say When
Click or not: More Than You Can Chew, or Knowing When To Say WhenThere always comes a time when you know you need to pull up stumps, cut your losses, get out while the going’s good. It’s those times when your words don’t quite form coherent sentences and the barman looks at you like he’s about to call security, even though he’s only served you one drink and… …
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Insider Rides: Hayden McCormick’s Team BridgeLane Cervelo R5
Click or not: Insider Rides: Hayden McCormick’s Team BridgeLane Cervelo R5Hayden’s a dude. Just the right amount of chilled and focused, while more than able to laugh at himself and twists and turns that his life throws at him. Currently racing in the Tour of Utah, we caught up with Hayden one summer afternoon in his Te Awamutu hometown, where he talked us through the… …
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Insider Rides: Brett’s Merckx Team SC
Click or not: Insider Rides: Brett’s Merckx Team SC“Ah, I know this bike!” And so he should’ve. It had carried him to one of his victories in Paris-Roubaix, plus a host of other wins and podiums in major races. Of course I had to let him ride it, but somehow and for reasons unknown I failed to get photographic evidence. I mean, what… …