Tag: Roubaix

  • Zwift Announces ‘Real Roubaix’ App

    Zwift Announces ‘Real Roubaix’ App

    AF Press Release – 01/04/2019 Online indoor cycling platform Zwift have just announced they will be launching a special ‘Real Roubaix Zwift’ course in time for next Sunday’s l’enfer du Nord. Available only for the week leading up to the race, it will surely be in demand from users all around the world seeking a…

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  • Insider Rides: Buck’s Hinault Custom

    Insider Rides: Buck’s Hinault Custom

    It’s always strange meeting people that you’ve previously only known by the wonders of the internet. I’d talked to American ex-pat Buck Rogers on a popular forum many times over the years, and his enthusiasm for all things steel, Euro, and unique leapt off the page in a cacophony of “fuck yeah!”s and “right on”s. When…

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  • Roubaix Week: The Greatest Cycling Movie Ever Made

    Roubaix Week: The Greatest Cycling Movie Ever Made

    If the title of this post made you think “is it American Flyers?”, get the fuck outa here right now. Sure, Kevin Costner did a great job of playing a dying dufus on a bike, some other guy rode around in a cowboy hat and Eddy Merckx put in a memorable performance firing a gun,…

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  • Roubaix Week: The 2001 Mudfest

    Roubaix Week: The 2001 Mudfest

    Every year the most sadistic of road racing fans hope for one thing; a wet Paris-Roubaix. We want the most epic of races to be even harder for the riders, the punishment of the pavé amplified by a decent coating of precipitation, the ancient farm tracks made more treacherous by adding to the already slick…

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  • Taking The Edge Off: The New Roubaix And Ruby

    Taking The Edge Off: The New Roubaix And Ruby

    We’ve said it before, if you’re going to do a launch then make it cool. While ChainSlap didn’t get an invite with the international media for the launch of new Roubaix and Ruby, the lucky ones who did were treated to some real-world testing on the pavé of Belgium and Northern France, from where the bike’s name…

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