Tag: Ryan Branson

  • Insider Rides: Ryan’s Ratty Daily Driver

    Insider Rides: Ryan’s Ratty Daily Driver

    I came across this Tarini Firenza around 1993 in Taumarunui secondhand for $500 in the LBS, where at the time I didn’t have a job so not much dollars so my lovely wife to be put it on layby. The guy that sold me the bike said it was hand built by a chap called…

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  • Rat Rides: Ryan’s RootBeer Cannondale

    Rat Rides: Ryan’s RootBeer Cannondale

    Our resident Rat Rider Ryan has been churning out a constant flow of unique, radical bikes with his mate in their workshop lately. From chopped choppers to cruisy shoppers, the results are always like nothing you’ve seen before; every bike a one-off, something we are completely au fait with here in Chainslap Garage. As we’ve…

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  • Rat Rides: Big Mo Chopped, Locked and Loaded

    Rat Rides: Big Mo Chopped, Locked and Loaded

    Our resident rat rider Ryan is back with another of his insane chop shop projects, this time a bastardised Big Mo utilising some, let’s say, unique parts to create a literal Frankenstein’s Chopper. This project started out life as a standard Big Mo branded chopper. We cut off the rear end and used pulldown bars…

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  • Insider Rides: Ryan’s Metro Rat 22

    Insider Rides: Ryan’s Metro Rat 22

    Anyone who rides anything seems to have a bling bike these days, and the amount of tech that is on the average mountain or road bike would baffle those of us who were around way back in the day when categories or niches weren’t yet invented. There were kids bikes, and adult bikes. Sometimes, the…

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