Tag: Steel
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Bikes Of The Apocalypse: Marin Palisades Trail
Click or not: Bikes Of The Apocalypse: Marin Palisades TrailThe end is nigh. It’s always been nigh, or nighabouts. But more nigh since 2020, when the world was duped to do as you’re told, or else… Some of us survived that attempt, others were not so lucky, and still aren’t. During that time we were threatened to be hunted down, put in camps, and… …
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Insider Rides: Ryan’s Ratty Daily Driver
Click or not: Insider Rides: Ryan’s Ratty Daily DriverI 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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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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Oliver Naessen Just Got Cooler
Click or not: Oliver Naessen Just Got CoolerAs if we needed more reasons to love Oliver Naessen, he goes and rides this Eddy Merckx Corsa steel stunner in the last stage of the Tour. Oh man, Oli, you gotta give this thing a run at Roubaix and really make some history! …
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Insider Rides: Webster San
Click or not: Insider Rides: Webster SanFor this instalment of Insider Rides Sam Webster talks us through his bespoke Miura-san Bridgestone after returning from his second trip on the prestigious Keirin circuit. “Everyone’s in the same boat, and that’s the one thing with Japanese Keirin, everyone has the same equipment within their strict specification, even your helmet and your jersey. So… …
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Experiments In Speed
Click or not: Experiments In SpeedThere’s going fast on a bicycle, and there’s going faaast on a bicycle. Donhou Bicycles are renown for their beautiful steel road bikes and time trial bikes, but this pet project took on a whole new level of design, commitment and straight up craziness. Experiments in speed. Inspired by those great men of the salt… …
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Johan Works Alone
Click or not: Johan Works AloneHe works alone. The chatter and background euro-pop radio from the factory floor briefly whispers in whenever the door opens, but inside here there is calm and silence, broken only by the sounds of a craftsman at work. Johan Vranckx is a man of few words, but with a welcoming kind smile and a warm… …
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Insider Rides: Brett’s Jaegher Interceptor Speedmaster
Click or not: Insider Rides: Brett’s Jaegher Interceptor SpeedmasterI’m an impatient type of guy, mostly. I’ll lie in bed thinking about something that I need to do tomorrow, but jump up and do it right now. If it can be done inside, of course, I mean I’m not heading out to change the oil in the car or anything. So waiting for a new… …