Tag: Steel
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Insider Rides: Brian’s Triumph
Click or not: Insider Rides: Brian’s TriumphBrian is my father. He doesn’t ride bikes, but he owns more of them than I do. Most are rare, some are pristine, others litter the workshop in various states of disrepair or rebirth. Sometimes he finds some gems that I just have to commandeer for my own stable, like the MBK road bike with… …
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Insider Rides: Tom’s Crowe-Rishworth Yorkshire Ripper
Click or not: Insider Rides: Tom’s Crowe-Rishworth Yorkshire RipperThis is my Crowe-Rishworth Bicycle. It’s my do-everything-that-isn’t-mountain-biking bike and it even gives that a good go when I get carried away. Pat needs no introduction but I’d like to take this opportunity to let him know how rad the bikes are that he builds. I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to get… …
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A Kiwi Does Eroica Japan
Click or not: A Kiwi Does Eroica JapanWhen Giancarlo Brocci started an event called Eroica in 1997 he had no idea it would morph into the runaway success it is today. It grew from his passion for two things, preservation of the white gravel roads in Tuscany, (the Strade Bianchi) and giving recognition to the bygone era of cycling where technology was… …
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Ridden: Specialized Sequoia Expert
Click or not: Ridden: Specialized Sequoia ExpertWhen the Specialized Sequoia Expert arrived at Slap HQ, I wasn’t really harbouring any thoughts that it might be a bike that would replace riding two or three others. It’s not a road bike, it’s definitely not a mountain bike, but it’s both of those and more, admittedly in smaller portions of each of the… …
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Hand of the Artisan
Click or not: Hand of the ArtisanGive us a film about handmade bicycles with plenty of close-ups of beautiful lugs and dropouts and we’re pretty content. Trying to explain the processes and purposes of the Amerigo Milano Fashion Bike, well we’ll leave that to those in the know… A bicycle is commonly used to do sports, to get from A to… …
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Landed: Specialized Sequoia Expert
Click or not: Landed: Specialized Sequoia ExpertFor years I’ve contemplated the question “if you could only own one bike, what would it be?” The answer to that question has changed as often as I’ve changed bikes, but usually it was a case of either mountain bike or road bike. Factors like whatever I was enjoying riding mosty at that point figured… …
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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. …