Tag: Steel

  • Insider Rides: Tom’s Crowe Rishworth Road

    Insider Rides: Tom’s Crowe Rishworth Road

    Rage Against the Machine, self titled. Strong Belgian ale. Hissing vapours sitting on winds that swirled up the paths. Teenagers lost amongst one other in nearby rooms, heat rising from their bodies and settling opaque on the window to bear witness to their fumbling deeds as their gasps broke like waves over the alley. Inside,…

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  • Retro Ronde

    Retro Ronde

    Steel bikes, wool jerseys, leather shoes, mesh gloves, hairnets, Belgian brews and cobbles… what’s not to love about the Retro Ronde van Vlaanderen?

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  • Collect/Cultivate/Cull

    Collect/Cultivate/Cull

    Got a ton of cash laying about and a fetish for classic steel road bikes? This stunning collection is up for grabs right now on E-Bay. You’re gonna need a bigger shed and a fucking good explanation… German Bik Nender is the current owner of the fine fleet, and has curated an appropriately reverent installation that…

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  • Laying Groundwork

    Laying Groundwork

    Bombtrack are one of those little companies with a big heart and a true ride-centric philosophy. They brought together a core of friends who helped build the brand for a gathering in the south of France to do the things they love best; ride, drink, laugh and ride some more. After you’ve got wanderlust envy…

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  • Fairdale France

    Fairdale France

    If you’re stuck behind a desk today and need a bit of respite from staring at the outside world taunting you, take a quick mind trip to the French Alps for an out-of-body experience with the Fairdale Bikes crew.

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  • Insider Rides: Kev’s Serotta CSI

    Insider Rides: Kev’s Serotta CSI

    Insider Rides looks at the bikes that we ride, the bikes that industry insiders ride, that racers ride, and everyday folk ride. This instalment is graced by a bike with a history and a backstory that adds more glory to its already pedigreed name. We present Kev’s very special Serotta CSI.  A Gratis I’ve never won…

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  • Insider Rides: Brett’s Jaegher Interceptor

    Insider Rides: Brett’s Jaegher Interceptor

    Insider Rides looks at the bikes that we ride, the bikes that industry insiders ride, that racers ride, and everyday folk ride. This time out, we take a look at the road bike of head-Slapper Brett, a bike conceived over many years in the mind, and eventually realised in the spiritual heartland of cycling. Cyclists love to…

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  • Kitsbow X Breadwinner

    Kitsbow X Breadwinner

    “Buying a custom bike is the ultimate extension of personalisation…” Sounds about right to us, and when the speaker of those words is no other than Ira Ryan of Breadwinner Cycles (and his own storied frame-building operation) then who’s to argue. With his partner in steel Tony Pereira, they are building some of the most beautiful…

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