Tag: Style

  • 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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  • Coastal Cruisin In Cut-Offs

    Coastal Cruisin In Cut-Offs

     Technically they’re not cut-offs at all, but they’re cool. I’ve been looking for a riding short that resembles my beloved but now-defunct Giro New Road shorts, but nothing (except maaaybe some Rapha ones, hideously expensive and, Rapha) fit the bill, or in this case my arse. MTB shorts are way too baggy for anything…

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  • Chainslap Garage Presents: ‘Hotblack Desiato’ CAAD4

    Chainslap Garage Presents: ‘Hotblack Desiato’ CAAD4

    I remember it well. The intersection of Evans Street and Ross, a gentleman older than me. To my left he rode, alongside a Kombi van likely piloted by a stoned me. Almost definitely. It was the bulk, the ‘fatness’ that drew my attention. Not that of the rider, but of the bicycle underneath him. Accustomed…

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  • Malachi Pedals Beyond

    Malachi Pedals Beyond

     Pretty sure I met this cat at the SSWC in Castlemaine, Victoria in 2003. I met a lot of tattooed cats that weekend so I could be well mistaken, but either way I know Malachi’s name well from decades of (he and I) living the two wheel life. Just one of those guys who…

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  • The Science Of Suave

    The Science Of Suave

    Holy shit, it’s a good day when the legend of Australian music Mr Kim Salmon pops up in your feed. Especially with the first Scientists record in 35 years due to drop, the suave is back in the swamp. Even at his most haggard, he still has more style and swagger than all you motherfuckers…

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  • Six Day Shadows

    Six Day Shadows

    It was the first time I’d seen a mosh pit at a bike race; the infield packed with nocturnal partisan party people determined to drink Ghent dry while the distorted PA blasted everything from ‘Sweet Caroline’ to the cheesiest ‘oompah’, a playlist that hasn’t required a refresh since the early 80s, the assembled choir chant…

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  • Maynard Mondays: 3 Libras

    Maynard Mondays: 3 Libras

    Up until the mid twentieth century the mountain gorilla was considered a myth. Oddly enough, a legend not unlike Bigfoot or the Loch Ness monster. The chance of actually seeing/experiencing this elusive shadow was as likely as finding one’s soulmate. Rare. Precious. Even once discovered they seemed unapproachable. The only way to get close to…

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