Tag: tech
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Ridden: Teravail Cannonball Tyres
Click or not: Ridden: Teravail Cannonball TyresWords: Kristine Ford Photos: Brett Kennedy On my very first mountain bike ride about five years ago I was given some pretty sage advice: “Trust your tyres.” This advice has stayed with me and been my mantra whenever I’m freaking about the terrain I’m riding. I say it over and over while trying to negotiate… …
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Ridden: OneUpmanship – A New Hope
Click or not: Ridden: OneUpmanship – A New HopeThe frequently bonkers and often backwards bicycle industry has a problem of getting too big for its britches and while it may seem a strange thing to comment, smaller is and always will be better. Small, local bike shops aren’t going away any time soon despite what some of the major online retailers would have… …
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Red Bull’s Behind The Bike: Loic Bruni And Jack Roure
Click or not: Red Bull’s Behind The Bike: Loic Bruni And Jack RoureIn the second of Red Bull’s Behind the Bike series, we get a look inside the relationship between rider and mechanic and how it affects performance on race day, and also in the everyday relationship in the pits, the motel, travelling, life. Words: Red Bull. Photos: Miles Holden LOIC BRUNI ON JACK ROURE (MECHANIC) I… …
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Red Bull’s Behind The Bike: Matt Jones
Click or not: Red Bull’s Behind The Bike: Matt JonesWords: Matt Jones/Red Bull. Photos: Miles Holden Early on in my career I realized I wanted to work on my bike myself. I knew I wanted to have direct input into how my bike feels, and have the ability to play around with my own ideas to make my bike as suited to me as… …
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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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Skippy On The Kirk Magnesium
Click or not: Skippy On The Kirk MagnesiumI once owned one of the notorious Merida magnesium road bike frames, which I attained despite the bad press and word of mouth that warned of a harsh ride and inevitable cracking. It actually rode quite nicely, and then cracked. It was pretty much the last time magnesium was seen in mass use for bicycle… …
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A Love Note To The Old School
Click or not: A Love Note To The Old SchoolWe’re sometimes accused of being prone to old man rants about how good things were before all this new-fangled technology got more people riding bicycles off-road. The fun-loving Frenchies at Pigeon Chill Racing have just released a fun ode to those days of yore, and we are feeling rad. Have fun identifying all the bikes and… …
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Jumping the Shark: Who Jumped First?
Click or not: Jumping the Shark: Who Jumped First?“No one ever notices the underdog until it’s biting their head off.” – me. Solid. Dependable. Established. Grey. These are words I use to describe one of the biggest brands in the business. Another I use is: boring. Shimano are the bearded accountant with an office in the basement adjacent to the mailroom and elevator.… …