So, BBC4 are running a few shows about the bike. Sitting down to watch “Ride Of My Life: The Story of The Bicycle” I’m distinctly skeptical that cycling and bicycles are going to be presented in a fitting manner. However, I’m suitably impressed at the level of care and attention that’s gone into the documentary. [...]
Punk Rock Bike Club
punk rock and bikes, what else..?
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a special place in hell for bike thieves, and guarantee your own place in hell
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It’s not a problem for me right now as I’m not riding my bike anywhere. In fact I tried to a gentle jog yesterday and my pain receptors quickly decided on my behalf that it was a bad idea. In the past I’ve had bikes stolen. One time I was beaten up for my bike [...]
Broken Futures
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Ten weeks ago I went on a work trip to Spain to test a brand spanking new Saracen Ariel 2. But things didn’t turn out exactly as planned as, on the first day after spending 3 hours climbing, we donned our kneepads and started on the downhill. Not 200 meters into it I misjudged it [...]
We’re not hopeless, we’re not as fucked as you think.
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Day off, so I worked on my bike…I should probably try to find some other ‘hobby’ outside of work. However this means that I can now present my single speed aka the green machine version 2.0! The old single speed had a hard winter coping admirably with everything the British weather could throw at it [...]
I like it rough and dirty.
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Wow it rained! A lot! That made it a different experience on the hills, the Mountain King wasn’t quite so bad but it still didn’t inspire me with confidence and I was riding slllooooooowwww, mincing down the trails because of that lack of confidence in the grip of my tyres and not being used to [...]
All you poseurs go to hell!
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¶Holy crap I think a little bit of my brain just dribbled out of my ear…I’m not sure I could ride some of this on my mountain bike let alone the Tricross!! Local trails ala cx from Andy Wardman on Vimeo. …and yeah this came via AHTBM.
Southern culture on the skids
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So last week I had my first ‘crash’ on the mountain bike, ended up going over the bars very slowly and landing sort of wrapped round the front wheel. This was at Stainburn which I’d forgotten is damn hard! I think where I went wrong was too little speed and my weight too far forward. [...]
Finger-banging season is upon us.
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¶Le Tour, I think that we’ll be seeing a few of these: So, when I say finger, you say: I’m trying to work out some kind of finger-banging drinking game, maybe neck 10 pints each time he bangs one off?
Singletrack Weekender Light Trapped in Binary
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These are the risks I take, this is the life I choose.
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¶Singletrack weekender was brilliant, words can’t express how awesome. I couldn’t actually ride some of the course (it was a lack of ‘bottle’ not a physical thing) but I didn’t come last overall. Tom has some photos which I’ll put up when he’s got them onto the net. I’ll also add any others I come [...]