OLD ENOUGH TO KNOW BETTER BUT HERE WE ARE...
Two guys who've been around the block a few times sharing their thoughts, and opinions, about bike stuff.
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe backend had to be Boost because that’s what was needed. The front end, didn’t, unless I wanted it to be and did I want it to be? Did I need it to be?
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Reading Time: 3 minutesIt’s not often I regret selling a bike, but – until 26″ wheels slipped into the ether – I always regretted selling my Nicolai Argon FR. Coolest bike I’d ever owned. Coolest bike I was ever likely to own. Ya see, I thought… no… believed, that I *always* wanted my Rohloff hub in my life, and therefore I would *always* want that Rohloff-specific Nicolai (and its built-in Crud Catcher mounts too). By that point I should have known that my…
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Reading Time: 5 minutesWe’d had a 3-week spell of rain in Sydney from late April until mid-May that meant the MTB trails were unrideable until a good week after the rain stopped (and even then the sanctioned trails were still officially closed). I’d been on a road hiatus having sold my last road bike in Jan ’24 after only riding road once in the second half of 2023, but I realised I needed a road bike back in my quiver to avoid spells…
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Reading Time: 5 minutesWas it possible to make Box Component’s already excellent Prime 9 system even better? Yes, it was.
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Reading Time: 4 minutesYes, you. All of you. New-to-the-sport MAMIL and weathered, battle-hardened wheelmen alike. Do yourself, and all other road users, a favour: Learn to clip-in to your clipless pedals WITHOUT LOOKING. Please, for the good of your own friends and family and for the love of all things cycling, learn. NOW. Cycling is, we are repeatedly told, ‘the new golf’ — I get that. I also get that this means there’s a lot of new cyclists — and I even like…
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Reading Time: 5 minutesMention the word ‘standard’ to anyone who knows something about bikes and you’ll be greeted with a wry smile, an eye roll, an angry tirade, or all of the above. Sure, ‘standards’ exist, but can something really be called a ‘standard’ when there’s more than one? Or, when it comes to bottom brackets, when it feels like we’re closer to a hundred and one… And yet, in almost the same breath, there’s seemingly fresh cause to celebrate as more and…
Read the yell...Reading Time: 5 minutesFirst things first, don’t go near any glue – get those tyres unpacked and mounted onto a set of rims…
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Reading Time: 6 minutesPaired with the right chainring (duh!), you just don’t need 11 or 12 gears…
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Reading Time: 5 minutesAnd hanging there, next to the Zen, it goaded me EVERY. SINGLE. TIME, I pulled the Zen off the rack until, finally, for some shits and giggles, I gave it another go; you know, just for the hell of it.
Read the yell...Reading Time: 6 minutesI am more than amused about my thinking at the time. Why?
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