OPINIONS.

YELLING AT CLOUDS...

We’ve been around the block, several times, so we have opinions about most things to do with bikes. And we are going to share them… here.

40 Minutes

By Gerard

Reading Time: 4 minutesThe crisp, fresh smell in the air, the early morning light and knowing that the chance of bumping into any of the interstate interlopers I saw heading in with bikes strapped to their cars would be nowhere in sight.

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Road Raging

By Gerard

Reading Time: 8 minutesLately there has been a lot of hoopla about the supposed war going on between ‘cyclists’ and drivers…

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Bike Shops

By Gerard

Reading Time: 5 minutesNow this might come as a shock to some retailers but I have a theory about just why you might be loosing business. The theory is simple and goes something like this – you suck.

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Bike Snobs

By Gerard

Reading Time: 6 minutesThe sort of stuff I see on a regular basis is a lot more passive but every bit as insidious.

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I’m going back to heavy

By Gerard

Reading Time: 6 minutesThe 55 is a great fork but it’s bloody heavy, it truly is. All you have to do is pick up the bike to realise this…. or even just the fork alone. I wondered if I could stick a lighter fork on the front?

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Advertising?

By Gerard

Reading Time: 3 minutesYet despite this many of today’s adverts tell you that it should be, and is mostly about, victory and winning.

And that’s where I have an issue.

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The Bog Standard

By Gerard

Reading Time: 6 minutesPut up your hand if you remember what it was like to ride a mountain bike in the early to mid 90’s. Remember all those must have, lust worthy boutique parts?

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The Brand

By Gerard

Reading Time: 8 minutesHow it started was one of those strange stories, perhaps best left for another post about how the internet works. What happened though was I found myself working in the bike industry (in a way I had not before, just to clarify) and for one of the great names in the annals of Mountain Bike history.

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