REVIEWS.
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT WE THINK...
The industry is awash with endless stuff. The question is, does it suck? We review stuff we buy and use, and occasionally something that’s given to us to review… honestly. We’ll tell it like it is.
Reading Time: 11 minutesYet, being a Nicolai, I knew that it just may not be my kettle of fish, so I was prepared to move it on if the fit was not right. As such, the below is a totally impartial opinion…
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Reading Time: 9 minutesWas it possible to make Box Component’s already excellent Prime 9 system even better? Yes, it was.
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Reading Time: 5 minutesA great interview from way back with Karl Nicolai conducted by our mate Nick Heywood when he was back in the UK.
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Reading Time: 6 minutesCan a (relatively) budget electronic dropper post hold its own against the revered SRAM AXS dropper, and how does it compare to a manual dropper?
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Reading Time: 7 minutesAt some point in time I just decided I hated the idea of anything on my back when I ride.
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Reading Time: 4 minutesSomething like 15-years between drinks on a Nicolai, then two come along at once… sort of.
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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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Reading Time: 5 minutesSaddles are perhaps the most personal item in cycling — what works perfectly for one rider could feel like sitting on pine cones to another. For some, even the visual appeal of a particular saddle could be enough for them to persist with something less comfortable, or to reject what might otherwise be the perfect perch in the case of an uglier duckling. We reviewed three of the SQlab road range previously. It is fair to say that visually they…
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