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Essential Mountain Bike Mechanical Skills

Despite the amount of friends who have decent mountain bikes and ride frequently, I’m amazed at the lack of mechanical skill they possess- and even show interest in. Except, that is, when something goes wrong, they look puzzled and ask me to Continue reading

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Fresher than mouthwash

I’m a pretty deep sleeper and tend to struggle getting out of bed. I have to set several alarms to even wake me up properly, and when I rise from my pit I bumble around like some kind of zombie. Continue reading

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Obsessed with bikes?

A friend joked to me about spending too much time on a bike, laughing that if I spent any more time on my fat tyred bikes that I’d start morphing in to one. It drew all kinds of weird images- Continue reading

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The Morning Cycle Rush

Every morning when I walk down the stairs to my front door, I wonder what sort of ride to work the day will bring. I see the same guy, rain or shine, on my commute to work- and he rides Continue reading

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Mountain Biking Tyres

At this time of year, I suddenly find myself freed up to ride- in the summer there’s always a BBQ to go to, a girlfriend that fancies a picnic or a pub garden to reside in. But now it’s cooled Continue reading

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