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Due to my fashion of wearing Buff’s underneath my helmet I was nick named Rob “The Pirate” by the gents at the bike shop. I wear buffs for their many functional benefits and reasons and their uses can not be underestimated. They when worn as a bandana they stop my sweaty head from ruining my [...]
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My thoughts on the bike at the moment break down into 2 parts. Positive + The single speed-ness, A couple of time on the commute this morning I made movements to change gear, Strange that I was on a road bike reaching for non existent mountain biking shifters. After chuckling to my self for a [...]
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It’s very plush, I’ve put my mountain biking mud guards on to keep me dry and clean and i’ve added specialized red bar phat to stop my hands freezing to the gorgeous [now well protected] track drop bars. The track bars will take some getting used to I think as they have a different shape [...]
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Busted the wheels on my Kona and need some means of getting to and from work so off to the LBS I go, beg Andy for a test bike to use and voila! Specialized Stumpjumper Elite 2009, Test Bike. Love the black and green! Riding it…. Well once I got the shock still enough for [...]
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It may be me who picks the wrong things but my cycling stuff is always breaking! (i know the trail gods must have their attrition of parts and stuff but it’s not fair) Particularly my clothing. Being a commuting cyclist means i wear my gear every day, some things are comfy and last, some are [...]
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