Sunday morning, 8:45. There I am, in my garage, hurriedly squeezing my feet into my tired Shimano bike shoes for another blast around the Surrey Hills on my On-one Inbred. In my haste, I overlook a faint tang in the … Read the rest…
As a Mountain Bike rider (as opposed to someone who just talks about MTB riding), here’s a few things you may want to do at some stage. I was going to call this post ’11 things for Mountain Bikers to … Read the rest…
Orange Five SE, Whyte E5 XT, Intense 5.5 EVP and Marin Mount Vision ridden and tested. A chance to buy a new bike gives the opportunity for a direct comparison between some high quality MTBs.
Eat Mountain Biking, Drink Mountain Biking, Live Mountain Biking! It’s a mantra that seems to be taking more and more effect in my head recently, a situation which perhaps is not that healthy and hints at subverted OCD tendencies – … Read the rest…
Creating not so much a passing interest as a shrug of indifference from most of the English speaking free world (unless you are a Mountain Biker), Bike Biz are reporting that Shimano’s UK distributors Madison have decided to end their … Read the rest…
As I am the only Mole who didn’t get a name check in Matt’s post about our outing to Holmbury Hill, (probably due to the fact I made it the whole way round without falling off or breaking my Mountain … Read the rest…
SRAM have recently launched their 2008 product range to the press at Sea Otter although news on revisions to the Rock Shox range seemingly will have to wait to later. Looks like a classic case of evolution over revolution after … Read the rest…
I was reading Al Leigh’s recent post on the Pickled Hedgehog about his difficulties performing basic bike maintenance. His resulting wheel explosion reminded of the time I too managed to detonate what seemed like a nuclear explosion in my garage. … Read the rest…
A review of the On-one Inbred classic – lively or supple, it’s all down to how you ride it.
So having dallied with the idea of a number of possible new bikes, including the Intense 5.5 EVP and the Whyte E5, I’ve finally placed an order with Cycleworks in Leatherhead for a new 2007 Orange Five. No surprises really … Read the rest…