August, 2007
August 30th, 2007
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Millbrook - Not Here :(
Apparently there may soon be a Mountain Mayhem style 24 hour road race. Details are scarce, but we do know that it won’t be using the Belgian Pave at Millbrook which is a shame.
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August 29th, 2007
We spotted a belt drive Orange P7 singlespeed being ridden round Mountain Mayhem. Looks like another company might be the first to bring it to market though. Apparently
Spot have adopted a carbon drive system for next year.
If it works for the massive power and can cope with the torque pulses of Milwaukees finest then I’m […]
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August 29th, 2007
Aaargh!
If you like Timbuk2 and you are in Seattle you might like to visit the Timbuk2 Artist Originals Gallery Event on Friday night.
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August 28th, 2007
Langster Chicago
Someone at Specialized has a sense of humour and someone in power at Specialized has let them play it out on their Langster singlespeed fixie. Well, how else do you explain the quirky ‘city’ models, each one playfully decorated for it’s target audience.
The Boston plays on the Ivy League image of the city; The […]
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August 25th, 2007
We hear that wheelbarrow and mattock injuries north of the border are on the increase as SSWC preparations come to a head.
It’s gonna be good.
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August 24th, 2007
Stolen
Stolen Planet X Compo. I suppose the low-life who took it somehow thinks that they deserve it more than the person who worked to pay for it and rode it to it’s limits far more than they ever will.
Good News Update
Little Audrey has been recovered. Found abandoned in an alley.
“For some reason the perp had […]
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August 24th, 2007
Image © and courtesy Jim McRoy
26.11.71 - 24.08.95
Who didn’t want to be Jason McRoy?
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August 23rd, 2007
Future Publishing has recently launched BikeRadar, switching existing members from the likes of it’s MBUK forums.
It’s obviously been an interesting exercise in transferring user data from one forum to the other but fucking them both up.
I came up against the mother of login barriers when I tried to register at BikeRadar.
First of all I […]
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August 20th, 2007
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I see that some farmers around Calderdale have put signs up telling people to stay off their land for disease control reasons. As there are no restrictions on rights of way in the area according to DEFRA I think it’s safe to say this is more a symptom of “Get Orf My Land” […]
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August 19th, 2007
So says a kid on 2001: A Clockwork Orange by Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine.
Not a World Champion track cyclist. Not a world champion roadie. A world champion mountain biker.
In amongst all the fuss over the selection of the British Team for the Fort William World Championships the British Cycling apologists have made plenty […]
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The things we listen to are occasionally logged on Last.fm

New! iPod updating courtesy of iScrobbler.
It doesn't update from the wheels of steel though :-)
Remember kids, vinyl can't carry Digital Rights Management.

in no particular order...

For all that we like the up-to-the minute offerings of the web there‚s nothing like a proper badly photocopied A5 fanzine or a glossily printed proper magazine to keep you occupied on the throne. Here, in no particular order, is our material of choice.

Singletrack

The Outcast

Dirt Rag

Bike
If anyone has a full set of NEMBA results (that‚s North of England for you colonial types) then please forward them.
sometimes you just gotta take action, or at least be able to get our hands on the FACTS