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What it’s like to write off a $20,000+ bike on the first ride

In the soft early morning light streaming through the window of his Bernal Heights studio, Erik Nohlin snapped a few photographs of his new Specialized Aethos. The day was one he’d been anticipating. It would be the first ride on a bike that he’d spent days painting, and months planning for. The frame was a …

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This insane Scott Spark weighs less than 8 kg

Gustav “Dangerholm” Gullholm is a fixture of the mountain bike scene, best known for his heavily customised and extremely lightweight builds. Here he shares the details of his latest weight weenie outing – a jawdroppingly lightweight Scott Spark full suspension mountain bike. Numbers can be a funny thing. They don’t need to have any significant meaning …

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Merida’s new Ninety-Six is an XC and marathon racer you may be able to afford

Taiwanese mega-manufacturer Merida has just unveiled a wholly new version of its Ninety-Six cross country dual-suspension racing platform, a bike that has a long and illustrious history of cutting laps at World Cups, Olympics and the biggest multi-day marathon races. And as we’ve seen with many other cross country race machines of recent time, Merida …

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2020 reminded us how amazing bike racing can be

I love watching racing, and always have. Long before I was ever a cyclist I’d purchase a copy of Ride Magazine’s thick annual Tour de France preview and pore over it while watching the racing unfold. Sure, the traveller in me was initially attracted to the stunning locations (I’d even made a detour to the …

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Sarah Gigante has smashed Melbourne’s 1 in 20 QOM … and she’s not done yet

On Wednesday morning Australian time trial champion (and VeloClub member) Sarah Gigante (Tibco-SVB) went on a rampage in the Dandenong Ranges east of Melbourne, setting new climbing records on two of the city’s most well-loved climbs. On the 1 in 20, Melbourne’s most well-known ascent, 20-year-old Gigante rode a lightning-quick time of 14:27, more than …

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