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Review – Brooks Cambium C17 Saddle
- Reviews & Tech
- Urban
- David Halfpenny December 22, 2014
What would you call someone who put a brand new Brooks saddle on their bike and then went for a 100 km ride? If you’re familiar with Brooks saddles you’d […]
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Review – Gepida Alboin 1000 electric sports bike
- Reviews & Tech
- Urban
- David Halfpenny December 3, 2014
There are two ways to build an e-bike; the first is to take a bike and add a motor to it, the second is to take a motor and add […]
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Will you get paid to cycle to work?
- News & Features
- Opinion
- David Halfpenny October 27, 2014
‘Fifty per cent of Australian workers said they would be enticed to ride to work if a financial incentive was available, such as those currently offered in the UK, Europe […]
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The Rise Of The Uber-Mamil
- News & Features
- Opinion
- David Halfpenny September 22, 2014
Over 40? Over weight? Over budget on your last bike purchase? You’re not just a mamil (middle aged man in lycra), you’re a special type of mamil, an uber-mamil, and […]
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Don’t be a clown, tilt them down! – a...
- News & Features
- Opinion
- David Halfpenny July 31, 2014
Think about this: someone in charge of a thousand plus kilograms of metal is coming towards you at 50kph or faster. They will pass within a metre or two of […]
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Petrol Powered Bikes… They may actually be good!
- News & Features
- Opinion
- David Halfpenny July 11, 2014
Most cyclists I know object to petrol powered bikes, but what is life like on the other side? I asked an Australian petrol powered bike manufacturer why he got into […]
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Cell Bikes Akuna 1.1 Review
- Reviews & Tech
- Road Cycling
- David Halfpenny June 19, 2014
People keep calling the Akuna an “entry level bike”. I don’t understand this because the only thing entry level about this bike is the price. In one sense, however, it was […]
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Does a metre really matter?
- News & Features
- Opinion
- David Halfpenny May 27, 2014
The famous American gangster, Al Capone, was arrested and convicted, not for drugs or murder, but rather for tax evasion and failing to file tax returns. There wasn’t enough evidence […]
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Rubena Flash Stop Thorn Ultimate commuter tyre
- Reviews & Tech
- Commuting
- David Halfpenny April 2, 2014
When I’m commuting I can’t afford to get a puncture. They’re time consuming, frustrating, messy, and potentially dangerous. City streets seem to have it in for bike tyres, so they […]
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Thinking outside the Cell – a hack for the...
- News & Features
- Opinion
- David Halfpenny February 17, 2014
Go as fast as you want, or at least as fast as you can. A smooth road. No traffic. No corners. No signs or traffic lights. I love track cycling. Everyone […]
