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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 […]
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Le tour de moi – ramblings from a cyclo-dreamer
- News & Features
- Opinion
- David Halfpenny January 29, 2014
When my dad dies, the only thing I’ll inherit from him are his tools. He inherited many of these tools from his father and has added some of his own; […]
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Stiff, responsive, fast – Swiss Side Francs
- Reviews & Tech
- Road Cycling
- David Halfpenny January 21, 2014
High-end wheelsets aren’t for those of us with high-end weights. Light riders ride light wheels, heavy riders ride heavy wheels. Of course, we ride the heavy wheels because they can […]
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Writing Australia’s cycling history – interview with Jim Fitzpatrick
- News & Features
- Opinion
- David Halfpenny December 20, 2013
Books on cycling are niche; books on Australian cycling are more so. Jim Fitzpatrick, with his recent publication of Wheeling Matilda, has written four books in this niche area and […]
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Wheeling Matilda – The Story of Australian Cycling [Book]
- Reviews & Tech
- Urban
- David Halfpenny December 9, 2013
After the Austral’s over After the track is clear – Straighten my nose and shoulders, Help them to find my ear. This is an ode to the 1897 Austral, the […]
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Bicycling Through Time – The Farren Collection [Book Review]
- Reviews & Tech
- Road Cycling
- David Halfpenny November 20, 2013
Buy this book. It doesn’t matter who you are, what sort of cycling you like to do, or even if you’re not into cycling. You are going to have to […]
