Slowly slowly chase the Demo
As I slowly trudge through the current blogging material wasteland, getting more and more parched and starved for material as each day passes, there is at least one shining light on the horizon that allows me t...
27.5 Troops have entered the base…
Obligatory warning on today's post - Its "a bit bikey" as some non-cycling followers like to say, well, I am sorry, but there are pressing cycling issues to discuss and table in this latest update. I have previ...
What have I done?!
Occasionally we all make statements or take positions that some time later we are forced into revisiting or reviewing, or, completely going back on. We see this a lot in cycling ("You'll never ge me on a fuckin...
Power to the people?
POWER - Over the centuries men have craved it and chicks have dug dudes who have it... Its provides the core of dysfunction in modern corporate organisations and people will go to great lengths to obtain it. Ye...
Road bike remeniscing
Yesterday was the sordid dirty history of the Mountain Bike fleet, so it only make sense today to get the tarmac version published to complete the set.
Back in the day, when I was a rabid mountain biker, roa...
Mountain Bike memory lane
With not a lot going down back in Global Hub HQ, its time for something a little different over the next couple of days. Its taken a while to piece this together and its a bit HACK in places, but is time to do ...
Gear rant #4 – Santa Cruz Nomad Carbon 2
Its been a while between gear rants and I know they only appeal to a small cross section of followers, so I will try and make this one less techy and more focused on how much I LOVE this bike (as well as throwi...
Gear rant #3 – Cannondale Scalpel 29er
Long term update Sept 2014 - I originally wrote the below post when I had ridden the Scalpel half a dozen times... Back in August 2013. Fast Forward 12 months and my view is quite different, so take the below w...
Gear rant #2 – Cannondale SuperSix EVO Hi-Mod Team
Well, fuck, what a name for a bike huh? I was just going to introduce it as the 'Evo', but have afforded this beautiful piece of machinery its correct title as Mr Peter Denk would have wanted me to.
And who ...
Gear rant #1 – Full metal jacket Bullit
I love cycling gear, kit, clothing, equipment... call it what you want, I am massively into it, to the point where new gear acts as a motivation to ride at times. I am not at the end of the spectrum as say Das ...