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By Guy Redshaw December 27, 2019December 29, 2020 Just bike stuff

Thinking in the dark is like thinking on a bike ride. It’s very powerful.

It might sound a bit mad writing a blog post in the dark on an iPad, but actually it’s not. Writing in the dark is like listening to music in the dark. You hear sounds in a music track that you would never hear if you were listening to it

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By Guy Redshaw December 20, 2019January 19, 2022 Cannondale

Testing round, prototype, rubber products…..The RIDER T1

I wouldn’t be telling the utmost truth if I said that I get regular offers to go testing prototype mountain bike (MTB from now on) tyres. However, I have had just this type of offer recently. Whilst most MTB riders in Switzerland are ordering studded ice tyres or oiling their

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By Guy Redshaw November 30, 2019December 29, 2020 Just bike stuff

Frankie Says Relax

You may or may not remember (and guess the year) when the top Liverpool band, FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD, knocked out that great track, Relax. I never owned one of those t-shirts that boldly said, ‘Frankie says Relax’, but it felt like I was the in the minority at the

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By Guy Redshaw November 23, 2019April 8, 2023 Just bike stuff

The case for The Special Tool

Special tools are designed to do one thing, really well.  How many special tools do you have in your toolbox?  How much have you spent on special tools that you’ve only ever used once, or twice or….? How many times have you not used the correct special tool on a

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By Guy Redshaw November 16, 2019January 16, 2022 Just bike stuff

The fascinating world and psychology of ‘The bicycle Collector’

A common dictionary definition of the word “collector’” is; a person who collects things of a specified type, professionally or as a hobby. This is obviously a broad definition, and after looking around my bike shed, and after a quick look in the mirror to see if I looked like

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By Guy Redshaw November 3, 2019January 19, 2022 Cannondale

The Arizona MTB interview

Interviewer = You, whoever you are Interviewee = Me, the Author You: What’s occurring/happening/going on then? Me: I’ve recently bought a 2007 Cannondale Prophet mountain bike for $300 on Craigslist in Phoenix, Arizona. You: WTF! Isn’t that a long way from home? On a different continent even? How the hell

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By Guy Redshaw September 1, 2019January 19, 2022 Cannondale

Cannondale: Super-V Ready! Introducing (another) new, inclusive and cultural trend.

For those of you familiar with the KTM motorcycle company’s brand identity “Ready to Race”, I’m going to follow a similar theme regarding the iconic Cannondale mountain bike, the Super V. I can only assume that the bike got this name due to the V shape of the frame, although

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By Guy Redshaw August 8, 2019December 29, 2020 Just bike stuff

Cycling Brand belonging, our unconscious biases and the answer to; Has the drinks stereotype been finally smashed?

I’m going to test your cycling-related unconscious bias now, so get ready. If this is the first time you’ve read something from this site, you’ll already have created a fast image in your mind of what type of person I am, what car I drive, what food I eat etc

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By Guy Redshaw July 6, 2019December 29, 2020 MTB

The future of vintage bicycle sales and a spoof ‘Back to Black’ 1990s MTB review

Total new bicycle sales are increasing every year and in 2018, global sales were approximately $50bn, and the forecast for 2025 shows sales hitting $75.5bn. In addition, and over the last few years, about 100 million bikes have been produced every year. This means that there are a quite a

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By Guy Redshaw June 23, 2019December 29, 2020 MTB

1991, Scott mountain bikes, and cake!

In an attempt to make a short story long, a  scene setter journey back into 1991 is required first. Whether you were old enough to remember 1991 or if you arrived on the planet after, here’s a summary;  The Gulf War kicked off, the dissolution of the Soviet Union took

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