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By Guy Redshaw January 8, 2023July 22, 2023 MTB

The Four Musketeers

After 6 months of riding with The Four Musketeers, of which I am one of them now, it looks like the relationship is a longer term thing rather than a ‘one-ride-stand’ kind of experience, and therefore, the subject deserves writing about. So here goes…….in 1974, there was a swashbuckling film

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By Guy Redshaw January 6, 2023January 6, 2023 Cannondale/Just bike stuff

Innovation for vintage bikes: The Dropper Post

Here’s some questions to start this post off with some audience (you) participation: 1. Ever gone over the handlebars on a steep-ish descent because that fixed, high saddle behind you pushed you over (on purpose🤬!)? 2. Having trouble getting your leg over (a high saddle😬)? 3. Have you ever caught

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By Guy Redshaw January 3, 2023January 4, 2023 Cilo Cycles

Mirror, mirror, on the wall, am I really a Cilo Cycles collector🤔?

Looking into the ‘honesty mirror’ on the wall, I ask myself if I’m a Cilo Cycles collector. The mirror says ‘quite possibly’. Hmmmm……..I challenge the mirror with the definition of ‘a collector’. Apparently, and according to the mirror’s friend, Google search, a collector is “A person who collects things of

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My favourite Cafes, and the best Pork Pies.

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