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By mrfergieman December 4, 2020December 29, 2020 MTB

Elastomers for my ATZ Cilo

Without getting too scientific, which would push the boundaries of my own physics and chemistry knowledge quite quickly, an elastomer is a type of polymeric material that can be repeatedly stretched beyond its original length with little or no permanent deformation. It can also be compressed repeatedly and still return

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By mrfergieman November 1, 2020December 29, 2020 MTB

Cilo Mountain bikes and bears🐻

I’m riding up a tiny, Swiss road that has 27% gradient and it keeps going up at this rate for 3 kilometres. For a couple of months of the year, it’s impassable due to snow. It’s only a very narrow road with rough tarmac and it’s not used enough for

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By mrfergieman 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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By mrfergieman April 7, 2019December 29, 2020 Road bikes

Cilo – The opportunities and pitfalls of re-launching a brand

A number of readers have noticed that the Swiss bicycle brand of Cilo has been re-launched, and its prompted me, whilst being inspired by watching the Alabama Shakes message their brand https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sNNTpORtDQ to take a look at some brands that have gone through a similar re-vitalisation. Firstly, you don’t need

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By mrfergieman March 10, 2019December 29, 2020 Just bike stuff

Part 2 of The ultimate ‘Aladdin’s cave’ of bicycle shops is in Switzerland!

As a sequel to my last post about my most favourite bicycle shop in the world ever, and why it is THE magnet which keeps attracting me, here’s the story of the latest shopping visit there. The proprietor, Stefan Stettler, had provided me with some good advice about what any

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By mrfergieman February 24, 2019December 29, 2020 Just bike stuff

The ultimate ‘Aladdin’s cave’ of bicycle shops is in Switzerland!

A few posts back, I tried to articulate what my perfect bicycle shop might look, feel and smell like, and it was a kind of bicycle-shop-utopia-thing. However, today I’m going to introduce you to my actual favourite bicycle shop, and its owner, Stefan Stettler. But first, lets set the location

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By mrfergieman February 16, 2019December 29, 2020 Track

Music, the track, white cycling shorts, & personalised cycling food & nutrition.

The rock band ‘Free’ came out with the music track ‘All right Now’ in 1970, and whilst I do (just) remember it first time around, it’s popped up again recently for me. The first occasion was when I was a passenger in a colleague’s growling, open top, sexy car on

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By mrfergieman November 9, 2018December 29, 2020 Track

The thoughts of a track cycling nobody

Have you ever written your thoughts down before? I don’t mean like making notes at work or in the shed. I mean actually recording your train of thought and what it led to, if anything. Well, I did it one evening and during a session riding round, and round, and

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By mrfergieman October 27, 2018December 29, 2020 Road bikes

More about Swiss Cilo cycles & their owners

In the early-ish days of club and national cycle racing, like the 1940s and 50s for example, riders had one bike, which they rode to races, and possibly, if they were good riders, he/she would have a second set of lighter wheels that they would use for the race, then

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By mrfergieman October 7, 2018December 29, 2020 Just bike stuff

Rant! Part 2 & last weekend’s bike ride

Sometime ago, I wrote a piece on this site, called ‘Rant!’, which was about the differences found in the cycling world between men and women, and particularly in the range of clothing, equipment, bikes, and equality in cycling sport. Since I wrote it, it is now my view that things

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