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By Guy Redshaw June 14, 2022June 27, 2022 MTB

My cycling event criteria AND why I chose to do the 2022 Yorkshire Mountain Bike Marathon.

Talk to anyone about any cycling course that they’ve ridden in an event and ask them ‘what it was like?’ and they’ll say things like; it was really slippery, it was really stoney, it was really technical, it was really hilly, it was really flat, the toilet facilities were crap,

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By Guy Redshaw April 30, 2022April 30, 2022 Just bike stuff

The first ever ‘Retro-Bike Undergound’ 

So, what is/was Retro-Bike Underground? In a small North Yorkshire village hall in the UK, a group of like-minded cycling aficionados, who mostly hadn’t ever met before, came together one April evening to share their story about a specific bike that they had brought along. Each person had time to

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By Guy Redshaw January 19, 2022November 20, 2022 Interesting Interviews

The Interesting Interview Series No.9: Francis Glatz

I first met Francis Glatz just over a year ago when I rang him up to ask him if he had any spare parts for my ATZ mountain bike forks. He immediately invited me down to his amazing workshop nestled in the Jura Mountains in Switzerland so he could have

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By Guy Redshaw January 13, 2022January 13, 2022 Interesting Interviews

The Interesting Interview Series No.8: Simon Holmes & The Lotus

This latest Interesting Interview meets all of my criteria from a subject and content perspective, and also goes one step further as it is a special, dual-interview. In addition to an interesting person answering questions, I’ve also factored in an interesting bike interview as well. I met Simon through the

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By Guy Redshaw December 8, 2021December 8, 2021 eBike/MTB

To stud or not to stud. This is THE winter tyre question!

I bought my first pair of studded tyres about two years ago, and specifically for use on my eMTB. The grip in the Swiss winter snow, and particularly the fully iced roads was immense, and big smile inducing. These particular tyres, made by Schwalbe and called the Ice Spiker Pro

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By Guy Redshaw September 15, 2021September 15, 2021 MTB

A true *RSF Spring Classic

*The Rough Stuff Fellowship I wrote this post specifically for a journal edition of The Rough Stuff Fellowship, which is THE original off-road cycle touring and mountain biking club, and founded in 1955. It’s a global club and well recognised. It even has special lifetime members and ambassadors of off-road

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By Guy Redshaw July 28, 2021January 14, 2022 Just bike stuff

Just like a YouTube video, but not?

Welcome to my first non-YouTube-video? Whilst this blog is going well with good reader feedback, I’ve been considering complementing it with a YouTube channel, partly because it brings a different energy to what I’m doing and creating, and partly because I’ve been inspired by many of those people already doing

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By Guy Redshaw May 2, 2021May 2, 2021 Just bike stuff/MTB

Ducati

In addition to usual cycling brands, a lot of car companies have dipped their toes into the bicycle world. I assume this is to connect the car brand with a lifestyle of health, leisure, fitness and sport. Some also get their engineers to apply car developed technology to cycles. It

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By Guy Redshaw April 14, 2021April 14, 2021 MTB

S’Bike Prototype – More research required……

Last November, I nailed a post to this site under the title ‘Rapid Prototype’. I had obtained an unknown frame from a friend who featured in ‘Interesting Interview No.1 – Terrance Malone’, and this special frame had no markings, serial number, or provenance. It gave some clues to it’s heritage

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By Guy Redshaw March 25, 2021March 25, 2021 MTB

More great MTB product testing?

Sometimes, there are contradictions and tensions in the message when talking about ‘new innovation’ and ‘heritage’ in the same sentence, unless you are a marketeer and you use heritage as ‘the hook’ for selling a new innovation. I’m using the two separately in this post, but both will be complimentary

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By Guy Redshaw July 25, 2023July 26, 2023 MTB

Stooge Speedbomb: THE FIRST RIDE

If you missed the build post I did of this bike, then never mind, because you can read it after this one through the link at the bottom. SCENE SETTER: The Stooge Speedbomb emerges from its shed and into a bright July morning. This is the first, post-build ride, and

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