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The Price Of A Lighter Bike

The Price Of A Lighter Bike

This blog post starts out quite sensibly, but persevere - there’s some silliness at the end… Some people are still obsessed with the weight of their bikes. I reckon it costs between 50p and £1 per gramme to lighten a bike. For example, with road bikes… Giant Defy 4 ‘12 - £600, and 10.22kg Giant Defy 2 -...
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How To Fold Your Brompton

First time I had to fold a Brompton was when I borrowed Von Smallhaussen’s to go to the shops in Stoke Newington. After several minutes of bafflement, I towed the half-folded bike like grandma’s shopping basket into the shop behind me. If only I’d seen this instructional video first: Alternatively, here’s the official Brompton...
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Friday Caption Contest: Zero Emissions Edition?

Friday Caption Contest: Zero Emissions Edition?

The winner of last week’s Caption Contest was unfortunately anonymous, with their brilliant caption of “Mikael Colville Andersen tries to sneak on to Amsterdamize, in disguise…”. But without contact details, I’m unfortunately going to have to keep the lovely shiny new bike that we had donated as a prize. Shame really, but there you go...
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