Posts Tagged ‘ BSO ’

I’m always puzzled whenever I see someone riding a so-called “mountain bike” along the street. These things are frequently supermarket models, with frames made from girders, useless & heavy suspension, brakes & gear components made from Kraft cheese, and they all seem to be fitted with super-knobbly tyres. You can usually hear these bikes coming...
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I own more than one bike. Indeed, it has been remarked that the number of bikes required is one more than you currently own. There always seems to be a different / newer / better bike to lust after. But surely there must be a zenith of bicyclism. An Überbike. A bike to vanquish all...
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There’s this old guy who swims every morning at Ashington pool, and rides his bike there every day, no matter what the weather. His bike is a beaten up bicycle shaped object, and can be found in various locations around Ashington & Newbigging by the Sea secured with a "chain" that wouldn’t defeat the...
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For the last few days I’ve been in Croatia, teaching at the university in Osijek. I have been exceptionally well looked after by my hosts, one of whom lent me his bike so I could have a ride around the city on Friday morning before lectures. What you have here is basically a 15...
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