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Fear Life

Fear Life

Not quite sure how but we seem to have gone from the very cool ‘No Fear’ to ‘Fear Life’ in a couple of decades. Stay inside and fear everything, cos it’s all out to get you. (more…)

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Bike Muzak

Pinkbike featured a cool video the other day, Sampled Bike - Music made from your bike. There's an interesting write up about the making of the video as well as…

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Read more about the article Scotch Rubber Mastic Tape 2228
Scotch Rubber Mastic Tape 2228

Scotch Rubber Mastic Tape 2228

I noticed some scuffing from the chain on the inside of the Mojo HD’s carbon fibre rear triangle stays a while ago. The culprit is the limited clearance between the frame and chain when running on the smaller cogs, adding in the fact that when you’re running on the smaller cog you’re going faster and the chain is probably going to be slapping around more because of that. (more…)

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Read more about the article Rockshox Update Rear Maxle Lite 135X12mm
2011 Rockshox Rear Maxle Lite 135x12

Rockshox Update Rear Maxle Lite 135X12mm

Late 2010 RockShox started shipping an updated 12mm Rear Maxle Lite to address hub failures, most notably the Hope Pro II, when used with the tapered Maxle. The updated Rear Maxle Lite did away with the external taper, instead its consistent outer diameter providing better support for hub internals. Here’s an excerpt from the related SRAM notice: (more…)

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Front row seat, Aqua Sports Field, Castlemaine. Not the place to leave your truck... or scooter!

A Wee Dram

Well I guess trail conditions in Central Victoria could be best described as damp this morning, as the leftovers of the weather system that flooded southern Queensland and northern NSW passed over. (more…)

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