19 Jun 2014: The ‘quaintessentials’ of cycling…
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18 Jun 2014: Here’s a mouthful | Cycle Monkey Oxide Battleaxe All-Mountain Bike
Oxide’s Battleaxe is a 160mm travel frame designed for aggressive trail riding including drops, rock gardens, jumps, and high speed stutter bumps that you would normally find in all-mountain style riding. This one has 29" wheels, but 27.5"/650B wheels are also an option. It is one of relatively few full suspension bikes made of steel, and is designed to be strong enough to handle the abuse of riding rough trails with a little chassis flex to keep the wheels from chattering through bumpy corners.
So let's get technical here for all you gear nuts..the Battleaxe also uses a single pivot suspension design with a fairly high downtube-mounted main pivot. A pair of idler sprockets attached to the main pivot function as a jackshaft to redirect the chain force. A short chain runs from the chainwheel on the crank to the outer idler sprocket, and a second, longer, chain runs from the inner idler sprocket to the sprocket on the hub. The first chain is tensioned by an eccentric bottom bracket and the second chain is tensioned by sliding dropouts. No additional chain tensioner is needed, as is the case when using the Rohloff SPEEDHUB.
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16 Jun 2014: How Cycling Became Britain’s Most Fashionable Sport
A decade ago, the clothing options available to cyclists ranged from monstrous Day-Glo cagoules to garish replica team jerseys. Today, the bloke on the bike is not just the coolest man on the road but the the smartest guy in the room.
photo: Olly Burn
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