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10 Unexpected Things I Discovered on My First eBike Ride
Note: This is less of a product review and more of an ‘experience review’. What does that mean? Well, I’m not looking so much at what gear it has on it (though you can check it out here if you really are interested). I’m looking at how I felt – during and afterwards! The Bike Bike: 2019 Specialized Levo Comp Carbon Retail Price: $9,500 Weight: 18.5kg (Downhillers from the 90s say “oooh it’s so light”) The Bike Shop For this test ride, I went to WillRide – Adelaide’s premier e-bike specialist bike shop. I had an amazing experience and Roger...
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Amanda Batty: Always a Pro
Name: Amanda BattyLives in: New MexicoRides: Anything on two wheels In case you don't know her, Amanda Batty is an American ex-pro downhill MTB racer. In 2015, she left Pinkbike in rather spectacular fashion after backlash she received from speaking up about a sexist remark in the workplace. "My final indictment was in August of 2014 when I opened a bike review comparison by a male Pinkbike writer who compared the malleability and handling of a bike frame to a ‘girlfriend after too many shots’ in that both would do anything you asked." I was told by one classy...
Traumatic Brain Injury: 11 things I've Learned on The Road to Recovery
Cycling: Why getting started will change your life
When a lot of people picture a "cyclist", what images come to mind? Possibly Tour de France or Giro professional riders, clad in tight fitting lycra splattered with advertising? Possibly MAMIL (middle aged men in lycra)'s out in full force in the mornings and in huge bunch rides over the weekend, or crammed around a single table at a cafe waiting for their flat whites in silly shoes? While these images might be what the non-cyclist brings to mind when thinking about riding bikes, we are so much more than that. Coronavirus has changed not only the fabric of our...