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December 18, 2017 By Ed McDonald Leave a Comment

The Joy (and Stupidity) of Singlespeeding

A little while ago, I read an article on the internet that infuriated me greatly.  Surprisingly, it wasn’t just pure clickbait fake news from the Murdoch press inciting against cyclists via facebook memes, but an article on Pinkbike: Riding Rigid is Ridiculous. Putting my keyboard warrior posturing aside, the Pinkbike article makes a very solid […]

Filed Under: Diaries, Features Tagged With: Ed McDonald, marathon mountain bike, MarathonMTB, Singlespeed

February 15, 2014 By Arran Pearson Leave a Comment

The Rigid Stromlo Project

They say that those who forget history are doomed to repeat it… or to put it another way, you think I would have learned from the last time I was silly enough to try and ride my bike packing rig for 5 long laps of Stromlo. Last year as part of my preparations for Tour […]

Filed Under: Diaries Tagged With: AMB100, Beards, Black Sheep, marathon mountain biking, MTB, Racing, Singlespeed, Stromlo, XCM

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