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My bit of rough...
Rob Spedding, Editor Monday, Nov 12, 2007 12.00am
The Kona Jake, my bit of rough (© BikeRadar)
I guess I've always been reasonably strait-laced. I'm a 'what you see is what you get' kind of guy. Black and white. One sugar. Oh and some milk. Nothing fancy. Yeah, I've tried stuff but I didn't inhale.
That's why recent events have shocked me. Left me feeling dirty even. I don't know how it happened but it did and I just don't want to live a lie anymore.
So, here goes...
I'm in a relationship with Jake.
There. Said it - I've got me a 'cross bike. I don't know why it's taken so long, but the Kona Jake, and other knobbly-tyred, relaxed road geometry cyclo-cross bikes make a load of sense in a British winter. Rugged, reliable and not adverse to the rough stuff they're a great idea for winter training.
Down here in Bath they're blinding - bored of the road on a wet Sunday ride? - sneak down on the canal towpath or the Bristol-Bath railway path and have some slightly muckier fun.
Does this make me bike-curious?
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Robspedding
Posted Tue 13 Nov, 10:46 am UTC Flag as inappropriate
Oh yes - I've forgotten to mention that we'll be reviewing cross-bikes in our January issue which will hit the shops on the 21st of December. Read the reviews and then, perhaps, you'll be tempted to dabble...
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bigdaveskinnytyre
Posted Thu 15 Nov, 2:01 pm UTC Flag as inappropriate
What's the point in reviewing cross bikes in January when the season finishes in February?
Given the current popularity of cross throughout the country (just look at the numbers riding in your local leagues) the lack of coverage in the mainstream cycling press is appalling.
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Robspedding
Posted Wed 21 Nov, 3:51 pm UTC Flag as inappropriate
It's a reasonable point Bigdave, but the review isn't just about cross-bike for racing, we're looking at cross-bikes as bikes in their own right, if that makes sense - machines that you can use for training, riding to work when the weather's too shite for your best bike, getting off the roads when you're not in the mood for dodging Sunday drivers. Basically, the review is about how Cross-bikes are for life, not just for Christmas(ish).
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