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Monthly Archives: November 2016

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Alcohol & Bike Riding – One for the Road?

Author Rick Robson Date November 24, 2016
For many bike riders around the world, this is wind down time, AKA Party...
Tagged alcohol riding, beer cycling, beer ride, beer rider, beer riding, cycling alcohol, cycling beer, drinking and riding, hangover cycling, hangover riding, hangover training, party hard cyclists |
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Intense Day in the Forest

Author Rick Robson Date November 22, 2016
On the day the US voted for their next President, fellow Merlin staffer, Rob...
Tagged Dog and Partridge, Gisburn Forest, Gisburn MTB, Intense ACV, Intense MTB, Intense Primer, Intense Spider | Leave a comment |
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Factory Built Road Wheels – Buyers Guide

Author Rick Robson Date November 17, 2016
Wheels have the single biggest effect on how a bike performs and feels on...
Tagged aero wheels, campagnolo road wheels, campagnolo wheels, climb wheels, climber wheels, deep carbon, enve road wheels, enve wheels, factory road wheels, Factory Wheels, fast hoops, fulcrum road wheels, mavic road wheels, mavic wheels, merlin wheels, road bike wheels, shimano road wheels, shimano wheels, wheel upgrade |
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Top 10 MTB Tips

Author Rick Robson Date November 10, 2016
Getting off the roads and onto serene, scenic trails can be a really nice...
Tagged beginner mtb, beginner mtb rider, get muddy mtb, get off road mtb, mtb fun, mtb skills, new mtb skills, road mtb rider, road to mtb, rookie mtb | Leave a comment |
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Get Cross with Merlin

Author Rick Robson Date November 3, 2016
The cyclocross season is well and truly upon us. Here at Merlin, we have...
Tagged child cyclocross, cross riding, cx, CX fun, CX riding, cyclocross, cyclocross fun, cyclocross racing, cyclocross riding, disc brake cyclocross, hope tech, ian field, mudplugging, off road bike, Paul Oldham | Leave a comment |
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