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FOOD FOR THOUGHT: DO YOU LIKE MOUNTAIN BIKES OR DO YOU LIKE MOUNTAIN BIKING? OR BROADLY: DO YOU LIKE BIKES OR BIKING?     Ever been asked this question before? Or maybe there was this once … you walked pass your bicycle and asked yourself this same question? Is that love for cycling really the love for a […]

FOOD FOR THOUGHT: CAR FREE SUNDAY AIN'T NO BICYCLE EVENT CAR FREE ZONES ARE COMMUNITY INITIATIVES THAT STREET RIDERS AND MOUNTAIN BIKERS SHOULD MAKE FULL USE OF         Bikezilla had an inaugural experience with our first Car Free Sunday involvement recently. We had thought that Car Free Sundays are lazy Sunday retreats that

FOOD FOR THOUGHT: WHEN SH*T HAPPENS IS MOUNTAIN BIKING REALLY THAT DANGEROUS? OR IS THE DANGER ALSO FROM OUTSIDE OF THE SPORT ITSELF?     Mountain biking – a sport that the uninitiated regards as "dangerous" and rough, reserved only for those who love taking risk and extreme sports. We know this is a misconception.

ED NOTE: HOW TO START MOUNTAIN BIKING AND SUBSEQUENTLY KEEP THAT FIRE BURNING A (REALLY SERIOUS) BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO GETTING INTO ANY SPORT (MOUNTAIN BIKING IN THIS INSTANCE) AND NOT LOSING STEAM WHILE TRYING     You've seen those shiny toys hanging inside bicycles shops, with prices ranging from under S$1,000 to whopping 5-figure sums. You'd probably

SPOTLIGHT: ATTITUDE OF A STREET RIDER EXCERPTS OF INTERVIEW WITH PREMIUM BMX RIDER MIKE GREY      Is there a unique street rider attitude? This question is directed towards the uninitiated. We will let you decide. Short read ahead.     RIDING STREET With Urban Wheels 2018 coming up in a couple of hours, let's

ED NOTE: WHEN MOUNTAIN BIKING BECOMES LARGER THAN LIFE THE JOY OF MOUNTAIN BIKING, GRAVITY RIDING AND BIKE TRIPS     Think about this – would mountain biking be as interesting as it is today if it was just riding loops around in a trail and nothing else? Even if you are to add in

IMAGERY: BIKES OF THE SINGAPORE OPEN ENDURO 2017 A look at some of the competitors of the Singapore Open Enduro 2017 and their rigs     With a barely a day to go before Singapore Open Enduro 2017 flags off, we scooped the Chestnut MTB Trails for some pre-race actions. We met some familiar faces and

ED NOTE: NEW YEAR RESOLUTION 2017     It's that time of the year we are expected to make our New Year Resolutions. Nonsensical? Could be. But we discover it is a good time to start listing what Bikezilla wants to see for this year.   HOW DID WE FARE IN 2016? For the year 2016, we did

ED NOTE: FROM TRAIL TO STREET THE ESSENCE BEHIND THE BIKEZILLA MASS RIDE WITH DECATHLON AND URBAN WHEELS CHALLENGE     While this editor feels that mass rides are all good, he also felt that there are still many who are be either too shy, too lazy, too indifferent, too egoistic or too busy to join in the fun.

WRITER RIDERS: IS 'BIGGER' ALWAYS BETTER? WHEN IT COMES TO CERTAIN ACTIVITIES … SIZE MATTERS …     We've often heard many defensive statements saying size doesn't matter. But really. Sometimes bigger is better. And in other occasions longer is also better. Of course, I'm talking about the size and distance of these popular Mass Runs