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WRITER RIDERS: THAT ETHICAL PERFECT SHOT IN SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHY! OUR TAKE ON WHAT WE FEEL ARE GOOD PHOTOGRAPHER ETIQUETTE DURING RACE EVENTS   "Err brada did I block you just now?"   Anyone (and not just seasoned shooters) have inevitably experienced this common frustration. With the tidal wave of advancement in phone camera technology and reasonably […]

FOOD FOR THOUGHT: 10 QUALITIES OF A GOOD BIKER     Ever wonder why some riders are just better than the rest? Are they naturally more talented? Endowed with fitness that makes physical demanding manueveres a walk in the park? Have less nerve endings on their skins and thus have a higher threshold for pain? Or perhaps they

FOOD FOR THOUGHT: MOUNTAIN BIKING ENDURO     The term Enduro originates from a certain race format for off-road motorcycles which started in the 90s. In essence, it consists of many different obstacles and challenges. The main type of enduro event, and the format in which the World Enduro Championship is run, is a time-card enduro, whereby a number of stages

WRITER RIDERS: A ZOMBIE APOCALPYSE AND WHY IT'S THE BEST TEST FOR THE BEST BIKE     Everyone's constantly banging on about "the best bike". I mean, that's the point of reviews, isn't it? Vital MTB's got their Test Sessions going on (Personally a fan of that series), and Pinkbike's got their occasional take on

ED NOTE: THE FINER POINTS OF GETTING TO KNOW YOUR TRAILS     We all know that feeling. It all started with that entry level mountain bike. And then you rode more frequently. Started to get familiar with your first trail. Made some friends. And then you thought of upgrading your bike. And you came to

BRUH, DO YOU EVEN BICYCLE?     It seems that of late, cycling has beome quite the in-thing. Many have jumped on the bandwagon of bicycling enthusiasm. Be it tearing down the roads at 45kmph on a roadie.. Rolling in the trail mud on an MTB… Wow-ing with some magic on a BMX… Or, spinning to

WRITER RIDERS: MAKE YOUR BUTT FEEL GREAT     I remember the first bike that I bought when I first started cycling in 2012. A Giant Revel hard-tail. With zero know-how on how a bike should “feel”, I dumped the entire fitting process to my trusty (and rather handsome) mechanic. Honestly, the fine-tuning of the suspension

WRITER RIDERS: URBAN RIDING AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE TRAIL? OR IS IT AN EXTREME STEP TOWARDS TRAIL CONSERVATION?   (Photo of Calvin Auw by Poch Maui)   Writer Jerome Tan considers the touchy subject about whether we should hit the streets to conserve our dwindling trail resources   A lot of us have come out

ED NOTE: THE PATH TOWARDS A TRUE CYCLING NATION GETTING THERE SHOULD BE "EFFORTLESS"   (Bike-friendly environment anyone?)     The current talk of the town goes from "Going towards a Greener Environment", to "Building a Cycling Nation" to "Cycling is the New Golf". In terms of observation and wish list, these guys are good, but in

WRITER RIDERS: ARE MOUNTAIN BIKERS CAUSING GLOBAL WARMING?     Writer Jerome Tan attempts to find a balance, or at least an entry into the big topic on mountain biking versus the rest of the nature loving community. It's just a first step but we are sure he will be back with more views. For