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  • April 13, 2016 at 8:33 pm #869875
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    barbarus

    Helen Pidd, who writes for

    Helen Pidd, who writes for the Graun, is actually a “real” cyclist – as an she’s is a member of two clubs – and she reviews bikes more thoroughly in the weekend section.  However, this only happens when the regular motoring columnist is away. 

    April 13, 2016 at 10:56 am #869873
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    Simon_MacMichael

    That ‘review’ makes more
    That ‘review’ makes more sense once you consider it appeared in the print edition (Observer magazine, Sunday). It was underneath a car review, and it regularly puts a bike review there, which in my book isn’t a bad thing.

    April 13, 2016 at 10:32 am #869871
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    Anonymous

    At least there weren’t any

    At least there weren’t any glaring factual errors – unlike the mention of Paris-Roubaix before last weekend, which told readers that the race “The “Hell of the North”, already a tough battle of attrition, features a new 50km uphill section of pavé as part of its 257km length.”

     

    http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/apr/09/the-agenda-max-whitlock-louis-smith-zoe-smith-steve-davis 

    April 13, 2016 at 10:28 am #869869
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    L.Willo

    My balls have retracted just

    My balls have retracted just looking at this review pic:

    http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/mar/27/trayser-electric-bike-review-ettindustries-observer-martin-love

     

    April 13, 2016 at 9:24 am #869867
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    surly_by_name

    The only thing surprising

    The only thing surprising about this is that anyone would expect an in-depth review of a bicycle in a newspaper. I imagine if you’ve made your way to this website/visited a newsagents you are aware that there is a plethora of specialty press that is more likely to provide you with the kind of analysis you are looking for.

    April 13, 2016 at 8:20 am #869865
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    Poptart242

    It’s more of a sub-article to

    It’s more of a sub-article to point out that custom bikes are a thing that exist, and that Bespoked is on soon. Fair enough.

    April 13, 2016 at 12:16 am #869863
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    MartyMcCann

    To be fair to the Guardian,

    To be fair to the Guardian, the last few times they did a proper review of a bike the comments threads were full of gabshites whose only interest in bikes is to complain about “lycra louts” feigning shock about “how much a push-bike can cost” so maybe they just didn’t think it worth the effort just to get the same feedback.

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