“science told us wider tyres were faster. we refuted its claims like this: they just looked so slow”

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“Science told us wider tyres were faster. We refuted its claims like this: they just looked so slo

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The complete collection of non-silly bike races consists of a scratch race and a time trial

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Engineering expert and creator of brilliantly bonkers bikes in MCN every month

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