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OPINION
Making life harder for yourself
Wed, Feb 11, 2009 15:12
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Africabike on SBRIdly browsing on the web at lunch I came across the Kona Africabike on www.sbrsports.com. it didn't really strike me as a good triathlon mount, but now i've seen their suggested accessories, who knows? i might give it a go...
Dave is a founding father of road.cc, having previously worked on Cycling Plus and What Mountain Bike magazines back in the day. He also writes about e-bikes for our sister publication ebiketips. He's won three mountain bike bog snorkelling World Championships, and races at the back of the third cats.
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It'll be fast...downhill, what with it having no brakes!
gravity assisted, it doesn't look light… strong though
i don't know, flip those bars so they're pointing forwards and i think you've got a goer, plus you can put your running shoes in the basket to save on transition time
add that white Bonty bottle-cage and you've got one pimpin' ride