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    COOL RUNNINGS

    Apr 19, 2017 4 minutes
    WORDS GEOFF SEDDON PHOTOGRAPHY MOTOR RAUSCH
    “NO-ONE REALLY CARES WHO WINS OR LOSES. WE ONLY DEMAND THAT NO-ONE DIES”

    ONE of the many things we like about Deus Ex Machina is the names they give their workshops. In Sydney, it’s the House of Simple Pleasures. Bali has the Temple of Enthusiasm and Los Angeles the Emporium of Postmodern Activities. In Milan, it’s the Portal of Possibilities and it was there in mid-2015 that the seeds of the world’s most improbable custom bike weekend were sown.

    Gary Inman, founder of magazine, was in town to help with the judging of the Deus Bike Build-Off. Gary’s other claim to fame is

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