Fast Bikes

ON THE ROAD AGAIN

It’s a whole different kettle of fish when you’re riding on the road isn’t it? Whether you are commuting or touring, bimbling around or going balls out, you are probably going to want a bike that is comfortable. That rules out my TT bike, with its racing Maxton stuff, straight away.

When all you are doing is going as fast as you can, you don’t have time to be uncomfortable, but if you ever have to ride a bike like mine through the streets, which I was once forced to do when the clutch pooed itself halfway through a TT race about as far away from the paddock as you can get. I had a choice between waiting for the ACU to recover me and get my bike back to the pits, or riding through town and taking

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