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Cranky Thoughts: Vol9

Cranky Thoughts: Vol9

Posted by HasWords on 1st Dec 2022

Drinking coffee, working from home, going to a festival and riding a (Mango) eBike.Stop reading now if you don’t want to know how they’re linked.…Coffee…WFH…Festivals…eBikes…You live in the leafy ‘burbs, quiet little street with a picturesque green and the neighbours aren’t so bad.Saturday morning elevenses with friends and the fam-bam. Catch up, good natter and see what grief wee Jimmy and …
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Cranky Thoughts: Vol8

Cranky Thoughts: Vol8

Posted by HasWords on 19th Oct 2022

As most of my good intentions go (or don’t go), I meant Cranky Thoughts to be a weekly-ish spouting of what’s happening at HQ and some kind of interaction for anyone to ask Q’s and find out more about Mango Bikes.Then, somehow, July became mid-October.Ooops. Good intentions and all that.Been busy you see…It’s a total and utter mess out there right now. Seems like every time you think, “oh …
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​Mango Bikes: The Sh*t Fixie Brand Part1

​Mango Bikes: The Sh*t Fixie Brand Part1

Posted by HasWords on 29th Apr 2022

Mango Bikes: The Sh*t Fixie Brand.Had a couple of salty comments on some social posts. Decided it was a good prompt to address where Mango Bikes has been, is and will go to.I love Mango Bikes (most of the time). It’s my bambino and since I took over steering just over four years ago it’s been a mighty ride.But going right back to late 2017 when we were close to relaunching, a choice had to …
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Carbs v Carbon : Bike v Car

Carbs v Carbon : Bike v Car

Posted by HasWords on 23rd Mar 2022

CRANKY THOUGHTS: Edition1: Bikes v CarsInflammatory title, but based on fuel prices rather than who owns the road.Here’s a quick and pretty conservative overview on how prices just rocket as fuel goes up.It’s bonkers. Worst of all its realistic, for the foreseeable and beyond.And doesn’t include insurance, tax, maintenance and all the other bejazzle that goes with owning a car. Like the …
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