There is a God. All those winter mornings you forced yourself out of bed and off to the gym despite the chill are finally paying off. Your quads have been trained to perfection, and now it's time to reward them for their hard work with a brand-new pair of stylish shorts. One problem: How do you wear...

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In continental Europe, cycling is a form of exercise so chill as to be labelled, “incidental.”It doesn’t matter if they stop for an espresso and cigarette on their way to the supermarket; that they are not driving a 4×4 Porsche and slurping a syrupy latte has impressed scientists worldwide.So when bike shops started cropping up everywhere from Sydney’s Northern Beaches to Perth’s CBD, one could be forgiven for thinking it was a good thing.How wrong we were.As it turns out: there was no cultural renaissance. We did not start cycling to picnics, baguettes in baskets and olives in eskies.The streets saw no uptick in Parisien dresses and Milanese jackets.Instead, every Saturday and Sunday morning from 5am to 9am our roads are plagued by middle aged men in lycra.If that weren’t bad enough, from 9 til 12 they take over our cafes—sweaty, fluorescent groups, talking about “headwind,” “carbon fibre” and “time trials.”At this point, you are probably starting to think we are getting a bit dramatic. After all: it’s just a bunch of dudes riding bikes and eating poached eggs.But even The Economist’s 1843 magazine, a publication known for covering the world’s most pressing socio-cultural issues, has warned that droves of middle aged men are putting on superhero costumes (lycra) and having affairs with their bicycles.Although we are in no position to say this could be the downfall of Western civilisation as we know it (we’ll leave that to The Guardian), we feel confident in saying this is the worst fashion crisis since grown men riding electric scooters to work.And, culturally speaking (read: in terms of “coolness” per capita), it goes against the raison d’être of cycling. What happened to dawdling down the corner shop, getting some fresh air or going out for a coffee?We’re not even going to point out how annoying it is to overtake an amateur peloton, or have an overzealous triathlete ride in your slipstream (which also happens to be a blind spot), because—we are well aware—there are just as many idiot motorists as there are cyclists.What we have a problem with is looking like a dickhead. You see, for cycling to become cool in Australia, we need to import all of its elements. And currently, looking at the bikes that dominate our nation’s streets, you get the sense that there are two core components of analog locomotion: Deliveroo and Tour de France.So how do we change this? Well, tempting as is is to call for an international embargo on epilepsy-coloured activewear and padded undies, what we really need to do is embrace the more aesthetically pleasing parts of bike culture.What we really need is better infrastructure for the casual cyclist (i.e. family friendly bike paths), and resurgence of big wheeled, comfy seaters with wide handle bars, and riders who aren’t dressed like aspiring Olympians.If you’re feeling brave, you could even appropriate the Dutch tradition of carrying your shopping in a wicker basket, by installing a board rack for your surfboard.We understand that road biking provides middle aged men with a lost sense of community and the excuse to do something tangible with their hands, “At a time when changing a filter in one’s car requires a computer code,” (1843).But the problem is, as insiders like Tom Vanderbilt readily admit, “Anywhere serious cyclists congregate – Tucson’s Le Buzz Café, the Runcible Spoon in Nyack, NY, the Eroica ride in Italy – … can look like a Viagra advertisement.”So the solution is not to slap an injunction on clip-in pedals, but to encourage a wider range of two-wheeled enthusiasts to grace the streets.And if your middle aged dad takes offence at your “superficial” judgements on his style, show him the studies that demonstrate consistent incidental exercise is better for you than a sedentary lifestyle punctuated by intense bouts of exercise.Yes: we are aware that it seems intellectually lazy—arrogant, even—to claim intense exercise is a joke. But it’s not just turtle neck wearing French university students who take that view.Scientists have found that intense exercise (like a road cyclist’s lactic threshold test) may actually make it more likely for plaque to build up in the arteries—especially for men.This goes to show our Macho culture of killing ourselves on a bike for two hours in the morning, and spending the rest of the day scarcely able to walk is questionable at best, ridiculous at worst.RELATED: Grown Men Riding Scooters To Work Proves Why Sydney Will Never Be Cool 

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Ipads are no longer just for kids and grandparents. An excellent tool to whip out at your next meeting to explain a point in detail, or simply a convenient way to continue your Youtube binge into the early hours of the morning, the ipad has something for everyone—making a quality cover the perfect...

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The King of Wakanda is back but this time he’s ditched the panther suit for something a little more…plaid. Or a lot more plaid.

Chadwick Boseman turned up to The Hollywood Reporter’s Power 100 Women In Entertainment gathering in Los Angeles last night wearing a full-length trench coat shod in blue and red plaid from Calvin Klein’s latest Fall 2018 collection. The sand coloured coat is a daring departure from Boseman’s usual choice of wardrobe which usually features more muted tones.

Nonetheless it’s a killer look on the Black Panther star who paired the coat with dark brown trousers featuring red and white side contrast stripes and a shirt with more contrasting prints than you can throw an infinity stone at.

A pair of black leather dress boots polished off the look nicely.

Hit the gallery to see how the king owned the look.

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The gilet has garnered some rather unfashionable attention in recent years. The very functional garment was pumped up by unattractive outdoorwear brands in the early noughties and since then, 'practical' tourists and dad-ish men have been parading the hiking-appropriate, puffer vest as an acceptable...

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If you’ve ever been pick pocketed in Barcelona, duped in Dubrovnik, or scalped in Segovia you’ll know some places rip you off subtly.

However, one famous Italian clifftop village, Polignano a Mare, has thrown out the discretion manual, and decided to implement a “cover charge” for holidaymakers to enter its historic centre.

Polignano a Mare, once a quiet town in the south of Italy, is now a bucket list checkpoint for innumerable tourists seeking the perfect gelato selfie (and cliff diving profile pic).

Although it’s not as famous as Venice, Rome or Florence, the town has caused controversy by following the big city approach to “milking tourists for all they are worth.”

The only difference is, in Polignano a Mare, the policy actually works.

You see, in urban metropoli, such a system is quite tricky to implement (Venice, for instance has a far greater problem with mass tourism, and was only this year able to install turnstiles—without charging for entry).

But as Polignano a Mare is perched atop a series of cliffs, it’s easy for the authorities to control access.

 

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As reported by Traveller, “Tourists have to pay €5 (AU$7.77) to enter the cobbled heart of Polignano a Mare, a spectacularly sited village of whitewashed houses and churches perched on top of vertical cliffs in the southern region of Puglia.”

Predictably, critics reject the new scheme, saying public spaces should not be commercialised, and should be available to everyone.

However, considering the damage tourists are doing elsewhere, the Mayor of Polignano a Mare feels justified in his installation of turnstiles, which are located at the entrances to the village.

Whether Polignano’s picturesque piazzas, winding streets and panoramic terraces (which date back to a Greek settlement of the fourth century BC) and cliff diving (which does not date back to the fourth century BC…) will remain a popular attraction remains to be seen.

But if the numerous Instagram posts of pasta-happy tourists that have appeared in the week since the policy was implemented are anything to go by, the initial signs are positive.

The ticketing system started this month and will cover the whole Christmas season until January 6, a period in which the village is lit up (festive style, not MMA style) by thousands of twinkling lights.

While this is obviously a revenue raising ploy, that didn’t stop Mayor Domenico Vitto pointing out that you should be grateful for your ticket, as it doesn’t just grant you entry to the town, but also diabetes in a bag (popcorn, a doughnut, candy floss and a drink).

“The aim is to attract tourists even during the winter months,” he told The Telegraph. “We have big numbers of visitors during the summer but then it dwindles to almost nothing by October and the town is dead. We want to make it less seasonally dependent.”

This explains the fairy lights, but not the low-season fee.

Whatever the case, some locals, as well as heritage groups, have taken issue with both, saying the ticketing system sets a dangerous precedent which risks turning a popular destination into a Disney-style attraction.

 

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While your author questions equating Christmas lights with Disneyland’s scariest rides, he agrees with the basic premise of keeping public spaces public.

“Installing turnstiles and charging people to enter one of the most famous historic villages in Italy is detrimental to what should be a public place,” a local business association, Confesercenti Terra di Bari, said in a statement.

“Turning the town into a sort of show business, as if it was a fun park for private use, is not a good idea. The town should be part of the cultural heritage of the whole world.”

According to Traveller, “A heritage group, the Italian Environmental Fund or FAI, is thinking of challenging the ticketing system in court.”

But on the flipside, one could argue it is necessary to charge tourists in order to maintain the town as a place that will attract them.

Decisions, decisions…

RELATED: Amalfi Coast Destinations Only Locals Know About 

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Bond. James Bond…you are not. That’s because this particular example of a rare 1964 Aston Martin DB5 with just 38,284km on the clock is currently on sale for $1,650,000 in Australia.It’s a serious amount of coin for a car that still rocks a cassette player but remember, this isn’t mother’s Corolla – this is a collector’s game and this is the ultimate collector’s car. The Aston Martin DB5 is arguably one of the world’s most iconic cars made famous by 007 in 1964’s Goldfinger at the hands of Sean Connery.

It was also haplessly blown to bits in Skyfall forty-eight years later at the hands of Daniel Craig. Spot the cool matching number plates.

But we digress. What you see before you is a genuine DB5 located in Sydney for immediate purchase should you have a lazy one and a half million kicking around. What you’re getting is one of 1,021 examples built worldwide – and that number should be smaller considering the DB5s that have actually survived till this day.This car features all the trimmings from the factory including an aluminium DOHC 4.0 litre straight six mated to a 5 Speed ZF manual transmission and a lightweight tubular framed body designed by the Italian coachbuilder, Carrozzeria Touring Superleggera. Performance-wise it’s not bad for its era and there’s enough poke to see the DB5 hit 0-100km/h in about 8 seconds before topping out at 233km/h. Of course the traffic light drag strip isn’t what you’d buy it for (we hope not at least).On the inside there’s all the bells and whistles of a 60s era car including electric window switches, vintage analogue dials, aircraft-style levers and plush Dark Blue Connelly leather seating front and back. The exterior is presented in Silver Birch and is complemented with an Aston Martin Heritage Trust certificate along with early restoration documents and registration certificates dating from 1990.Adding even more value to the car is the fact that this is a single-owner vehicle. It was delivered brand new to F.B. Beard ESQ. of St Johns Hill on the 22nd of May 1964.Keen? You can put down your deposit via the Carsales listing now or see the car in person at Sydney’s Classic Throttle Shop.

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Put down your reconstituted pineapple juice for a second and feast your eyes on the latest world record-breaking whisky instead.

This is the 1926 Macallan and this week it fetched a staggering $2 million (US$1.5 million) as part of Christie’s auction of fine and rare spirits – the highest figure ever recorded for a publicly sold bottle.

“The sale represents a landmark moment in the whisky market,” said Tim Triptree MW, Christie’s international director of Wine.

If this headline sounds familiar then you wouldn’t be wrong. Earlier this year Bonhams in Hong Kong sold two of the same 1926 Macallan bottles featuring labels by Sir Peter Blake and Valerio Adami for US$1.2 million. Following that, another Bonhams auction in Edinburgh saw a single bottle of 1926 Macallan selling for US$1.2 million.

And now we have the latest title clincher from the coveted Scotch whisky brand at US$1.5 million. That’s three consecutive records in 2018 alone with the latter bearing a unique bottle design.

How unique?

This particular bottle was so elusive that it was last seen trading hands in 1999 at Fortnum & Mason. From that point on, even The Macallan distillery didn’t know if it still existed – until now.

This particular example is exceptionally rare thanks to its label. Of the 25 bottled back in 1986, this is the only one to feature a label decorated by hand; a true unicorn of the drinking world (not that anyone will be game enough to drink it).

Love more rare whisky stories? Check out the world’s most expensive Japanese whisky. Or better yet, find out how not to get ripped off with fakes when buying expensive whisky.

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Making the transition from fries to canned fish is always a struggle. Especially as the premise of a low carb diet is to eat more protein and fat during meals, so you don’t need to snack at all.

But when you’re starting out, you need all the help you can get. And the last thing you want is to end up in a pit of deep fried fear and self loathing. So what do you do? You buy healthy snacks.

Luckily for you, thanks to the increasing popularity of low carb regimes like the Keto and Atkins diets, endorsed by everyone from Lebron James to Kim Kardashian, there is a wealth of information on how to make the “snacking transition” as easy as possible.

If you want to know more about the risks and benefits of going ‘low carb’, check out the following.

RELATED: The Ketogenic Diet – The Truth About How It Will Impact Your Health 

However today we’re simply going to focus on low carb snacks that will help you in your quest for visible abs. Cue: Max Lugavere, author of NY Times best-seller #GeniusFoods, who recently took to Instagram with some healthy, low carb snack suggestions.

 

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Ketogenic diet-friendly snacks! —— Do you follow a low carb Ketogenic diet? If so I wanted to share some snacks that might help make sticking to it easier. —— Typical Ketogenic diets require you minimize your carbohydrate intake to 5-10% of calories (give or take depending on activity levels), while filling out the rest with fat (about 60%) and protein (about 30-35%). —— In my book Genius Foods I recommend what I call INTERMITTENT ketosis—I’m not a fan of NEVER being in ketosis, and I’m also not a fan of ALWAYS being in ketosis for your average person. —— Some notes: Biltong is an air dried beef seasoned with vinegar and spices, no sugar (unlike beef jerky!). And for deli meats, please stick to those that are minimally processed and do not contain additives, fillers, and preservatives. And finally, for canned fish , PLEASE make sure the fish is packed in either water, extra virgin olive oil, or tomato sauce. None of those unhealthy grain and seed oils. —— Which are your favorite keto-friendly snacks? Any I missed? Let me know! • • • • • #lchf #keto #lowcarb #ketogenic #lowcarbhighfat #paleo #ketosis #primal #ketodiet #paleodiet #paleolifestyle #glutenfree #atkins #grainfree #ketogenicdiet #whole30 #sugarfree #jerf #ketofam #ketolife #dairyfree #comidadeverdade #highfat #lavkarbo #realfood #paleofood #cleaneating #lowcarblifestyle #lowcarbdiet #lchftjejer

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According to Max, most Ketogenic diets require you minimize your carbohydrate intake to 5-10% of calories (depending on your activity levels), while filling out the rest with fat (about 60%) and protein (about 30-35%).

The above snacks should help you hit that elusive 90%.

But before you hop down the supermarket, Max has some words of advice. First of all; don’t confuse Biltong with Jerky: “Biltong is an air dried beef seasoned with vinegar and spices, no sugar (unlike beef jerky!).”

As for deli meats: “Stick to those that are minimally processed and do not contain additives, fillers, and preservatives.” And finally, “For canned fish… make sure the fish is packed in either water, extra virgin olive oil, or tomato sauce. None of those unhealthy grain and seed oils…”

RELATED: Experts Reveal How Many Carbohydrates You Can Eat Without Ending Ketosis

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