MAZDA CX-80

Big SUV faces our resident cyclist's big practicality test

- KRIS CULMER

With summer fast fading away, my mate and I were determined not to waste a sunny Saturday and so decided to get on our bikes. Slight issue: as online forums soon revealed, I was just one of many cyclists unfortunate enough to experience a jammed through-axle, so I was unable to remove my bike's front wheel. (Honestly, the creator of this particular one should be banned from designing things.) So this ride might have been over before it had even begun, or at least needed moving to a dull urban route starting at home, as the only boot that had ever accepted such a frame with both wheels attached was a monster truck called Land Cruiser.