Writing about bikes
After 20 odd years working in and around the cycling industry, for myself and others, I decided riding bikes was more fun than working with them. Over that time though, I wrote a lot of stuff about bikes on blogs and the like. Some was good, some, well... not so much. Rather than loose it all when I shut everything down once and for all, I have kept some of my favourite, and more popular pieces here for... prosperity?
I also am working on a few new pieces as well...
Lately there has been a lot of hoopla about the supposed war going on between ‘cyclists’ and drivers…
Read MoreNow this might come as a shock to some retailers but I have a theory about just why you might be loosing business. The theory is simple and goes something like this – you suck.
Read MoreThe sort of stuff I see on a regular basis is a lot more passive but every bit as insidious.
Read MoreI started thinking though, why don’t we just (and others with a similar love affair for older bikes) upgrade to something modern…
Read MoreI have a question for you – what’s the best way to make your bike lighter?
Read MoreThe 55 is a great fork but it’s bloody heavy, it truly is. All you have to do is pick up the bike to realise this…. or even just the fork alone. I wondered if I could stick a lighter fork on the front?
Read MoreYet despite this many of today’s adverts tell you that it should be, and is mostly about, victory and winning.
And that’s where I have an issue.
Read MoreUnless you have been living in a large hole of late, there is a new wind blowing through the mountain bike world…
Read MorePut up your hand if you remember what it was like to ride a mountain bike in the early to mid 90’s. Remember all those must have, lust worthy boutique parts?
Read MoreI think it’s one of those things that every one who’s ever ridden a mountain bike has
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