There is a huge range of turbo trainers now available and the choice can be bewildering when you are trying to decide which turbo trainer to buy. Essentially all turbo trainers do the same...
This week has been week three following the British Cycling 8 week pre-season training plan. In a Nutshell This week had to be rearranged a bit. I can’t actually blame the children for this...
This has been week two following the British Cycling 8 week pre-season training plan. In a Nutshell It has been a week of snow and ice which has made cycling tricky. Still, I completed...
This week has been week one following the British Cycling 8 week pre-season training plan. In a Nutshell Week one went well. I completed all the sessions I intended to do. The Sunday session...
I recently publicly committed to having a go at road racing this year. So, I thought I had better get thinking about a training plan. Before I could really decide on a plan, I...
I have been thinking about my aims for 2018. It’s not that I am particularly into New Years Resolutions, but I do like to have an aim or two for the year, and New...
There is sometimes a fine line between want and need. Getting set up with a turbo trainer involves a fair number of decisions on what you want and what you need. This can be...
I have something of a love / hate relationship with my turbo trainer. I hate the turbo: To me, cycling is all about freedom. There is nothing free about riding to nowhere in the...
I got out for my monthly Hervelo club ride today. A fantastic 40 miles with a cafe stop on a beautiful crisp sunny day. The route was an out and back, planned around a...
My first bike was not a road bike. Back in the day, when I considered one bike to be entirely sufficient, that one bike was not a road bike. These days, I have lots...
On 29th January 2022, a number of changes to the UK Highway Code come into force. According to the UK government, these changes are aimed at making our roads safer for vulnerable users. But...Read More »
Few things about cyclists seem to enrage motorists as much as those who cycle two-abreast. (At least, few things which people on bikes actually do. Obviously there’s always the whole imaginary all cyclists jump...Read More »
We are living in unique times. What we have been through over the past year; as individuals, as communities, as nations and as a global population, has been a huge trauma. We have lived...Read More »
Last week I wrote about how fear of traffic is preventing some people from choosing to cycle for transport, and forcing them into their cars. It has proved to be one of my most...Read More »
I have been keeping to my plan of going for a walk every day. Yesterday, a friend and her son joined my son and I for a walk. They live just under two miles...Read More »
I’ve not been on a bike for almost three weeks. This isn’t like me. I have however, been out for a walk – just for the sake of it – for the past three...Read More »
When you start to cycle the school run, you might just find you love it. You will also probably be noticed as someone who cycles to school, especially if you have an unusual bike....Read More »
Cycling the school run in the winter can be just a bit more of a faff than in the summer. It’s cold and it’s dark and it’s often wet – not the most inspiring...Read More »
It would be wonderful if every school had fully segregated cycle paths to enable pupils and their parents to cycle the school run away from other road users (if they want to). Sadly in...Read More »
There’s a fine line between ‘reason’ and ‘excuse’. There are plenty of perfectly valid reasons why people might not be able to (or want to) to cycle the school run. It’s not for everyone....Read More »