Author Archive for will

Save the Bristol to Bath cycle path

The Bristol to Bath cycle path is under threat. Having lived there for some time (though not now, obviously) I’d like to see the path survive so would hope everyone can take a couple of minutes to sign the online petition here.

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year singlespeeders!

Here’s a hilarious and very instructive article about the finer points of wheelbuilding – hopefully this will get you all excited about all the cycling you’re going to do in 2008…

Best bike sticker ever

While wandering the internet looking at bike stuff (as I all too often find myself doing) I came across this quite special bike sticker…

Anyone seen something that can top that?

Am I a total douchebag for riding a Specialized Langster London Edition?

I’ve never been convinced by the Langster, and the emergence of themed ‘city’ editions of each has made me even more unsure about them.

They’ve received a lot of stick all over the internet for the bikes and I don’t think I can do a better job than Bike Snob NYC of explaining all the things that are wrong with them (he’s talking specifically about the New York version) so here’s the link.

Good Friday at Herne Hill Velodrome

Photos are now up in the gallery from the 2007 Good Friday race meet at Herne Hill velodrome. It was a great day with hordes of shaven lunatics thundering around the track.