What an eventful day’s riding?

I had to go to Portslade yesterday morning so took the only viable means of transport, a bike. It took 55mins to do the round trip including the stop to pick up a new indicator for the van – totally impossible on 4 wheels. My average was 28.2 kph on my Panorama. The panniers were…

What a week?

It started with the fear that one of our friends might not make it. Then, as the days moved on, our hopes turned from whether he’ll live, to will his head be OK, to will has leg be OK to will he be out soon to when will he be riding again. Apparently he has…

One new cyclist but another is injured

Yesterday should have been a day of celebration. My son was going away to university and he, for the first time ever, said that he wanted his bicycle. It was with joy that I rode it into work to give it a good service. I’ll take it up next week. Many of you with sons…

Ride with pride!

I posted a comment on Facebook yesterday reminding cyclist to be proud to be British. The girl’s have dominated the Downhill World Cup this year, we have two DH World Champions in Danny Hart and Manon Carpenter. Our girls have been nigh on as prolific on the road as have the men. Britain is ranked…

Whyte 829 review

At last I got my hands on the new Whyte 829. I was lucky enough to have had a go on a prototype back in May but I couldn’t tell anyone about that. This time I can. I expected to get a medium but a large turned up. Oh well! It looked big but once…