What a morning? Joy of joys, this is the autumn. This is without doubt the best season of the year. Winter is grim. Spring never seems to arrive. Summer often disappoints. But autumn is magical. The day can start with a chill mist and frost and then be glorious in the sun at mid day….
South Downs 100 or is it 160?
My season is coming to an end. This is depressing but for the first time ever I have a planned sojourn from riding. Tomorrow I’ll miss the Tuesday ride, next week I am away, I could do Tuesday 5th November but on the 6th I have a hernia operation, six weeks later (the recovery period)…
What chance for the future of cycling in Worthing? And I apologise for riding my bike.
I have written here before that drivers only see what they want to see. They look for gaps and consequently don’t see what is in them: you or me on our bikes. Last night I witnessed that this myopic approach also extends to hearing (not listening). It seems that most of the local politicians that…
Whyte 29 Team review – endless summer!
I don’t know where to begin. The weather is incredible – we are still riding in short sleeve jerseys! Next year marks 30 years since I have been mountain biking and I have never seen some of the trails in such good condition. And 29ers are quicker. We are into October and autumn has only…
Road safety in Worthing
I wrote the piece below and was wondering how I could précis it so that it could appear in the Worthing Herald when I got news that a friend, who days before I had said that he ought to get back on his bike, was knocked down by an over taking car. The car sped…
Scott Scale 720 review
I have to confess to sometimes needing an excuse to go mountain biking. It’s not that I don’t like the dirt but I do like to maximise my riding time. On a road bike it seems as if you get a lot more riding for either the time or miles covered than you usually do…
Safer roads for Worthing remains a possibility after local County Councillor backing.
Everyday someone says to me that they would like to cycle in Worthing but that they are frightened by the roads and traffic. So, with their and my fears in my mind I attended a jam pack and lively West Sussex County Council CLC meeting for Worthing. CLC is the County Local Committee of our…
A different sort of ride
You can ride a bike whichever way that you want. There are road bikes, mountain bikes and everything else in between. The bike often dictates how you will ride. I wanted to do something different today. I wanted a relaxing trip and chose the commuter, it is a Ridgeback Panorama touring bike and I wanted…
What is it with British drivers?
A couple of weeks ago I went to London (Teddington). It was quite a joyous experience despite the fact that I was driving. It was a Sunday and from Dorking on there were bikes everywhere. The closer we got to the capital the more bikes there were. On the single carriageway roads traffic was moving…
QECP revisited – Whyte 909 review
One of the things that has motivated me to write this blog, as well as the riding, has been the testing of new products. I was lucky in that the time that I opened the shop and started writing was the time that Jon Whyte left designing Marin and Whyte and the new team took…
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