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When I first climbed onto a racing bike back in the 80’s and got my first pair of lycra shorts, bib shorts were the much more expensive alternative.  I don’t even think they came on the radar as alternatives, and the only time I saw people wearing one basically worked out as interestingly cut swimsuits [...]

Cycling is expensive.  I paid out £1200 for my Caad10, and then another £300 on shoes and stuff.  It’s the stuff which is expensive, comparatively. I didn’t really have much of a choice to be honest.  I’d lost so much weight losing weight cycling that I had to get something off the small peg to [...]

A great way to enjoy the outdoors and improve your health is to get involved in road cycling, but there are some hidden dangers lurking away. Every year, there hundreds of car accidents which involves cyclists all over the world. If you don’t want to end up being a statistic, then wearing brightly colored cycling [...]

I have been doing more running than cycling recently because it fits better with my schedule at the moment – it takes me 30 minutes plus shower rather than one and a half hours, plus shower – and whilst I am not about to jack in the cycling completely, with the shorter days it’s just [...]

Even though the weather is turning grey and soggy and the nights are drawing in again,  it shouldn’t stop the riding.   The biggest problem isn’t so much the downpours, in my experience, since for some bizarre reason if there were just the rain my fee wouldn’t get wet.  Weird…I think it has something to do [...]

Part two of my post about mens cycling jerseys deals with the wonderfully exciting world of Giordana cycling jerseys.(note that this link takes you to the Giordana site where you can design your own kit, that I refer to later on…www.myteamgiordana.co.uk) Just bringing to mind the important points I made last time, any cycling jersey [...]

This is part 1 of a two part post about mens cycling jerseys. Being a bit of a noob I haven’t really had cause to buy many jerseys, and the last one I bought (days cycles) wore out a few years ago.  So when I decided that I wanted a new one it took only [...]

BikeNoob posted a very useful comment on cycling on wet roads, and asked if there was any way of keeping glasses – and by that I think we mean prescription glasses, clear in the rain. This is a problem.  Formula 1 drivers get by with special visors they can just pull off layer by layer, [...]

Last night’s ride has shown that although technically warmer weather has arrived, it being May and all, ‘ne’er cast a clout till May is out’ still holds true. (that is, don’t take off your thermals till June!) And I wish that I had worn my new bike jacket! This post looks at the features any [...]

There comes a time when those old road bike cycling Lycra shorts need replacing. And my ones I bought 20 years ago from Days cycle shop in Enfield are just about losing their elastic properties from the Lycra and not quite tight enough around the waist anymore. Whether or not I will ever get such [...]