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Thanks has to go to Phil for putting me on to this wonderful little tale that was reported on the BBC website. It’s such a wonderfully written piece that I don’t want to repeat too much here, but it will be fun to make some sort of comment.  Because I think that I am, indeed, [...]

Now that the clocks are going forward there are already a good few cyclists who are putting toe to pedal, some for the first time, on our Lancashire roads.  We are like leaves on trees.  There are those who are deciduous and evergreen, cycling throughout the season. And those like me, who prefer a warmer [...]

From the looks of the weather reports in the UK, I think that it’s going to be snowing pretty soon.  And mountain or road bike cycling in the snow is treacherous.  My wife last year really hated the snow and ice, since she was skidding all over the place, and that was in a car.  Yes [...]

When you are choosing a road bike the first thing you need to consider really is what you want to use it for. For example, do you want to write it on your daily commute to work, or perhaps just go down the shops. Or perhaps you want to travel a certain distance (long rides [...]

One of the problems of riding a mountain bike and trying to use it like a road bike is one of resistance.  I get really frustrated that I can’t go really quickly, especially on the down hills, and when I am running in the big cog on the crank and about 5 on the back (I have a [...]

Road bike cycling is great for all over fitness, but what happens when you have a pretty good level of fitness perhaps because of previous activity, or because you have spent quite a bit of time losing weight and getting fitter? Here are some ideas you can try…none of them pleasant, but effective all the [...]

Starting out road bike cycling it all looks very expensive, on paper at least.  By the time you have invested in either lycra shorts or (assos) cycling bib shorts, and then found a cycling jersey to your taste, looked at road cycling shoes and decided which ones to go for, you may be already downsizing in [...]