At some time or other, any cyclist will have experienced some abuse from passing motorists. This may take form of being shouted at, things thrown at or even worse, pushed off the bike. There’s not much to do about it, and unfortunately in the ‘happy slapping culture’, people feel it is something that is funny, […]

    It’s hard to pick up a newspaper without glancing at some well meaning article about the Olympics being overly expensive, overly commercial, the UK already has enough debt, I’m leaving the country to avoid this over-hyped, fiasco…. e.t.c. et.c. Even a great sporting fan like me, has reasons to be disappointed at some […]

Being an economist, yesterday, I bought 100 second class stamps as a precautionary measure against the 15p rise in stamp prices which starts tomorrow. I doubt my investment in 100 second class stamps will be my ticket to the Sunday Times rich list – (even if we continue to see such above inflationary rises in […]

Cycling is an excellent way to help lose weight. It is one of best exercises to enable exercise at that ‘fat burning’ level of around 60-65% max heart rate. The great thing with cycling is that you can lose weight without too much counting calories or restricting your food intake. However, any weight loss will […]