A steep hill in Swaledale Great Places to Cycle in the Yorkshire Dales Littondale Between Kilnsey Cragg and Kettlewell, there is a quiet valley called Littondale. This is rolling, but quiet and not too steep. It goes all the way to Halton Gill before climbing South West towards Pen Y Ghent. From Halton Gill, the […]
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Broken Cycle Chains
This year, twice in quick succession, I’ve broken two chains (both 10 speed). For 10 years, I had no broken chains, but like the proverbial bus, after waiting so long two have appeared together. The first chain to snap was a relatively cheap 10 speed chain (I can’t remember the brand). To replace it I […]
Santos Touring Bike
Santos bikes was established by a Dutch mountain bike enthusiast, Robbert Rutgrink. It seeks to offer a highly customised bike to meet the preferences of the cyclist. This is a Santos Travel Master 2.6 Alu which was used in a successful around the world bike ride by James Bowthorpe (18,000 miles in 176 days) I […]
A 25 Mile PB and a 10
Saturday was my second 25 mile TT of the year, the Charlotteville CC 25 on the H25/8 in Bentley. For a change weather conditions were very good, low wind, warm. Traffic was moderate. Not too busy but a few passing cars. Given recent times, I had a hope to set a new PB. At the […]
Braking on a Bicycle
Braking is one of those things you do without really thinking about. You might learn to ride a bicycle, but you never really learn to brake. You just push on the levers and hope it’s going to stop you (preferably without sending you over handlebars.) Bicycles generally need little maintenance, but I strongly suggest checking […]
Compulsory Helmet Use
Interesting article in Independent on helmet use – Safety Essential or Health Risk? More than two-thirds of the British Medical journal’s readers voted against mandatory cycle helmets for adults (out of 1,427 people who voted) The key reason for their opposition was that making helmet-wearing compulsory might deter people from taking up cycling, and therefore […]
Cotswolds Line by Train and Bike
I often cycle past the Cotswolds line during training rides. Because I cycle past the railway so frequently, I had a desire to go on a train and see the countryside from the perspective of the railway rather than bike. It’ surprising how little I recognised on the train ride. It’s a very different view […]
Wearing Cycle Badge with Pride
Earl Blumenauer, a Democrat congressman from Oregon wears a green bicycle lapel badge of the US congressional bike caucus pin. On an edition of Newsnight Jeremy Paxman asked “Can I just ask you, Mr Blumenauer, what is that extraordinary green bicycle on your lapel?” Blumenauer replied, “Well, I am aggressively ‘bike partisan’, and this is the congressional […]
Ammaco Dresden Review
Ammaco Dresden. A hybrid bike for under £170. It looks good and seems to offer tremendous value. But, as soon as you start riding it you know why it is so cheap. Yet, these cheap hybrid bikes do sell tremendously well. Many buyers just want a bike under £200, no matter what the components are […]
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