1. Reflective clothing. Even during the day, light levels can be quite low. Motorists can easily miss cyclists who are dressed in dark clothes. Reflective clothing can make as much difference as lights. There are many options for purchasing reflective clothing. Usually, it is quite light weight. Also, don’t just buy a reflective top. Reflective […]
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How To Love Your Bicycle
Some people fear their own bicycle. It may even be rusting away in the garage because they don’t know how to mend a puncture. Other’s will spend more time polishing their bike than they will riding it. I’m somewhere in the middle, but here’s a few tips on how to really love your bicycle. Bicycle […]
Getting to The Front of The Queue
Advanced Stop Signs create a mixture of responses from cyclists. On the one hand they can be useful for giving a better position at traffic lights. They can give better visibility Remind motorists cyclists have right to be on road and encourages them to be more tolerant of cyclists (in theory anyway!) Provide a nicer […]
Cycling Accidents
Falling off a bike. How to do it in style, how to avoid doing it, and how to keep smiling. There’s a lovely Monty Python Sketch where a knight gets a few limbs cut off, but keeps retorting ‘T’s but a scratch’ I recently fell off my bike; but at the time it felt more […]
Cycling in America
cycling in aftermath of storm When I first travelled to the US, back in 2000, I don’t think I did any cycling. There also seemed very few cyclists who dared to brave the streets of Queens, New York to cycle around. The US seemed a country built for the motor car, and everything else was […]
How Many Miles do You Cycle?
One of the most frequent questions I get asked is how many miles do you cycle? When I first got back into cycling in 2003/2004, I didn’t used to race, I just cycled for the fun of it. Part of the fun was cycling all day – 100-150 miles in the Cotswolds or Yorkshire Dales. […]
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 […]
American v European Perspectives on Cycling
I spend at least five weeks a year in America where I always spend some time cycling in New York. I have also spent time cycling in different parts of Europe. These are my (personal) impressions of the different perspectives towards cycling. 1. Helmets. Probably the most divisive issue. Americans will invariably be very ‘pro […]
Cycling Terms Explained
A random selection of contemporary and classic cycling terms explained with varying degrees of lucidity. Some may give the impression of being entirely made up, which is probably because they are. ‘Pedalling in Circles.’ These days you seem to hear this expression quite frequently. A good cyclist should ‘pedal in circles’ ( if you have […]
Mistakes of Cycling Nutrition
Sometimes as a newcomer to the sport, it’s easy to ignore aspects of fuelling and eating. When you get into cycling finding the lightest carbon fibre component seems much more interesting than discovering the right combination of energy drinks. But, whearas light weight components may save a couple of seconds, making mistakes in eating and […]
Interview with Simon Warren
I like all aspects of cycling, but it’s climbing up hills which is probably my favourite aspect. Because I’ve climbed so many hills around the UK, I really enjoyed reading 100 Greatest hill climbs by Simon Warren- about some of the most testing hills for cycling in the UK. I asked the author, Simon […]
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