Bike theft is one of the most demoralising aspects of cycling. There is a real epidemic of bike theft in the UK. It is estimated a bicycle is stolen every minute and less than 5% of those are returned to their owners. There is a total of around 500,000 bike thefts a year – a figure […]

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 […]

I wondered why no one had left any comments in the past two weeks. What with hobbling around on one leg, I half expected a flood of sympathy, or at least a few peg leg jokes from my 26.5 global visitors. Anyway, I found out it was due to  an anti-spam plugin, which was overly […]

‘Running Machine’ or Hobby Horse invented by the German Baron Karl von Drais in 1817. (see: History of the bicycle in photos)   Great things often start from small ideas. This hobby horse, is not exactly a bicycle, but it an oft-sighted example of a forerunner to the bicycle. It is the first invention which really […]

It Looks Good. It looks silly if you don’t. Lycra and hairy legs is not aesthetically pleasing. Cyclists’ vanity Easier to have a massage with shaved legs. Easier to clean gaping wound when you fall off your bike. More aerodynamic. To be part of the pro-cyclists club. The masons have their handshake, we have the […]