I’ve been a customer at Beeline bicycles for the past 12 years. I see it as my local bike shop and have been a regular customer. Over the years, I’ve got to know quite a few of the workers, who have been around for several years. That in itself is a good sign, when people […]

Time, Speed and Truth is a history of timetrialling from the late nineteenth century to the modern day. It’s a curious and fascinating story, which says quite a lot about the British attitude to cycling in general. The book by Peter Whitefield provides a good overview of the strange evolution and some of the great […]

I enjoyed watching Bradley Wiggins the Tour de France in 2012, but I’m enjoying his more difficult Giro just as much. Maybe because I can empathise with the difficulties of racing downhill and being 4th, when you want to be 1st. It’s not all about winning… It was great to see Uran go on the […]

A few weeks ago I wrote about one of those hard rides where everything seems hard work, slow legs, permanent headwind, relieved to get home – The opposite of a float day. By stark contrast, last week was that rare combination of good weather and good form, where every ride felt reasonably good. Because the […]