Best locks to use on your bike?

I’d be gutted if someone nicked my bike. Not because it’s worth much, but just because I love it and I’ve also spent the time respraying it and generally getting it the way I want it. It may not be perfect, but it’s mine and that’s why I don’t want to lose it. So given [...]

Fixed gear heaven

Anyone who rides a fixie must know how this feels: you end up explaining to someone you know about riding a bike with one brake, no gears and a fixed wheel and they look at you as if you are mad. “Why the hell would you want to do that?” they quite reasonably argue. Whilst [...]

Days like these

End of October – beautiful clear morning, crisp, windless air. The sun streaming through the trees and lighting up the dew… even in London. As I glide past grumpy people in cars, or squashed onto buses I am convinced that if they just tried my commute on a morning like this, they would never want [...]

New (old) fixie

This is my new(ish) fixie. I bought it about a month or so ago. The frame was from the early 1980s but the wheels are new. I’ve spent the last two weeks strpping the old, chipped paint off and respraying it this bright vibrant blue. I’m quite pleased with the results (although if you look [...]

Day 1 & why I’m doing this

I decided to do this because a few things have happened recently that have made me wonder. If I have any agenda, then it’s that everyone should be able to get the most from cycling and that we all live in peaceful harmony with other roadusers. Is that a bit of a pipedream? I dunno [...]