Sep 2, 2018 | Cycling, Helmets, Road Bikes, Road Cycling, Road Racing, Sportive
Should the wearing of helmets be compulsory for cyclists…? The debate rages on, many newspaper column inches are written, pundits give their reasoned arguments and ‘experts’ mostly say it would be a ‘good thing’. Everybody who is anybody has an opinion. Whether you...
Jul 20, 2018 | Age, Cycling, Old, Road Cycling, Road Racing
The average duration of human life in the UK is just about 83 years for women and 79 years for men. Conservative experts believe that man is really build to last about 100 years; and that medical advances and a more healthy living style could bring this about three or...
Jun 1, 2018 | Cycling, Road Cycling, SpeedX
A Favourite Brand – Freedom Cycle System: In the early days of the SpeedX saga, I came across the Freedom Cycle System on Kickstarter, the crowdfunding platform. It is an Australian project, launched by Tim Holmes and Steve Serpall. The Kickstarter campaign was...
Sep 11, 2017 | Cycling, Road Cycling, The Rules, Velominati
In 2013 a small book was published called “The Rules – The Way of the Cycling Disciple.” It was written by a group of passionate cyclist who called themselves the Velominati. With the explanation that; “Velominati.com is one of the world’s most popular and rapidly...
Jul 13, 2017 | Amphetamines, Doping, Drugs, Mont Ventoux, Road Cycling, Road Racing, Tom Simpson, Tour de France
50 years ago, on the 13th July 2017 one of Britain’s most successful professional cyclists collapsed and died during the ascent of Mont Ventoux, France. Tom Simpson (30 Nov 1937 – 13 July 1967) was born is Haswell, County Durham and later moved to Haworth in...
Feb 20, 2017 | Crowdfunding, Cycling, Road Bikes, Road Cycling, Road Racing, SpeedX
On a wet Thursday at the back end of January 2017, there was a heavy pounding on the front door… with a very wet TNT driver standing there trying to deliver a very large box…! My new bike had arrived…. I unboxed it and looked it over… it was fantastic… awesome…...
