Jul 28, 2019 | Cycling, Road Bikes, Road Cycling, Road Racing, Tour de France
Another book turned up for my July Birthday…”Magic Spanner – The world of cycling according to Carlton Kirby”. Carlton Kirby has been a cycling commentator for nearly 30 years. He works for Eurosport and has commentated on the Tour de France for as long as I can...
Jan 2, 2019 | Gym Membership, New Year, Road Bikes, Road Cycling
An Easy New Year’s Resolution It is that time of year again… Everybody is making New Year Resolutions…ones that you know will last the best part of January, if you are lucky. You know the ones… Lose some weight; Moderate any drinking and that annual favourite – Get...
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...
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…...
May 20, 2016 | Crowdfunding, Cycling, SpeedX
This short article was first written in May 2016 about the Crowdfunding platform Kickstarter and was written as the Admin of the SpeedX Riders Facebook Group. The SpeedX Leopard bikes were delayed, and some backers were becoming very impatient....
