I was talking to a fellow riding mate in the pub the other night and during our wide ranging discussion on life, riding and the woes of our respective children one of the subjects we touched on was the occasional instances where the inadvertent separation of bicycle and rider occur, and during this discussion I …
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Moulton Mini Part 3 – Less is sometimes more
So this is how the worlds scruffiest Moulton Mini has looked for the last few months, has it been used loads? no, but when it has been called into action from the depths of the garage its transported me around my locality without complaint and never failed to put a smile on my face. Time …
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The Wheels From China go round and round …… 9Velo Carbon Wheelset – a great bang for buck upgrade?
I’d like to start by saying that now I’ve typed that title out I’ve committed myself a nursery rhyme ear worm from hell for the rest of the day. Right, so this year for the first time in my professional working career I’ve been in receipt of a modest pay bonus from my employer. In …
When Illness strikes – and the winter training plan goes straight down the toilet……..
So the winter training and fitness plan of riding my bikes as much as possible while also going to the gym for finely honed and focused strength training to address my myriad of physical weaknesses has been going really well lately............... not....... Yes in the last couple of months I have achieved precisely zero miles …
The Three Part Plan to Avoid Mountain Biking Mediocrity Part 2
Ok, so if you read Part 1 and its preceding post you'll know I'm on a three step improvement plan to elevate my woeful off road riding levels after a pretty disastrous last outing on the MTB. So Part 1 was devoted to fixing my sadly neglected and slightly broken steed. With its braking performance …
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The Three Part Plan for Mountain BikingMediocrity Part One
Just a quick recap if you didn’t catch the last but one-ish post and hence aren’t already teetering on the edge of your seat waiting for this one …. Basically I rode my MTB, the bike was rubbish, I was rubbish and I fell off. So what am I going to be doing about this …
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Of Small Wheels and Weird Frame Design
This my friends is a bike I've long lusted after but never been able to afford and/or justify owning - a Moulton TSR22 and it's brand new and all mine 😊😊😊😊 These somewhat (alright 'very') niche machines have changed very little in their overall design since their inception in the late 1970's and are still …
A Three step Plan for Mountain biking Mediocrity.
Well my first foray onto the dirt in awhile didn't go very well. My poor neglected bike let me know that just pulling it out of the shed and slapping a bit of chain lube over the crustiness infecting the chain and sprockets just wasn't going to cut it, oh and the brakes had a …
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Th Moulton Mini Build Part 2
Right then, time for an update on my little green urban speed machine. Well when we left the action in the last post the bike was at last reasonably rideable and looked like this And this is how it stayed for several months taking me to the shops and back, generally wizzing around the village …
The Moulton Mini – eBay strikes again….
So..... I've bought another project bike I really most certainly do not need. It's old, quite impractical, British, quirky as hell, doesn't really meet the specific need I tried to justify its purchase with ...... and it's cost me far to much money. It is however an absolute hoot to ride and that makes its …
The Declining Cyclist 