from balance bikes to racing bikes; on-road and off-road
Jen finds out through a year of hard graft and mishaps and shares her tips… Power meters are the must-have accessory nowadays for any serious amateur cyclist. Striving to improve, to succeed, to beat our opponents, we first started measuring our speed and heart-rate After that GPS became readily available to the mass market and […]
Another post from my enduring wife Jen, who has inadvertently become addicted to cyclocross racing – big time! If you travel to Belgium to experience ‘true cyclocross’ in its heartlands even once you’ll be addicted…that’s what I discovered and I’ll try to explain why through the story of my international debut at Diegem. The saga […]
The Trek Farley is a fast fat bike. This test is not so much about comparing the Farley to other fat bikes, but more to look at how it compares to other off road breeds of bike. Unlike the traditional tundra-crossing image of a fat bike, the Farley really can be compared to other options you might be […]
Today I met up with Klaas Boom (our new test rider) to have a first-look at our off-road test loop. Klaas had just flown in from his base in Oudenaarde, Belgium and we arranged to meet at the secret test loop location (near the Coxford Road entrance to Lordswood, Southampton, UK). Over the coming months […]
Jen has some words of warning/wisdom for those taking on a big mountain (I thought it was a lovely ride)… Mont Ventoux, famed as one of the iconic climbs of the Tour de France, and responsible for the untimely death of cycling legend Tom Simpson in 1967, is an imposing mountain (the ‘Giant of Provence’). […]
This post is a guide for those wishing to understand how to enhance their performance on a bike by improving their aerodynamics. I have included some of the science and many of the insights we have gained from wind tunnel testing of cyclists. There is no need to buy expensive kit, indeed you can go 10 minutes quicker […]
“What is so great about cyclocross?” An often muddy field, potential bumps and bruises, cold, wet,… Really?! It’s fun?! I asked my wife Jen to explain all … As the wife of a life-long cyclocross rider, at the beginning of this season I still wasn’t sure. I’m not totally new to the sport and I […]
Optimising nutrition for cycling is something that has been chewed over for many years. Attitudes have changed and, in all honesty, nothing has been made a great deal clearer despite the immense amount of money spent on research (largely funded by industry) and development of specialist products. However, while things may not be clearer […]
Unless you are of an extremely benevolent persuasion or have never ridden a bike (in which case I would suggest this page isn’t for you) there will have been a day when you decided to see how fast you could go: the start of your racing career. Most people experience this day as a young […]
The Three Peaks Cyclocross has been a big part of my life ever since I first rode it in 1996. I don’t think about it every single day, but at least a few times a week in November, building to every day early June, and then it’s never out of my thoughts from July onwards. […]
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