Gravel to Touring
Babbacombe beckons. On Wednesday I begin my three day ride to Torquay so I’ve had to make some mods to my gravel bike so it’s better suited to road touring. … Continue reading Gravel to Touring
Tag: bikes
Mendips & Quantocks Gravel
With Severnth Heaven finally flushed out of my legs this week, my attention turned to another ‘big’ day out to the Mendips and Quantocks yesterday. I’d been invited along to … Continue reading Mendips & Quantocks Gravel
1000km in
Back in May I bought myself a new road bike. A nice and cheap Planet-X Pro Carbon. On paper it was great value. A carbon frame + Shimano 105 12spd … Continue reading 1000km in
Warranty Sorted
After the warranty debacle on my Scribe Inception 50-D rear wheel, I finally got a replacement axle sent me this week FOC and I fitted it today. Not without a … Continue reading Warranty Sorted
All Weathers
Yesterday was my big ride of the week. I’d decided to nail a couple of cycling numbers I occasionally aspire to achieve on my rides. 100km + 2000m elevation. A … Continue reading All Weathers
Ring, Ring
2018 seems a long time ago now but it was then I wrote an article arguing that a 50T+ chainring is too big for your average cyclist and a 46T … Continue reading Ring, Ring
Tracking down a Saddle
About 12 years ago I started to sell a brand of accessories in my shop by Serfas. Lights, tyres, saddles, grips, bar tape etc, I had a small slatwall full … Continue reading Tracking down a Saddle
New Bike Day
I think it was a first for me buying a new road bike while on holiday. The trails have just been too sloppy to enjoy them so I’d begun thinking … Continue reading New Bike Day
Lines
After an early start and 9.30am flight, we were in our Corralejo apartment by 2pm yesterday. Helped, in part, by our bags been 3rd and 4th off the carousel and … Continue reading Lines
Not What I Expected
After many years of bouncing around cycling clubs, racing, riding and help run them, that all came began to fade away after I closed my shop. The store rides that … Continue reading Not What I Expected