Review: Nuun Hydration Tablets
Staying hydrated when exercising is important. The extent to which hydration effects your performance is constantly up for debate, but certainly there are solid physiological reasons you need to replace the water you lose through sweat. To put it simply, […]
How To Be ‘Lucky’
I often get comments from friends, from family and on social media, where people tell me, ‘I’m so lucky.’ I’m lucky because I live in Devon, I’m lucky because I’m riding somewhere, I’m lucky because I do work I enjoy… To […]
How To Get The Most Out Of Winter
Ah, winter. Us Brits don’t half love to moan about it. Each and every year we all begin grumbling about cold and dark, as if it’s a new and unexpected phenomenon. It seems like every time this season comes around, […]
My 2014 Top Ten For Huck Magazine
The lovely folks over at Huck Magazine recently asked me which bike related happenings, products and cycling stuff had stood out for me this year. It was a bit of a tough question, as so much has happened in 2014, […]
Review: Evoc Bike Travel Bag
Ah, the hassle of lugging a bike around. I can count on, well, one digit the number of times I’ve travelled without either a bike, a snowboard or a surfboard, and it’s bloody easy I tell ya! Just chuck a […]
Cyclists Are Weird
“Sometimes I wonder what on earth I’m doing. It’s cold, I’m tired and I need some time to relax and simply do nothing. But totally exhausted from a full week of work, I find myself pulling on lycra rather lounging […]
I’ve Just Signed With Assos
If you’ve been reading this blog for any amount of time, you’ll probably have guessed that I don’t half love prancing about in fancy cycle clothing and nice cycle kits. My cycling wardrobe is far better than my regular one, […]
Charge Bikes – The Ambassador Finalists
Charge Bikes have been running a video contest over the last few months, with a chance to join yours truly on the team, a custom Ti Charge bike and a bunch of other shizzle up for grabs – all in […]
Track Bikes Make You Strong
There was a time when I rode nothing but fixed gear, but eventually I became more and more into other kinds of cycling, and these days I’m just as likely to jump on my road bike and go for […]
Track Bikes In The Mountains
These guys are total nutjobs. In the nicest possible way.” I was trailing behind three Italian strangers with whom I’d briefly interacted on Instagram, and I was wondering about their sanity. Forty five minutes into a seemingly never-ending climb my […]
The Red Hook Crit Milan – On Foot
I headed down to Red Hook Crit in Milano a couple of weekends ago.. on foot! I then spent a fair amount of time explaining why I wasn’t racing, as well as looking deep inside my lazy psyche for a real […]
Cycling In Italy – Stelvio
There are a few places every cyclist dreams of riding, and seeing as by some twist of fate I’ve ended up living in the Italian Alps, I thought I’d take the opportunity to tick a few of those rides off […]
Cycling In Tokyo – Tips, Hints and Local Info
I recently wrote an article for Urban Cyclist detailing tips and hints for cyclists visiting Tokyo, including the best places to ride, the coolest bike shops and bars and all that kind of stuff. If you’d like to read the […]
Hello Italy!
Isn’t life weird? On minute you’re sitting at home in Devon cuddling the cats whilst working on your freelance projects, the next you’re called to a meeting in Italy with a potential job in the offing. I’ve been happily self-employed for […]
Some love for Devon
When Dave and I first announced we were moving to Devon, a lot of people thought we were totally nuts. I guess from the outside it seemed like a sudden departure – we were both so involved in London life […]
Video: Cycle Touring In Japan Is The Nuts!
Back in May of this year, myself and Dave Noakes touched down in Tokyo for a three week tour of Japan with our bicycles. He’d taken a little persuasion, for though he was keen on the idea of visiting Japan […]
Cyclist’s Games – The Lucky Cap
I’m the most indecisive person in the whole world and Dave Noakes ain’t much better. So Sunday mornings in our house are a bloody nightmare – at breakfast we discuss endless possibilities for the days adventure chucking more and more ideas into […]
Cycling Touring In Japan – Hints and Tips
When we where first looking at cycle touring in Japan, we spent a fair amount of time scrawling the internet for tips and hints, and whilst we found the odd gem, mostly we had to discover things for ourselves and […]
Killer Kits, Dude!
The title says it all really – Warsaw Cycling’s kits are killer! Seems like folks are really upping their kit game these days, which is really bad for my pocket – this latest little beauty joins my growing collection of […]