How to race (or just ride) Cyclocross
I’ve a funny relationship with Cyclocross, the multi-surface, off-road circuit races that take place over the winter months. I hated my first race because I just wasn’t accustomed to pushing myself really hard and the pain I felt in my […]
Competition: Win £500 of ASSOS cycle clothing
I’ve now been supported by ASSOS for a couple of years, having come onboard at an exciting time in the brand’s history. It’s been really gratifying to be involved in so much of the brand’s development in that time, […]
The best rides of 2017
Like many cyclists, the end of the road racing season in October is when I start looking back at what I’ve achieved and figuring out where I want to be in the future. It’s a time to reflect on […]
Book Review: Rainbows in the mud
I’m a sucker for books. My collection has now infested every single room in the house except the bathroom which in my mind is no place for a book to live, though many do accompany me into that room when […]
Hinterlands: A fixed gear cycling film
Way back at the beginning of summer, Dave and I got up at 4am to head over to Dartmoor and meet local filmmakers Callum Earnshaw and Amanda Bluglass. Getting up early is really not my bag at all – seeing […]
Taiwan’s West Coast on a folding bike
After a couple of weeks adjusting to the bone-chilling cold we’re experiencing here in the UK and some time planning my training for 2018’s race season, I’ve finally found an afternoon to sit down and share my thoughts on cycling […]
Crit racing reignited my fixed gear love affair
It all happened on that fateful day, when my borrowed road bike was stripped of parts. As I stood outside my Dalston flat in the weak autumn sunshine gazing at the destruction some lowlifes had wreaked, I realised something had […]
Review: 2XU Compression Tights
Compression garments, once the preserve of Nannas and the hospitalised are now frequently seen on athletic individuals looking for performance gains through various different methods of usage. I first came across them when I noticed several of my marathon running […]
Great Bike Rides Of The World: Taiwan West Coast
As a cycle blogger and YouTube creator I get invited on a fair few trips, product launches and fun sounding excursions, not all of which I can go to as I live in the middle of nowhere and I have […]
24 Velodrome Race | Cyclone 24
With the final race of the Red Hook Crit series in the bag and the accumulated fatigue from a long season of racing making me feel somewhat lethargic and unmotivated, I decided to take a couple of weeks off training […]
Red Bull Foxhunt with EE and Apple Watch
Just last weekend my inbox pinged with receipt of a very exciting email asking, ‘Would you like to go to Red Bull Foxhunt in Wales to race mountain bikes and try out the new Apple Watch series 3 (GPS and 4G) […]
Herbalife Q & A | How to fuel for endurance events
This weekend Dave and I will travel to Wales to compete in a 24-hour race at Newport Velodrome Cyclone 24, riding as many laps as we can over the course of a day (and night). As part of a team that includes […]
VIDEO: New ASSOS women’s winter collection
My long term clothing sponsors ASSOS have really smashed it on the women’s clothing front this year, firstly with their Laalalai jersey that we launched in Barcelona at women’s cycling store Domenica and now with some select pieces of winter […]
Red Hook Crit Milan – The season finale
This weekend saw the Red Hook Crit season finale take place in Milan, the last of four international fixed gear races that I’ve geared much of my training around in 2017. Though Red Hook Crit London in 2015 was the […]
Review: QUOC road shoes
QUOC are a relative newcomer to the performance road shoe market having made their first foray into the world of cycling kicks when they launched a range of urban shoes back in 2009. Despite their history, I must confess I […]
Five day intensive Cyclocross training with British Cycling
I can’t remember if I actually posted it on here, but earlier this year Dave and I filmed a series of videos with British Cycling titled ‘Commute Smart’ that show how you can utilise your commute for training, how to […]
Red Hook Crit Barcelona 2017
“As any fixed gear critter which is the best race of the season and with ne’er a split second pause they’ll give you one answer – Red Hook Crit Barcelona. Though there are several obvious reasons why, namely the beach, […]
Review: Specialized S-Works 6 Women’s Road Shoes
Specialized have always had a comprehensive women’s range, paying great attention to developing products for women of all abilities and at different price points. The Specialized women’s S-Works 6 shoes sit squarely at the top end of their road shoe range […]
How to recover from training more quickly
If you’ve been following my ŠKODA posts, you’ll hopefully have found some useful tips for training, multi-tasking and riding long distance events such as Ride London. I also touched on how you can compliment the things you can do on […]
Custom Steel Fixed Crit Bike Check
After a decision to part with long term bike sponsor Charge Bikes at the end of last year, I hadn’t actually got around to deciding on what I wanted to ride at the various international fixed gear crits I intended […]