Racing Welsh Gravity Enduro Round 4
It seems like three is my magic number this year – I took this third spot on the podium at Round 4 of the Welsh Gravity Enduro series last Sunday meaning I’ve grabbed third places in the last three races […]
Snow Biking in Madrid
2016 has been a super busy year for me so far! After spending heaps of time focusing on training on my track bike last year, as the race season drew to an end last Autumn I had a moment to […]
Video: Woodland Riders Downhill Mountain Bike Race
On Easter Sunday I went to Tavistock to enter the Round 3 of the Woodland Riders Winter Series Downhill mountain bike race. It was a random encounter that led me to even enter in the first place – I’d been […]
Checkout: Met Helmet’s Parachute Full Face
I’ve been riding with MET Helmet’s Parachute full face helmet for a long old time now and I’m always being asked about it, so I thought it about time I gave it a little love here on Bikes n’ Stuff. As […]
Madrid & Marin Team Camp
A couple of weeks ago I headed to Spain with my mountain bike for the second time this year. This time the destination was just outside Madrid, so a little further north than my previous trip to Malaga. I was a guest […]
Finding Zen On The Trails
If you follow Dave’s blog Ride Everything, you might realise that the pair of us are feeling very lazy and ill today, so therefore this post comes at you straight from bed, with very little wit, humour or forethought! Annoyingly, […]
Review: UGOE 6000 lumen mountain bike lights
For me, by far the most irritating thing about winter is the short days… well, that and having to wash your bike the whole time. The weather actually doesn’t bother me too much; I’m used to it, I’ve plenty of […]
Riding Mountain Bikes In Malaga
I have to say, I really rather like my job, or jobs, Ok, so I don’t make a whole bunch of money, but I get to ride bikes a hell of a lot and go to some awesome places. Who […]
Video: Riding the new Charge Cooker 27 Plus
The guys at Charge Bikes are my longest running supporters, seeing fit to hook me up with the now iconic Charge Plug fixed gear bike way back when everyone was getting excited about riding single speeds in the city. I’ll […]
A look back at my 2015
2015 was a pretty crazy 12 months. At the beginning of the year, Dave and I had just moved back from Italy, and were thoroughly enjoying being able to do simple things such as renew your car tax without having […]
A first look at my new Marin Attack Trail 9
Isn’t life amazing? Who’d have thought that by messing about on a fixed gear bike and noting a few random thoughts down on this here blog that I’d end up riding all kinds of bikes and working with some amazing companies? […]
417 Project Preview
I’ll admit to being a bit skeptical when I first I first heard about plans for the 417 Project from the guys at FlyUp Downhill. A brand new mountain bike facility with downhill runs, dirt jumps, two indoor riding barns, a […]
British Cycling Level 2 Mountain Bike Leader Award – What to Expect
A couple of years back, I undertook my first training with British Cycling, gaining a level 2 coaching award that means I’m qualified and insured to run training sessions. There were several reasons why I attended the course and though […]
Follow my adventures with Wideopen Magazine
I’m really delighted to have joined the Wideopen Magazine team as a rider and staff writer. The editor, Jamie and I first got chatting to each other back when I was producing Coven Magazine and we stayed in touch over […]
Where have I been and what have I been doing?
I’ve been meaning to write a little update about what I’ve been doing for a while now but I keep getting sidetracked by work and by riding my bikes. Thankfully, I’ve finally found a spare hour in which I can […]
Charge x Canopy & Stars Video and Contest
Charge Bikes recently dispatched myself and Dave off to Dartmoor to enjoy a most delightful camping experience with Canopy and Stars, ride the new Charge 27 Plus bikes and film a little video. Like when we went to Japan last year, our good […]
Re-Energised Weekends With The Peugeot 208 – The Interview
“She’s happiest hurtling around on a bike, whether it’s on the road or up a mountain, so keeping her still long enough to ask a few questions was a challenge in itself. We managed to grab a few minutes with […]
Video: My Re-Energised Weekend At Bike Park Wales With The Peugeot 208
Sometimes life throws up unexpected opportunities, and I’m all for seizing them with both hands, so when Peugeot asked me if I fancied a weekend away in Wales driving the new 208 to one of my favourite spots to […]
Charge Bikes 27 Plus With Canopy and Stars
To celebrate a new partnership between awesome British bike brand Charge and purveyors of very fine alternative accommodation Canopy and Stars, the husband and I were dispatched to Dartmoor with a pair of new bicycles for a spell in […]
Wideopen Magazine’s Juliana Bike Check
Me and the guys at Wideopen Magazine became acquainted over the internet, as you often do these days, but I finally got to put a name to the editor Jamie’s face when I went down to their Local’s Knowledge day […]