Cervelo S1 frameset – images and review
For the past few years I’ve been happily riding my trusty Planet X Superlight Pro. Whilst the geometry and the feel is comfortable I’ve thought about the need for a ride that is a little more aggressive to better cope with time trial style riding needed for triathlon. Being used to riding carbon I wasn’t sure [...]
Planet X Superlight Pro Carbon frameset – For Sale
TweetI have for sale a Planet X Superlight Pro Carbon frame set with seat post, cranks and front mech. Selling to due recent purchase of time trial specific bike. This is a reluctant sale as this frame set has served me well. Ridden in the dry it has been well looked after and never crashed [...]
Royal Mail try to encourage move away from using bikes
TweetWhen I first read the news that Royal Mail bosses were actively encouraging their posties to use vans in a move to replace their trusty Pashley bikes, I was less than happy, but more saddened. It’ll be a sad day when the postal service are exclusively dependent on big red vans chucking out copious amounts [...]
On-One website redesign
Whilst visiting the On One website to find out more about the upcoming 456 Carbon frame-set, I was pleasantly surprised to find a striking and significantly improved website redesign at www.on-one.co.uk. The first thing to notice was the new approach to the organisation of content, which on the old site was clunky and muddled making content [...]
Roding Valley Half Marathon, finisher
Almost an entire month after completing my first ever official half marathon event I’ve summoned the energy to write about the painful memories of the 2 hours and 9 minutes it took me to complete the Roding Valley Half Marathon. The preparation for this event was fairly limited, a handful of weekend 10 km runs, numerous [...]
The Running Man, covering the half marathon distance
Two weeks and counting until the I “compete” in the Roding Valley Half Marathon. Nervous about never before having covered the full distance for this event (21km or 13 and a bit miles) I took it upon myself to give it a go in advance. My worst fear on the day is not being able to [...]
London Tri offers “Olympic Plus”, what a liberty!
Having already entered this year’s London Triathlon I’m now used to receiving a fair few emails from IMG, organisers of the event, inviting me to sign up to some of their other events which I’m tempted to do and no doubt will at some point in the future. IMG’s latest communication however took be aback [...]
5 week countdown to Roding Valley Half Marathon
The Roding Valley Half Marathon, my first “competitive” event of 2010 looms closer taking place on 28 February. I’ve never run further than 10km previously, and to this day still haven’t run past the 12.5km mark, so yet to know if I’m able to last the extra 9.5km that I’ve not run previously. I do keep [...]
Blenheim tri here I come, first of 3 triathlons in 2010
Tweet Quite unexpectedly I recently signed myself up for this year’s Blenheim Triathlon. It wasn’t an event I was planning to participate in as I’d already signed up for the Windsor Triathlon olympic distance taking place the following weekend on 13 June, but I caved under the peer pressure not wanting to miss out on an [...]
Brightening up my homebound winter commute
As the nights draw in and each ride home from work is submerged in darkness that much sooner than the previous day, I’ve been thinking much more about my visible presence on the road. Can other road users see me as well as I assume they do? To be honest I haven’t taken this subject [...]
Images and review: Islabike CNOC 16 kid’s bike
Following the success of my eldest son’s first bike, a LikeAbike Mountain Classic purchased for his second birthday, the time came to consider a successor as his size and skill approaching the age of four, meant he had graduated to the next stage, a real bike with pedals. After a reasonable amount of research and having gathered a [...]
Video: The Hidden Valley on Afan’s Penhydd trail, Wales
Here’s a piece of video of a great section of the Penhyyd trail in Afan. The section is called The Hidden Valley and is a lovely sweeping single track descent through tight switchbacks and tree lined trail. Great fun! Taken on my Oregon Scientific ATC5K, handlebar mounted. See video of the “Black Run” at Afan’s [...]
Video: Black Run on Afan’s Whites Level
Early start Saturday morning, headed over via North London to pick up Gavin on route to a day’s riding in the hills of Southern Wales at the Afan Forest Park, hosting what are arguably a handful of the best trails in Europe. With the Santa Cruz Blur and Spesh Enduro safely packed into the boot [...]
Images and review: LIKEaBIKE Mountain Classic
When the time came to buy my eldest son his first bike – at the grand age of two – it wasn’t a decision I could take lightly. Well, his entire future as an Olympic track rider/Triathlete/or Tour de France legend could hinge on this very fundamental choice. I needed to make sure that this [...]
Images and Review: Specialized Enduro SL Expert
Meet my off-road full suspension pride and joy, the Specialized Enduro SL Expert, 2007 model. From reviews I’d read at the time it was clear the engineering and rideability of the bike wasn’t in question, having evolved from a trusted and proven design. On the looks front however, it was very much a Marmite experience, [...]
