By I walk into the well lit entrance of the UK Mountain Bike Museum. I get a feeling of warmth and belonging, because mountain biking is ‘my thing’, and has been since 1994, when I got my first ever mountain bike (MTB), a Kona Cinder Cone. The UK held its first
Bikes & Kites, or Kites and Bikes.
Once upon a time, and in quite recent living memory, our High Streets had record shops, book shops, magazine shops and even kite shops. Today, there are few of these shops, if any, as we well know. Fortunately, whilst the number of cycle shops has reduced, there is still a
The vintage bicycle market is NOT dead, but it’s NOT kicking either, and here’s why.
Back in November 2022, I wrote a post (link at bottom) about the vintage bike market, and questioning whether it was dead or alive. I can confirm that it is still alive, but not quite kicking. The restoration of bicycles has some way to go to catch up to the
Plastic Fantastic: 3D Printing for my Cannondale Super V!
As someone who scores highly on the ‘Vintage-bike-ometer’, and specifically, but not exclusively Cannondales, I’m always on the look out to enhance the bikes that I have, and without compromising their place in bicycle design history and evolution. At the other end to the bicycle spectrum, I also like latest
Stoogeness Abound, on the trails and now on YouTube
Stoogeness Abound is a term I’m using to describe the rides I have on my new Stooge Speedbomb. In addition, I reckon my new term also sounds like the name of a weird rock group, and taking a slight Stooge-type-detour in this post, this is how I imagine the band,
Stooge Speedbomb: THE FIRST RIDE
If you missed the build post I did of this bike, then never mind, because you can read it after this one through the link at the bottom. SCENE SETTER: The Stooge Speedbomb emerges from its shed and into a bright July morning. This is the first, post-build ride, and
The Stooge Speedbomb
Bizarrely, I first heard about Stooge Cycles, who are based in Oswestry in the UK, when I interviewed USA MTB legend, Charlie Kelly. Even though I’d lived within a 30 minute drive from Stooge HQ, I’d missed it somehow. Charlie had visited Stooge Cycles on a previous UK visit because
The Four Musketeers
After 6 months of riding with The Four Musketeers, of which I am one of them now, it looks like the relationship is a longer term thing rather than a ‘one-ride-stand’ kind of experience, and therefore, the subject deserves writing about. So here goes…….in 1974, there was a swashbuckling film
Innovation for vintage bikes: The Dropper Post
Here’s some questions to start this post off with some audience (you) participation: 1. Ever gone over the handlebars on a steep-ish descent because that fixed, high saddle behind you pushed you over (on purpose🤬!)? 2. Having trouble getting your leg over (a high saddle😬)? 3. Have you ever caught
Mirror, mirror, on the wall, am I really a Cilo Cycles collector🤔?
Looking into the ‘honesty mirror’ on the wall, I ask myself if I’m a Cilo Cycles collector. The mirror says ‘quite possibly’. Hmmmm……..I challenge the mirror with the definition of ‘a collector’. Apparently, and according to the mirror’s friend, Google search, a collector is “A person who collects things of
