By Dear reader, I hope you have a great, relaxing, cycling or Moto themed Christmas and New Year, whilst making loads of 2020 cycling and motorcycling plans. I know I willđ»đ!Below is a selection of stuff that I have in this one-off seasonal, pop-up shop. All bikes (Cycles and motos) are
Frankie Says Relax
You may or may not remember (and guess the year) when the top Liverpool band, FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD, knocked out that great track, Relax. I never owned one of those t-shirts that boldly said, âFrankie says Relaxâ, but it felt like I was the in the minority at the
The case for The Special Tool
Special tools are designed to do one thing, really well. How many special tools do you have in your toolbox? How much have you spent on special tools that youâve only ever used once, or twice or….? How many times have you not used the correct special tool on a
The fascinating world and psychology of âThe bicycle Collectorâ
A common dictionary definition of the word âcollectorââ is; a person who collects things of a specified type, professionally or as a hobby. This is obviously a broad definition, and after looking around my bike shed, and after a quick look in the mirror to see if I looked like
The Arizona MTB interview
Interviewer = You, whoever you are Interviewee = Me, the Author You: Whatâs occurring/happening/going on then? Me: Iâve recently bought a 2007 Cannondale Prophet mountain bike for $300 on Craigslist in Phoenix, Arizona. You: WTF! Isnât that a long way from home? On a different continent even? How the hell
Cannondale: Super-V Ready! Introducing (another) new, inclusive and cultural trend.
For those of you familiar with the KTM motorcycle company’s brand identity “Ready to Race”, I’m going to follow a similar theme regarding the iconic Cannondale mountain bike, the Super V. I can only assume that the bike got this name due to the V shape of the frame, although
Cycling Brand belonging, our unconscious biases and the answer to; Has the drinks stereotype been finally smashed?
Iâm going to test your cycling-related unconscious bias now, so get ready. If this is the first time youâve read something from this site, youâll already have created a fast image in your mind of what type of person I am, what car I drive, what food I eat etc
The future of vintage bicycle sales and a spoof âBack to Blackâ 1990s MTB review
Total new bicycle sales are increasing every year and in 2018, global sales were approximately $50bn, and the forecast for 2025 shows sales hitting $75.5bn. In addition, and over the last few years, about 100 million bikes have been produced every year. This means that there are a quite a
1991, Scott mountain bikes, and cake!
In an attempt to make a short story long, a  scene setter journey back into 1991 is required first. Whether you were old enough to remember 1991 or if you arrived on the planet after, here’s a summary;  The Gulf War kicked off, the dissolution of the Soviet Union took
The e-bridge between motorcycle-land and cycling-land, and with a soundtrack.
All of the two wheeled objects in the picture above have a number of things in common. Firstly, all of them have the primary capability to take on various levels of off-road fun, as well as being used on tarmac. Some of them are quite specialised. Some of them are
