By This post has been inspired by two recent and different conversations. One with a group of motorcyclists and the other with a group of cyclists, and the common theme between both was not about their bikes or recent epic rides, but cafes, their location and their ratings in the opinion
It’s a natural high, and the Dutch connection.
There’s a saying that your memories should never be bigger than your dreams, although our memories and experiences do shape who we are as individuals. This post covers some of my memories, the now, and (one of) the dreams/aspirations, and all are connected by a strong Dutch thread. Let me
An introduction to ‘Flexifoil SkyTiger Scenes’
My rides on a bicycle sometimes include a kite. This is no ordinary kite though, as it is a quad line, SkyTiger power kite. This particular type of kite was made by the British company, Flexifoil International in the mid-90s and has become an iconic design as the first of
I’m back in love with my Bosch eBike motor, and here’s why.
I bought my Trek Powerfly back in 2019 and it has been a great bike, providing some epic rides from the Alps to the flatter lands of the UK. In 2022, it needed some new crankshaft bearings replacing in the Bosch Gen’ 4 motor, so this was done via my
TAKK Adventurewear: A chance encounter on a mountain
Chance encounters between people have had a real influence on what has happened historically in the past, and it’s one thing that is guaranteed to continue to happen. I had a chance encounter recently. I was riding my ‘classic’ Cannondale Prophet recently along a trail of the South Mountain range,
Welcome to the U.K. Mountain Bike Museum
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,
