One of the very well used sayings that was quoted when I was a kid was āitās the best thing since sliced bread!ā, and it was always in reference to a new innovation or product. The first automatically sliced commercial bread loaves were produced on July 6, 1928, in Chillicothe,
Global Velo Culture & Time for Tea
Our cycling community, on-line social media and off-line, has some real bike-snobs in it. I ride the track, road, touring, Time Trials, MTB, eMTB, vintage stuff, and the occasional odd-curiosity bike, so I think Iām pretty representative of all parts of the cycling community. However, we do have some serious
That perfect bike Photo
Hereās a thought. Have you ever taken the perfect bike picture, or can you remember the bike photo thatās stuck with you forever? Iconic photos like the Steve jobs book cover or Marilyn Monroeās flying dress shot are the type of globally recognised photos, and not just because of the
Social Media International Rescue
Itās great to feel a sense of self achievement and satisfaction whilst also recognising that it couldnāt have been done without the help of others. It is also amazing that the help has been based on good faith, a willingness to support, and all based on a photograph and short
Have you ever……..?
Have you ever struggled to resist pressing that button even though you know something is going to go wrong? Humans press buttons every day, but buttons arenāt always easy to use, assess the outcome of, or understand the implications of. Also, when youāve pressed the button and nothing has happened
The Dracula ride and Friday 13th 2020
At the beginning of the year, I had decided to do a bike ride Iād often thought about, but hadnāt ever got round to doing anything about. The bike ride would be a coast ride, about 2 hours-ish in duration and would end up with a great meal with my
Stickers or decals? Wire ties, cable ties, zip ties or tie wraps?
This might be a random post, but here goes anyway……. and Iāll deal with the stickers first. Do you have a fascination with the good old āstickerā? Where I come from, the classic self-adhesive label, which some argue, was invented in 1935 by a Mr R Stanton Avery, is called
Punk Maskara IV – The Swiss Spring Classic race
Cast your mind back through all of the cycling events that you have ever ridden in, and then pick the best one. Why did you pick this particular one? Because you won it? Because you did it with friends? Because the weather was good and the scenery spectacular? Because you
Oh Marin!….āWhere were you while we were getting high?ā
When Oasis wrote the lyric back in 1996 which Iāve used in the title to this post, Iām sure it wasnāt related to a bicycle, and the 2009 Marin Rift Zone Iām referring to certainly isnāt the stellar explosion āChampagne Supernovaā that the song was about. Some say, rightly or
The āDo-it-Yourselfā TT bike – The Final Part
As a follow-on to the two previous posts about this Time Trial (TT) bike build (if you havenāt read them before, you can check them out by just putting ‘Time Trial’ into the search bar), I can announce, that the last piece of the TT bike jigsaw has finally turned