By Context: Riding your bicycle without stabilisers for the first time is as stressful, exciting and rewarding as flying for the first time, one of the most iconic looking and sounding aircraft ever (my view obviously), the Supermarine Spitfire. Whilst there are clear differences between your first bike and the aeroplane,
Our kids will enjoy cycling!…….and words that begin with an ‘e’…….
As the only one in the family who is ‘into cycling’, it is my ultimate responsibility to be the cycling-ambassador, and to expose, educate, encourage and entice (all words spookily beginning with ‘e’) the kids to the fresh air delights of enjoying (another word beginning with ‘e’) the worlds most
Rant! Part 2 & last weekend’s bike ride
Sometime ago, I wrote a piece on this site, called ‘Rant!’, which was about the differences found in the cycling world between men and women, and particularly in the range of clothing, equipment, bikes, and equality in cycling sport. Since I wrote it, it is now my view that things
Cycle Courier Career for me? The answer is; Quite probably.
Firstly, I love adding photos to my text to bring the whole story to life, but this one is different. When I read this one back to myself after first writing it, the pictures appeared in the words for me, and I hope they do for you. So here we
Going Underground (also the title of a well known song by The Jam) & hill climbing
I press the lift button to take us down to level 5. There are two of us in the lift and each with a bike. I’ve brought along my Cilo track bike as I’m not anticipating the need for brakes in this event. If I do need brakes, things have
Brexcycle and…..Why are cycling things so different just because they are separated by 22 miles of channel?
Question: In addition to everything that is on the Brex-list that will be (maybe or eventually…) used to negotiate the North Sea Island of the UK out of Europe, what specifically does it mean for us British & European cyclists, and what are some of the differences that we managed
Applying organisation design principles to create your ideal shed or workshop
Organisation design, if practiced well, falls into the category of being an ‘industrial and commercial art’. The man that came up with a really practical model for organisation design was Jay Galbraith, and he came up with the Galbraith STAR model. I don’t know if Mr Galbraith ever built a
1911 – Arch Truss Railway Bridges, French Labor racing bicycles, Major Taylor, American Gibson Guitars and the worlds greatest blues musician.
1911 Story Connection 1 The Romans where among the first to utilise the truss arch bridge design, and bridges where not the only thing that they used the truss arch design for either. Once they found out about its strengths, they used it in aqueducts as well. So, after more
RANT!
What will it really take to get female cycling racing to the same level of support, exposure etc etc etc as we have for men??????? The world has changed, is still changing, and cycling needs to catch up take an equal gender approach to what its doing, every minute of
This decades performance cycling fabrics and S&S.
“Does this cycling jersey need washing at 30 degrees” shouts my wife from the laundry room, where she’s trying to categorise fabrics and colours for the next few washes. As the saying goes “you’ve got to go there to come back”, and thats exactly what has happened to cycling jerseys