By Sometimes, there are contradictions and tensions in the message when talking about ānew innovationā and āheritageā in the same sentence, unless you are a marketeer and you use heritage as āthe hookā for selling a new innovation. Iām using the two separately in this post, but both will be complimentary
The Interesting Interview Series – No.4: Roc Fu
The latest in the series of Interesting Interviews sees us heading over to China to meet someone who I find truly inspirational and has earned some big respect for what heās achieving for our cycling community. Let me introduce to you, Roc Fu. Q: Who is Roc Fu? A: I
Kash for Klunkers
I was listening to a track by the rock band, The Yidz, called Kash for Klunkers. The title of the track (marked E for Explicit by the way) appealed to me, because the term āKlunkerā is used to describe an iconic part of mountain biking history. More of this later
The Beach. On Any Sunday.
Thereās a certain sense of freedom on a beach. Itās locked like a border between the land and the powerful sea. The beach can provide tranquility, interest in washed-up sea shells, dead fish, international litter and wood that has travelled the oceans, only to be finally deposited with a smooth,
Life as a Projecteer
I must admit that Iām a bit of a āProjecteerā. This is a new term that Iāve dreamed up to illustrate people like me who always have a project on the go, have a few in the pipeline and at the same time, on the look out for another suitable
Itās the best thing since sliced bread! Really?
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,
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
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 Carbon Raven
When did you last see or hear a Raven? Iām not talking about seeing or hearing the 1970s-80s British Heavy Metal band, Raven. This was the band set up by the two Gallagher brothers, and not Noel and Liam from Manchester, UK, who also started the globally successful band, Oasis,
