A fully-kitted cyclist is someone prepared for all eventualities on the road, whether for tackling a leisurely ride or a long ...
I rode 1300 kilometers from the UK’s most southern tip - Penzance - to the northern city of Inverness in Scotland, on a fixed gear bike. For the uninitiated, a fixed-gear bike (or fixie) uses a single ...
Major update of Triumph’s modern-retro best-seller adds sporting ability, style and equipment to already excellent entry ...
Many bikes now have additional mounting points, offering a more streamlined approach to on-the-bike storage. “Alongside bar bags, there is a classic saddle bag, which again can be a compact ...
This is the fourth part in a series about riding night trains across Europe and the Near East to Armenia — to spend some time ...
In a world where excess is increasingly frowned upon, it’s easy to find reasons to be more conservative and play things safe.
What if I took my fixed-gear bicycle and rode it 100 miles? That was a heck of a long way longer than I have ridden that ...
When police are in their patrol cars with the windows up and their computer-aided dispatch system running, there are a lot of sights and sounds around them that they might miss. But on a bike, it’s a ...
Hand warmers are an underrated way to beat the cold, but they present one problem: many are disposable, thus not as durable ...
When I was a lightie I was amused by silly, non-existent books: Rusty Bedsprings by I.P. Knightly, Under the Grandstand by Seymour Butts, Seven Days in the Saddle by Major Bumsore. In November I spent ...
A Bit of BackgroundSometimes, everything falls into place just right, and that's exactly how this trip came to be. Heres what ...