Aug 4, 20209 minThe Pull of the Bikehese are the strangest of times. Lock down, working from home, furlough and strangest of all I only went and published a book. When the...
May 9, 20207 minSplitting from the FamilyMy great friend and fellow cycling fanatic, Stephen Murphy, recently returned from a family holiday in Croatia. His first taste of Croatia!
Apr 27, 20204 minZagreb with KidsHow long does a haircut take? For me and my thinning hair, anything more than 15 minutes is unacceptable. As it happens this is also...
Apr 20, 20203 minSelle Italia SLR Superflow Saddle - A new necessity for indoor trainingIt has, so far, been nothing short of a revelation. Whilst it will not work miracles and make training on the indoor training anything but
Apr 2, 20207 minLock Down - A Day in the LifeIn the movies, the descent into the lock down of cities is portrayed as chaotic. There is anarchy. But we know now that the movies are...
Mar 31, 20205 minTour de France 2020 - A race unseen?When I heard that plans were being considered for the 2020 Tour de France behind closed-doors due to the lock-down forced upon France in...
Mar 29, 20204 minCovid-19 and CyclingThese are the strangest of times. A country in lock-down is no longer the preserve of post-apocalyptic films.
Feb 21, 20205 minFree Fallin'It has been a while since I have written here. The reason? I fell out of a tree. I fractured a rib. Yes you read that correctly. I...
Jan 4, 20204 minLooking back on 2019It has certainly not felt like a vintage cycling year and the stats back me up. My 2019 cycling stats did not make for pleasant reading. ...
Jan 2, 20206 minRunning Back in Time - The Forgotten Partisan HospitalVojnic is a sleepy little place in Croatia where not much happens. Although all is quiet today this small farming village has seen more...
Dec 31, 20195 minIn 2020 don't give your money to the gym...It is that time of the year when thoughts turn to the New Year and with it resolutions both realistic and unrealistic.
Dec 20, 20195 minRunning Rio - Conference Stress BusterAs much as I would love to spend all my time riding my bike, running and writing witty prose I, like most people in the world, have to do...
Dec 13, 20193 minChristmas Gifts a Cyclist Really WantsGet the cyclist in your life something they will really like for Christmas. Not a novelty gift in sight.
Sep 22, 20194 minEnjoying the last days of SummerWhen the weatherman tells you the last day of summer is coming, then this is something that has to be taken very seriously in Scotland. ...
Sep 18, 20195 minSo you bought a bike…what else do you need to buy?You have put in countless hours researching the perfect road bike for your budget and you are itching to get out on the open roads, no...
Sep 10, 20198 minMy Cycling HeroesApropos of nothing I thought I would compose a list of my favourite professional cyclists in the modern era, which I loosely define as...
Sep 5, 20194 minNew Job. Same Commute.I recently started a new job. It is only a few hundred yards away from my old place of work but metaphorically it really is a million...
Aug 30, 20195 minHoliday Time. Bike Time.I have recently returned from our family summer holiday in Croatia where I was reunited with my long-suffering bike. It has not been a...
Jul 1, 20193 minHamax Siesta - Long Term ReviewWhen I had my first child, the purchase I was most looking forward to was a bike seat so that we could enjoy getting out and exploring...