Fit
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again; ‘Fit is the single most important thing affecting a rider’s comfort and performance on the bike’. When I worked in cycle retail I prided myself on my ability...
View Article“That’s what I’m talking about babay!”
The Van Andel heavy-duty frame-mounted front rack and Leco top-tube mounted kid’s seat were not particularly easy to fit but they have immensely increased the usefulness of the Africa bike. The rack...
View ArticleOf Car-Washes and Common Sense
I was doing a little bit of grocery shopping at the local Tesco’s (not by choice by the way – just happens to be the only place to buy food on the way home from our chicken-shed office), and noticed...
View ArticleInterview with David Osborne (a.k.a. Puncture Kit)
David Osborne has a unique street act, Puncture Kit – he’s adapted his bike so that it doubles up as a frame for a drum kit. We were lucky enough to have the opportunity to ask him about his life,...
View ArticleOf Hubs and Gears and Things
So I’ve never really been a fan of hub gears. My earliest encounters were with Sturmey Archer 3 speeds. My mum’s Raleigh Twenty had one which would, when you least expected it, drop out of second into...
View ArticleSame Bike – Different Bridge.
The very very latest upgrade comes via (again!) our good friend Rob of Really Useful Bikes in Bristol. I was admiring the range of wonderful Bakfiets canopies on the website of dutch company Clarijs...
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