Raleigh Relaunching Chopper
Never had one as a child, was a scrambler (off road) biker, and of course an iconic three geared Raleigh Racer for ‘best’. Apparently they sold 1.5million between 1969 and …
Sponsored Bike Ride: 13th October 2014
I recently agreed to do a sponsored bike ride to raise awareness of the plight of the Galgo Español. I had always planned to do some sponsored biked rises once …
Europe by bike – in 1933
On the 1st August 1933 Marion Littler began a four-week bicycle tour of Europe with her father. The Telegraph have some excellent excerpts from her touching and fascinating travel diary. …
Google Maps for mobile now helps bikers avoid steep hills
Google Maps now has new features for cyclists which include routes based on elevation so you can avoid any strenuous climbs and there’s a tool to compare different itineraries based …
New Personal Best
Did a new PB on my Cube Peloton Pro Compact Road Bike 2013 yesterday. My first recorded ride on the bike was on the 15th February: 18.02km in 55min 23secs. …
Cycling On Sand
In theory the fact that we live by a nature reserve should make for some good off road cycling but at the moment I am struggling because it is so …
Vitus Bikes Mach 3 City Bike 2013
Bought Sands a new bike recently, a Vitus Bikes Mach 3 City Bike 2013 from, you guessed, www.chainreactioncycles.com So far so good. She is getting used to the thinner tyres, …
Corratec X-Vert Motion 2013
Bought another bike recently from www.chainreactioncycles.com/es/es, a Corratec X-Vert Motion 2013 Specification Featuring RST Gila disc fork, refined over the years, now a benchmark entry to the world of MTB …