When I started riding fixed gear bikes about five years ago it was still pretty underground, hardly anyone knew what they were and the only people that spoke to us about them were old men who remembered them from decades ago. Now though, practically all 'serious' cyclists think they know what they are yet they refer ...
Okay okay, I know I'm not exactly riding my bike across the world and living from a couple of pannier bags BUT today I carried my shopping home from Sainsbury's by filling up my Mission Workshop Rambler (review) and attaching it to my Fairdale Weekender with a couple of bungee cords from the 99p shop. Groundbreaking, ...
If there is one thing in the world that I don't understand it is the idolisation of sportspeople. I have nothing against Chris Hoy, but he has just retired so I'm gonna use him as an example, live with it. Sportsmen are essentially the modern version of the hunter-gatherer of the past, over the last few ...
I've not watched a single road race this season yet because I simply couldn't care less. I'll probably watch the mountain stages of the tours in the summer but that's it. Professional road cyclists are boring fuckers, they are as bad as any other sportsmen/women: completely without personality. There are exceptions to the rule of course ...
Ted has been working on a hand made BMX frame which looks totally badass. If I was ever to take up BMX then the frame would have to looks as raw and dangerous as this puppy! "I first thought about building a BMX when i was around 18 when i had no means or know how, ...
I'm really not one to gush over bicycle components but when I got my hands on this Victoire splined cog a couple of days ago I just couldn't take my eyes off the damned thing. Obviously I'd seen countless photos of all the hubs and cogs that Victoire make and they always look awesome but the ...
Duuuuuudes, this is my new bike. It's a Fairdale Weekender and it is absolutely amazing! I'm not going to say much at the mo because I've only had it a couple of days and there'll be a lot more on it soon but I can say that is is solidly built and a helluva lot of ...
You may remember a couple of months ago my friend's bike was stolen, well since then I have been checking findthatbike.co.uk every day and keeping my eyes on all the bike racks around town in the hope that I'd find it. Today I got lucky, VERY VERY lucky... I was walking up the street on my ...
Today I went into the Swansea branch of H&M to have a look at the Brick Lane Bikes collection, it came as no surprise when I found that it wasn't even being stocked in Swansea. I was mortified by this and left. Rather than give my opinion on the range without seeing it like I did ...
This is kinda cool, we are very used to seeing bike parts being used to create art or functional items like belts or wallets but it's far more rare to see a bike being made out of unusual items. In this case Lola Hace take parts from cars and jiggle them about until they can be used to ...
