Posted on May 6, 2019 by iamiain
One of the by-products of buying a set of new wheels is that you end up with a set of wheels that suddenly aren’t doing very much. I had this very scenario, with a decent set of DT Swiss wheels from my Specialized so…
Category: cyclingTags: bar tape, bicycle, bike, disc brakes, felt, gcn, handlebars, maintenance, road bike, specialized, upgrades, wheels, youtube
Posted on January 11, 2019 by iamiain
The above picture, from my personal Instagram account, was posted 5 years ago today. I had just placed an order for my first bike since I was a teenager, a 2013 Specialized Sirrus Hybrid bike, and it frightened me to death. Rewind to the…
Category: cyclingTags: blog, cycling, cyclist, family, fitness, giving up smoking, health, hybrid, kids, london to brighton, parenting, road bike, roadie, specialized, stoptober, tour de france
Posted on July 31, 2018 by iamiain
On Sunday just gone, I stood at the Olympic Park in Stratford with thousands of other cyclists waiting to start the 2018 incarnation of the Prudential Ride London 100 mile sportive. Despite the dullened skies and the ever increasing rain, spirits were high and…
Category: cyclingTags: bicycle, bicycles, bike, bikes, box hill, charity, crash, cycling, cycling goals, cycling kit, cyclist, cyclists, fat blokes, fatblokesonbikes, fitness, fundraising, good cycling, hills, injuries, leith hill, london, Macmillan, miles, olympic park, outside is free, prudential, rainbow trust, ride 100, ride london, safety, specialized, sponsorship, sportive, surrey
Posted on April 2, 2018 by iamiain
I’ve had my bike a little over a week, yet I’ve instantly seen dramatic improvements that come with a switch to a bike with a better specification. I went out on the Sunday with my pal Ben (a veteran of the Etape du Tour)…
Posted on March 24, 2018 by iamiain
A few weeks back I wrote a post about now being the best time to buy a new bike because there are a lot of discounts about on 2017 models. This week, I finally took my own advice! I had been looking at the…
Posted on September 6, 2016 by iamiain
I got back on a bike in January 2014 after around 20 years of not being on one. I’d given up smoking the previous October and I was determined to get a bit fitter so, to have a goal, I signed up for the…
Category: London To ParisTags: bicycle, bike, buyers guide, charity, cycling, fat blokes, felt, fitness, hybrid, London To Paris, money, road bike, specialized
