Articles written during March 2012
Specialized Turbo e-bike shakes things up
the Turbo e-bike is a different bike from most electric bikes. It’s very much a speed focussed, battery powered urban/commuter bike.
Barrie Knows Best closed on Sunday April 15 2012
Barrie Knows Best (BKB) on Holmbury Hill to be closed for a day on Sunday April 15 2012 while the MTB trails volunteers on the Hurtwood Estate carry out maintenance
Straitline replacement brake levers review
Straitline replacement brakes levers look great and appear to give a nice improvement in performance, but they can be expensive.
A moles night ride with a theme – roots and cambers
Having a bit of time to ponder a route today I thought we could do a “theme” night.
Ride Report: Sunday 25 March – Sunny Days
Except that at 8:20 BST it wasn’t very sunny and it wasn’t very warm as I rode up to Bocketts.
Ride report: Wednesday 21 March – Frantic
A fast and furious mountain bike ride over the North Downs with a small group of moles setting a frantic pace.
Ride report: Sunday 18 March – slip sliding away
What a difference 4 days make. After the dust of Wedensday night, a couple of days of rain had changed the trails completely.
Bike fitting shock
Like many road cyclists I know, down to the half cm, my bike fitting measurements. Hence it came to me as a shock when I had to benchmark my MTB fitting against my road bike measurements this week.
Ride report: Wednesday 14 March – High contrast
So last night we met up with the anticipation of some fine riding in the current warm spell. I fancied myself some China Pig, but having spent the past 120 miles or so on a 29er singlespeed I thought it was high time I dusted off my Inbred 26er.
Ride report: Sunday 11 March – Cycleworks Demo Day
Dave and Matt show willing by riding to the 2012 Cycleworks Demo Day at Holmbury Hill on 29er singlespeeds
Ride report: Sunday 4 March – A wet Reigate
One weekit lovely and dry. And the next, very, very wet…
On-One carbon 456
Read about Mark’s new carbon On-One Inbred 456 – a stealthy and versatile trail tamer
Ride report: Wednesday 29 February – Leap of faith
Once in four years. Leap-day meant a leap for Summer Lightning, just about do-able on a long night ride.