Bike talk

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Strava Year in Sport 2022

A mixed year – a 2022 fade out

Matt’s riding in 2022 was pretty consistent, until it wasn’t! Despite a great summer, several factors conspired to limit riding

Filed in January 2023.

Bontrager Charger track pump

Bontrager Charger track pump annual service

It recently occurred to Gordon that while his trusty track pump is regularly used, it’s rarely serviced

Filed in January 2023.

Hunt 4 Season Gravel X-Wide rim

Upgrading my gravel wheels

A Black Friday deal I couldn’t resist – the Hunt 4 Season Gravel X-Wide Wheelset

Filed in November 2022.

Bikes of Begijnhof convent in Bruges

Bruges and a growing cycling culture

A trip to Bruges was a good chance to look at how another city handles the age-old problems of getting people in and out of town.

Filed in November 2022.

The Moles near Hindhead

The REDIN Festival and Movember

November is often a tricky month for me to keep my motivation for cycling going

Filed in November 2022.

Confused Matt

Bike Park Wales rocks hard

Well, I had been thinking it was time for a new crash helmet anyway…

Filed in September 2022.

Pace RC627 frameset in Midnight Smurf blue

A change of Pace (my Pace RC627 birther story)

How long can it take to build a bike? It depends. This is my Pace RC627 birther story…

Filed in August 2022.

Matt on his backside, no bike to be seen

A year by bike – 2021 in pictures

I’m still in looking-over-my-shoulder mode. What better way than to illustrate 2021 in pictures?

Filed in January 2022.

Strava 2021 round up graphic

2021 – Looking back to look forward

Well here we are again. A new year, which means my annual review of my cycling year in numbers.

Filed in January 2022.

Novatech D162SB-SL-B12 hub damage

Death of a wheelset – Novatech freehub woes

The freehub bearings on my Novatech D162SB-SL-B12 hub are finally dead with the freehub and SRAM cassette stuck together

Filed in October 2021.

Classified Smart Axle

Is the future Classified? And when will we know?

An interesting bit of news came out this week that points to a possible future for MTBers – hub gears (again!)

Filed in February 2021.

Mark in the snow at Wisley

Riding a January Lockdown

A pictoral round up of my riding through the winter lockdown; trying to accentuate the positives!

Filed in February 2021.

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