Last weekend I rode the excellent Puncheur sportive. It was a cold, blustery day and a challenging course. Whilst the climbs were smaller in stature than those of the previous weekend’s Hell of the Ashdown, they appeared with much greater frequency and the effort required was relentless. I was well psyched for a hard ride, [...]
Category Archives: Review
February 21, 2011 – 12:57
It might still be February, but spring is on the way – time to pack all the winter kit away, invest in sun cream and black iridium Jawbone lenses, stick the carbon wheels on and fill the water bottles with tropical fruit flavours. I’m not even going to entertain the possibility that it might snow [...]
February 3, 2011 – 23:24
I picked up my new Whyte 19CS last week and have only just got around to taking some photographs of what is undeniably a beautiful bicycle. I’ve not had a super light hardtail for years. The last such racy machine I owned (a Marin Indian Fire Trail) got pinched in London at the end of [...]


