John has been writing about bikes and cycling for over 30 years since discovering that people were mug enough to pay him for it rather than expecting him to do an honest day's work.
He was heavily involved in the mountain bike boom of the late 1980s as a racer, team manager and race promoter, and that led to writing for Mountain Biking UK magazine shortly after its inception. He got the gig by phoning up the editor and telling him the magazine was rubbish and he could do better. Rather than telling him to get lost, MBUK editor Tym Manley called John’s bluff and the rest is history.
Since then he has worked on MTB Pro magazine and was editor of Maximum Mountain Bike and Australian Mountain Bike magazines, before switching to the web in 2000 to work for CyclingNews.com. Along with road.cc founder Tony Farrelly, John was on the launch team for BikeRadar.com and subsequently became editor in chief of Future Publishing’s group of cycling magazines and websites, including Cycling Plus, MBUK, What Mountain Bike and Procycling.
John has also written for Cyclist magazine, edited the BikeMagic website and was founding editor of TotalWomensCycling.com before handing over to someone far more representative of the site's main audience.
He joined road.cc in 2013. He lives in Cambridge where the lack of hills is more than made up for by the headwinds.
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USB C really isn't a good match for this kind of device and the environment it operates in - not just humid, but warmly humid and salty. A rubber...
I've got the Humvee shorts as well - best bit of cycling apparel I've got actually - excellent quality.
I won't argue at all over the nod for the gloves, but will add a caveat on sizing. ...
Nissan ploughs through Remembrance Day service in Halvergate... https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/24714852.nissan-ploughs-remembrance-day-ser...
You of course absolutely right which is even more depressing. So much so that I'm going to have to go for a therapeutic dash around the lanes...
I've seen one on the back of a tandem, where it makes a lot of sense. https://www.tandemclassifieds.com/tandem_bikes_for_sale.php?bike=2023_10...
The real cost of motoring has gone down massively over the last 50 years; I'm sure the die hard motorists would tell you otherwise. If I'm wrong...
Like the perceived ride feel, I think that the review is a bit harsh....
"What’s interesting about Orro is that the bikes are designed and assembled In Britain."...