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.
I often have to navigate that massive roundabout. The biggest problem I have is with drivers using a lane on the left when they want to take the...
At least his jetting around the world ends up producing documentaries that get people interested and possibly more involved in nature and...
To me this sentence seems quite light, and I'm surprised there is not the usual excellent road.cc practice of a link to a media report (was this...
It is rumoured that she somehow went missing from the race and wasn't found for some time. Circumstances as yet very unclear.
It's not just the money saved - it's the time saved. (And time is money)
So, let's see: we were sitting with out bikes next to us, on public land. After walking them up the hill. How is your comment relevant ?...
True. Daughter's bike was stolen by railings like in picture being cut. Cordless angle grinders get through cast iron very easily for very little cost
Sometimes (depending on where you live) but a driving course or 3 points when potentially they could have killed someone is pretty trivial. ...
I thought UK is the only country in the world that hates cyclists.
Except Bikeinn are not allowed to ship Garmin to uk!!! so really great offer unless you are in UK!