Lara has been riding bikes for longer than she'd care to admit, and writing about them nearly as long. Since 2009 she has been working as part of the road.cc review team whilst championing women's cycling on the side, most notably via two years as editor of the, sadly now defunct, UK's first and only women's cycling mag, erm, Women's Cycling.
Believing fervently that cycling will save the world, she wishes that more people would just ride a bike and be pleasant to each other.
She will ride anything with two wheels, occasionally likes to go fast, definitely likes to go far and is always up for a bit of exploring somewhere new and exciting.
Gilet/rain jacket/undershirt stuffed in a back pocket?
There are lots of things 'not invented here' that people eventually learn to assimilate into their lives. Some are easier than others. Some are...
Well done, that one is going on the list, quite near the top. Thank you for the quick review and pictures, seems to be simplicity itself in use.
If SRAM really want this to be truly universal, after making a little bit of cash to make back some development costs, then they should offer cheap...
Hi cheers for reply the original idea was to go old school steel frame and stick a load of lightweight carbon stuff on from a well known site along...
(slight aside and pedantry) There is certainly a cycleway network, and that is a significant difference from almost all of the rest of of the UK,...
In that most of us do not have 1.2m long arms, touchable is egregious close.
Brass, aluminium and leather / cork, hand made in France. If that's not important to you, fine, but it has an impact on cost. Perhaps not £50 of...
You can also play bingo here, with the use of 'traffic' & 'accidents' & visually with clothing shown on people/mannequins standing with...
Albeit a Chopper which has been "scaled up" (custom built?) with modified wheels, brakes and contact points. But still, I wouldn't fancy it.