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.
Worth pointing out that yes bike lights are a very good idea...partly to be seen and not pancaked by a turning HGV and also...PC plod will take a...
Regrettably one more company for greedy Mike & friends suck what they have good and get rid of the rest. Good luck to all staff finding new...
The erosion is apparently (according to the study) contributing to it getting higher, to the tune of a couple of mm a year, because the loss of...
Seems a bit behind the curve - there's no wireless inflation support.
As a Worcester resident myself, I can confirm that the execrable Cllr Amos is pretty much reviled here by anyone under 60.
I agree with the ban I am a keen cyclist but my wife suffered a near miss from a reckless cyclist in a pedestrian area. Reckless cyclists spoil it...
To cycle Garmin pages?
And of course the one who has been sentenced to 8 1/2 years will only serve five of that max...
I said they might change that often. They will have thier own official spare and there will always be another team members bike they can use,...
Good point....