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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He loved his cycling and his family. If he wasn't out on his bike around the lanes of Shropshire and Staffordshire then he was watching the cycling on Eurosport. He'd always be happy to wave or stop for a chat to other cyclists. He used to ride/race for Hill Top Cycling Club way back in the 1950s before having to give it up do his National Service in the army. He will be very sadly missed.
http://www.expressandstar.com/news/emergency-services/2013/07/16/tribute...
A momentary lapse of concentration no doubt
Time to tell the Government that there is no longer any respect for the justice system period, we need a new republic.
I'm in.
I think it's time we start a new cycling club called something like "Vigilantes Revenge CC".
Any suggestions for it's raison d'etre ?
12 month driving ban,12 months community service no doubt
scumbags
If you want to help it stop then go to this website. http://www.e-activist.com/ea-campaign/broadcast.response.do?ea.url.id=15...
In case anyone missed that.
I think there should be Zero-tolerence for anything that could get you points deducted, I know of someone who sweet-talked their way out of being booked for drink driving, that shouldn't be possible.
This has got to stop. So sad RIP.
Dont forget the ultimate threat of a suspended sentence, that will show them
Bet they're running scard of the £350 fine thats coming their way.