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"Can you honk the horn please?" asks the man with the clipboard after enquiring of me how to check tyre pressure. Yes Sir. Show and tell over, he settles in to ride shotgun. "Go left." Mirror Signal Manoeuvre, Sir Yes Sir. Roads may have not been built for cars, but Tunbridge Wells is full of them today. Even if it wasn't, I must be observed to be observing. Schrödinger would approve.

SOAP at Singletrack writes:

Are there so many different types of Rockshox Revelation forks?
 You almost need a degree on them.

So May has arrived and that can only mean one thing, the Giro is just a couple of days away. Since the last blog it has been a busy period of racing, with classics specialists looking for glory in the Flemish and Ardennes races, whilst many others have used the stage races of Spain and just last week Switzerland to fine tune their form going into the Giro. My current World Tour and Fantasy point’s totals can be seen below.

World Tour Points: 806 (719 from top 5 riders)

As the saying goes 'time flies when you're having fun' and the last two months have been nothing if not enjoyable with some great racing spread across Europe (and beyond) but it all pales in comparison to the race looming large on the horizon.

This is a great light. It has clean lines. It's plenty bright. I recommend it highly.

Bike hitched to turbo. This is cycling in its purest form. Just pedalling. It makes no sense to freewheel here. No sense at all.

I start the clock. A half hour of this. Enough time to sweat up a storm; enough to get my fix.

There is no computer. That would be a distraction. Numbers without meaning. The only competition here is me against my heartbeat, seeing which can go faster.

Welcome to my blog. Perhaps you've already met. I've been using questions from the forum as springboards for flights of fancy.

Just to put a face to the name, here's a recent pic of me:

Sorry, I meant this one:

which may be less flattering.

Jim at the forum writes:

Okay, so my girlfriend is worried about me being hit by a car and wants me to get some sort of high vis top whilst cycling. She suggested a high vis sash, I refused. I use a front/rear light combo everytime I'm out. I was thinking of getting a fluro top (do these only really work in dull light or will they be good in summer too?) but wondering if I'd be better off with a bright coloured top...

spicypedro at the forum writes:

I need to replace my cycling shoes and I have big feet. This is an issue.

You know what they say: the bigger the feet, the bigger the… issues.

Throwing your budget of £140 to the wind, my suggestion would be to visit Cyclefit in London. A bit of a trek from York, to be sure, but it can't be helped.

sm at the forum writes:

Just wondering! Too difficult to peel? Slippy skins a danger to the peloton?

Bananas are bad luck, and most pros are superstitious. Herewith a gallery of the wrong fruit at the wrong time: