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.
If self entitled drivers drove according to the highway code and within speed limits, cyclists wouldn't need cycle lanes, idiots!
And the driver not?
A family member bought a new Giant bike for their daughter, who complained the brakes were rubbing; I offered to check the brakes to save them a...
Had a weird problem end of last summer, on the Getting to Work bike, 26inch latex tubed, while the Rohloff was getting seals replaced, and on...
I lived over the road from De Ver's for a couple of years back in the mists of time and bought a few bits and pieces from Maurice when needed....
Yer nicked !!!
Personally. I think his sentence is rather short given the fact that he killed two people, fled the county and managed to stay on the run for over...
Shouldn't that be 8 legs?
Fair point. Without pointing too far (e.g. across the North Sea) - there are some local bits which are "mostly good enough" for me:...
If you've a wide foot, try the Lake 238 wide - they're the best thing since god knows.. 👌 (make sure you get the correct length tho)