Simon has been news editor at road.cc since 2009, reporting on 10 editions and counting of pro cycling’s biggest races such as the Tour de France, stories on issues including infrastructure and campaigning, and interviewing some of the biggest names in cycling. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, his background has proved invaluable in reporting on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, and the bike industry. He splits his time between London and Cambridge, and loves taking his miniature schnauzer Elodie on adventures in the basket of her Elephant Bike.
Not to mention nudity and fornication beside the tracks. Oh, sorry that's the Forest of Dean of course. The Sons of Anarchy would never be involved...
I'd wait for global warming to kick in big-time. It gets pretty chilly down there on the cold hard ground.
Then lose some weight.
Netherthong and Upperthong, near Holmfirth.
Because it's ridiculous, fun and a bit different? I remember doing the same once when there was flooding in the Lake District. It was a...
Certainly an unsafe pass and I can understand the rider wanting to block a pass on a fast stretch of road. Given the road was wide enough I think I...
it could, if we wanted to reduce the price of bargain basement bikes sent direct from China
Perhaps all languages have a guilty sound. The way 'j's are pronounced in Spanish also springs to mind.
Surely a vague law is a bad law, and shouldn't be a law at all. Common sense is also a fairly unhelpful guide. 'Common sense' for many people who...
I get the equality thing, that each road should carry its fair share. But the sat nav era has made small roads far busier and minor streets should...