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 Farelly, 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.
Sorry, going to take the bait....
I'm not sure how the headline relates to the content, given that 80% believe that motorists are not following the highway code. The 1 in 3 refers...
TBF, it is a lubricant, just not a very good one. It also does have a use in rescuing corroded and abused bike parts, for example brake calipers...
I got a whack on my helmet yesturday on a local pathway but I'm on my way with a small hand saw to trim it back. I see trees down most weeks but so...
The judge also thinks that momentary inattention appears to be a mitigation for a lorry driver....
But the teachers have to vaccinated by law, otherwise they must be sacked. If they're vaccinated they're safe. Trust the science.
Standardizing jean sizes? Have you observed the different shapes people come in?...
Surely the cycleway through the Northern Quarter has been designed for the thirsty, caffeine deficient cyclist to grab a latte from an unsuspecting...
I hate all these non-standard thru-axle designs. Another reminder that roads weren't made for bicycles though.
Should have been wearing hi viz.