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.
Damn cyclists! Getting in the way of the train. slowing it down!
I managed 31mph down a hill at the weekend which I was quite chuffed with as a woman of a certain age and being less then aero and I'm bang...
Indeed, a disc brake requires torque to be transferred between hub and rim, via the spokes (hence tangential spokes). Rim braking does not....
It's probably going to be less than with most other wheel on trainers because (a) there's a limited amount of play in the system that could help to...
As I said below, the only reason I did not submit it to the police is because I know from experience they will not accept a complaint except from a...
Too many of these reposted stories that in some cases go back five, six or more years. If Road CC want us to pay a subscription, they need to do...
Driverless taxis are also operational in San Francisco and Phoenix. Although they are limited to specific times and/or areas I believe.
That's very poor driving. I hope the police take action.
I haven't watched that video with the sound on, but does it have the Benny Hill music playing over the top of it...?
Wellgo M142 are very light (236g / pair) and compact. I have a set on my commuter that are 10 years old and still spin beautifully. There's even a...