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 Farrelly, 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.
Because it is deliberate. Literally answered your own question.
The best winter bike is the one you enjoy riding most. Just toughen up and enjoy it in the bad weather. You bought the bike to enjoy it, so take it...
Great to see Mavic back in the game, but saying lightest in its category is so arbitrary. It just depends how you define the category
Bingo!
How can they not be making a profit when they're charging dentists £200 for a £20 set of bib shorts?
You seem to be thouroughly confused now. Do seek mental help as well.
A good bottle of malt will cost a lot less.
Build a greenhouse so it can be air conditioned. Build a loop rather than direct links to places. Then the mention of kinetic pavements....
I'd say that most folks have one or more issues where the noise of the bees buzzing drowns out all else *. ShutTheFrontDawes was kind enough in...
Pump truck maybe?