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.
I don't know who those people are and I certainly don't know why you're so upset about them. What did they do to hurt you?
Buy it from a reputable retailer; the length of the statutory warranty is written in law, not by the manufacturer.
Not sure how many times this has to be repeated, but;...
Police, 3 fire crews and ambulance attended after a car rolled on M54 at around 4.10am this morning. Single occupant....
Here's Before. After looks like it could go to Tate Modern.
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Meh, I did all this 'big, clunky rattling' winter bike stuff for the past few years. Had a Whyte Suffolk with guards and pretended I enjoyed riding...
Pedantry: "Good" and "malt". I've only witnessed others drinking Teachers so I'm guessing but likely the Silca product is more sippable. Although...
Yes, sorry I was giving my perspective and understand your angle. I'm in physio, still a bit sore, but way better than 4 weeks ago. Thanks!
The ecosphere impact assessment for the football world cup was pure greenwash, can we trust this to be any better?