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've read about this. I think there's a few cities that have also implemented them. Unfortunately they're not a consistent feature across the...
There are delays outside Ipswich after a large boat got stuck....
I'm 17st and after a disastrous failure with a cheap rim and a mild failure of a branded rim (both less than 50% worn) I tried Ryde Andra 30 CSS...
Yes. And the time passed and the publicity often mean the bandwagon has moved on by the time a judgment is handed down....
tbf its better than it was 25+ years ago, I always hated using that underpass by the tube station, and would get off a stop early and walk further...
When it comes to bollards, some drivers just cannot resist a challenge.
"Not waterproof Might not work with your fingering technique" Phrasing!
I have to say I've had the bog standard Garmin HRM for 10 years or so now, used several times per week, and it's still working perfectly
Thanks, that's the target. Or I could get a big hat.
But remember, most people drive huge SUVs now, 2-3 tonnes. Whilst I hold that thought, it mainly seems to be small blonde females behind the wheel...