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 no insider knowledge but I believe there are a lot of costs in the business, vs a fairly low limit that sufficient people are prepared to pay...
Yesterday (but after my previous comments, otherwise I'd have mentioned it then) I read that EBLN is the Cable's most active topic. They've had ...
Yes indeed, that's a great suggestion! But he should drill the battery holes longitudinally instead of crosswise, to maximise aerodynamic efficiency.
Thats OK then, but wont be able to watch unless paying a forfune £30.99 a month, at 81 and on small pension thats un realistic
Several times recently I've come across drivers having to back out of roads and take an alternative route because either their cars wouldn't...
our friends in the US ...
To be fair, they didn't claim that it was a picture of the Daytripper Pack - the caption clearly says it's the Seat Pack.
I dont know what Conti were thinking with that price. But I can often find GP5000's for the same price or as low as £43 for the TR versions ...
I think buying anything off Covert Instruments would equate to going equipped over here.
Ah, British Cycling and the UCI. It's hard to think of two more universally beloved organisations. Thames Water and the National Rifle Association...