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.
Totally ignoring the merits (or otherwise) of a safety car, and by extension a speed limit, it strikes me that this is a material change to what...
Me neither - the comments are often quite funny though.
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...
Me too, even carbon rim brakes seem simplicity itself - and stop well enough for me. Going is my problem, not stopping
I disagree. ...
the Kidical Mass is fantastic. Well done to all those involved. I wish I'd known about it in advance.
He's asked me on Twitter for the video so he can do a feature on it; I've sent it to him, look forward to seeing his take.
Yes; next question?
Not sorta thing I'd consider because i like to ride outside...but you could just stick a shit front wheel on?
Looks bang on