After obtaining a PhD, lecturing, and hosting a history podcast at Queen’s University Belfast, Ryan joined road.cc in December 2021 and since then has kept the site’s readers and listeners informed and enthralled (well at least occasionally) on news, the live blog, and the road.cc Podcast. After boarding a wrong bus at the world championships and ruining a good pair of jeans at the cyclocross, he now serves as road.cc’s senior news writer. Before his foray into cycling journalism, he wallowed in the equally pitiless world of academia, where he wrote a book about Victorian politics and droned on about cycling and bikes to classes of bored students (while taking every chance he could get to talk about cycling in print or on the radio). He can be found riding his bike very slowly around the narrow, scenic country lanes of Co. Down.
Someone amusingly, though despairingly, pointed out that Hammersmith bridge was closed to vehicle traffic (including, ridiculously, cyclists who...
Every time we have a storm in the UK, many trees are blown down, so a few trees removed for a family cycle lane will not make much difference to...
Every mechanic I know hates Muc-Off Wet Lube with a fiery passion because it accumulates gunk like no other....
I wouldn't worry about it. Secret_squirrel is only the sole arbiter of what is acceptable for discussion in road.cc comments in his own head,...
Beautiful wheels, I wouldn't say no. But have a look for the 2000-era Gipiemme Grecal Parade wheels to see an early example of a similar look.
Ah, but they're criminals - by definition if they entered illegally. It's when they change the laws to enhance their power and then break them...
Haptic feedback somewhere in the sytem? Just triggers a vibration when you press the shift button?
I'm very sorry to hear that. I followed her comments on Twitter and responded a few times when I still used that platform. Her posts were smart and...
I agree. All my bikes were useless before they had wheels.
I tried creating a Velogames Forum thread but I couldn't post it....