So you fancy an upgrade for your bike? What's it going to be? New wheels, new groupset, saddle, even tyres. It's unlikely to be a seatpost. Of course from time to time you have a need, in my case the saddle clamp on the old one wasn't holding in position anymore; it kept slipping, leaving me mid-ride with a saddle pointing it's nose to the sky. Hence a little research, a bit of shopping around for the best price and finally an order placed for the Fizik Cyrano R5 Seatpost. 1126
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How does my bike fit, Guru?
Winter Riding Advice – 2. Staying Safe in Winter Conditions
OK, so you've got your kit and you're wrapped up just nicely to keep out the elements and maintain the heat you'll be producing. Let's hit the roads and get some winter training under our tyres ahead of the 2017 season. Through the village or town is fine but as soon as you hit the country roads, everything is suddenly looking pretty icy. What now? Bail, turn around and go home disappointed? Ride really slowly completing the planned route but on tenterhooks? Not necessarily, often you can have a good ride in bad conditions. 1025
Winter Riding Advice – 1. Keeping Warm
Maybe you're a fan of riding alone indoors sweating away on a noisy turbo trainer; if so then this isn't for you. Personally I'd much rather carry on riding outside with my friends on real roads. After all here in the UK we still get some really nice sunny days during winter (it's not all rain and dark cloud) and don't forget the clear starry skies on a frosty evening. So here's my 10 ways to stay warm on the bike this winter! 1007
Norfolk 250 – The big one is in the bag!
With 160 miles as my previous biggest ride, 250 was quite a significant jump up. But I was confident that I could do it, even if it meant waking at 2:05 in the morning! So off went the alarm and up I jumped surprisingly awake and definitely ready for the day ahead. I don't know quite how I managed to be so sprightly at that time in the morning but it was a really good start. 824
Hutchinson Fusion 5 All Season Tubeless Tyres 700x25c
I have a long ride coming up, 250 miles, in a single day. I'll post more about that in another dedicated post but for now I wanted to justify the purchasing of new tyres. My current tyres are starting to get towards the end of their life, I will aim to eek out some extra miles from them later in the year but for the big ride I wanted some that were wider and newer. So after much studying of the options I've decided to go for the Hutchinson Fusion 5 in the 'All Season' guise and in the 700x25c size. 789
Exmouth and the Devon coastal hills – Salcombe Hill #12
How to patch a road tubeless tyre
I can hear it now - "I thought you didn't get punctures with tubeless!". Unfortunately this is not true. You get a whole lot fewer punctures and those that you do get are usually not disabling; so you can often complete your ride. But occasionally you get some bigger gashes, cuts and damage. And of course you can indeed patch them. 656
Hunstanton Fish & Chip Ride 2016
Road Tubeless – My views (2016)
Tubeless tyre technology has become a huge thing in the mountain biking world. It arrived properly several years ago and has gone from strength to strength with a huge range of tubeless wheel & tyre options available today. I too joined in, as a relatively early adopter, with a self assembled wheelset based around Mavic XM-819 rims and paired them with some UST Schwalbe Nobby Nic tyres. But what about road cycling? 624