“There is nothing like getting a new mountain bike out of the box” I’m a sucker for box fresh things- the smell, appearance and sensation of opening something new is exciting. From the inside of a car with that new car smell to tearing open the plastic wrap on a new t-shirt and wearing it. [...]
Like most of my friends, I’m one of the many people out there that can’t live without their iPhone. I just can’t put it down, and it goes with me everywhere I go. No excuses. However, I do have a rule about going mountain biking- and it’s that I turn my phone off, or at [...]
Although I’m a traditionalist in that I’d rather be riding pure off road, and making my own way, the impact that trail centres is having on mountain biking is no doubt a good thing. Though many of my fellow riders write off riders that tackle trail centres as they deem them lacking in skill, and [...]
My mountain bike felt especially planted today- my arms and legs fresh and my mind awake and alert. Maybe it was the lunchtime swim in the lake that did it, or maybe it’s the pure mountain air that invigorates the mind. Whatever. At this speed braking bumps normally jarred my arms silly, but today I [...]
One of my mountain bikes virtually never gets attention- it’s my jump bike. The one I don’t use that often, and when I do it’s for a few laps round the BMX track or for an urban session. So it never really gets dirty, or needs much maintenance. But I can’t remember just how long [...]
From years in the mountain bike saddle, I’ve discovered that there are things I simply can’t live without now when it comes to mountain biking, and although random and I’m sure I can add to it, here are the first things that spring to mind… Chamois Butt’r Although I don’t use chamois cream all the [...]
