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.
Thanks for the wash up info, I was wondering exactly this. I was vaguely aware of the wash up process but not exactly certain of what it meant. ...
Well don't panic - not long 'till a change of government now (almost guaranteed to be a change at the top even in the Conservatives manage to cling...
I guess alternatives are P-wave and longitudinal, but I still don't get the link.
In the USA, the new Giant Defy prices have had 2 increases (each 5%, total 10%) since being listed on their website and they are NOW only starting...
That doesn't make sense to me as why would an adult want to punish children? If an adult is seen playing with a "child's toy", then one logical...
The article still contains at least one reference to the now infamous 52mph. And loads of other questionable speeds still in the article.
the number may well be lower if the police force in question ignores the submitted evidence (see wtjs for details)...
I can imagine some kind of stand-off (sit-off?) where the driver is waiting to open their door whilst the scammer is waiting to ride past at just...
Sorry that's been changed, bit of a translation fail. There was quite a lot to unpack here!
Exactly - it wasn't decriminalised, the police were just given a slightly looser leash, to enable them to use their so-called discretion.