I am by no means the expert on single-speed bicycles, and that’s not really my topic today. I have, however, been put in the single-speed situation and thought that there may be valuable lessons to be learnt from it.... [More]

It is not beyond the best of us to have to admit defeat sometimes. Although our combined knowledge and skill could keep a thousand bikes running for a thousand years, it may just be that there is a problem lurking around the corner for any one of us that will exceed our abilities and require those dreaded expensive-looking spare parts.

My own experience recently was as I rode home one afternoon, and, crossing a wide junction, the rear sprockets of my mountain bike fell off the rear axle.... [More]

This article will simply deal with the things to look / check for when coming back to an older bicycle or, as in my own experience recently, a bicycle that has been left outside for two weeks. A bike is a creature that thrives on love and feeds on attention; the more you give it, the better it will perform for you. With this in mind, here are some major areas to address. [More]

If you’re going to go fast, brakes are key. One popular sports-car manufacturer even goes to far as to have a policy whereby their cars must be able to stop in half the time they can accelerate. So let’s look at how we can use our brakes to help us go faster. There’s two parts to this – one is making sure the brakes aren’t holding you back; the second is to think about ways of braking that will let you go much faster for much longer. [More]