Author name: Michael

Kids bikes…just how do i write about kids bikes? I know nothing about them and I have to write a minimum of 400 words and phrases on them. Oh dear.

Wheel sets are some of the biggest upgrades which can be made to Road Racing Bicycles. A good wheel sets can lose just as much as 500g of rotational weight and might become a smarter option than replacing Framesets that happen to be effectively dead weight.

I have just bought a Jack Wolfskin Blizzard Jacket . If i am honest the styling is a tad old fashioned compared to an Arcteryx of a similar price but as a functional jacket it works wonderfully well. The weather has been foul enough to give a good testing and it has not let me down. Whilst out walking last weekend in a foul, squally gale the technical touches came into their own.

The Competitive sport of road race cycling is a sport with lots of history and tradition, within continental Europe it is one of the major sports and thousands line the streets to cheer their favourite racers. For most of road race cycling’s history it has relied on most of its support from the cycling industry to produce teams and support riders.

As a man I detest some things, these are:-

Downhill Mountain Biking originated in California in the late 70’s, since this time the sport has evolved tremendously since these early days. In the 70’s and 80’s specialist bikes were not produced for this sport as it was still at a grass roots level of its development, many downhiller’s would use beach cruisers with hub gears. These bikes were impractical as the speed and friction caused by breaking at the high speeds possible in downhill racing would melt the grease within the hub gearing system. Early downhill races were not as technical as modern day races due to equipment used.