60 http://www.bikebritain.org We invite you to share the bikebritain experience. bikebritain is a cycle tour, the first of which will be held in August 2010 in 'border country'... http://www.bikebritain.org/images/favicon.png http://www.bikebritain.org/ en-gb Copyright 2009 bikebritain - The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. http://www.bikebritain.org/article.php?id=137 In November of last year I bought a Genesis Day One. As you all know, buying a bike is just the prelude to purchasing additional paraphernalia. Sorry, I mean equipment. The initial equipment list included new pump, saddle bag and peddles. I already ...Read more]]> bikebritain Sat, 04 Feb 2012 07:52:25 GMT http://www.bikebritain.org/article.php?id=137 http://www.bikebritain.org/article.php?id=136 Mrs. bikebritain says...... After having our son I made a decision not to go back to work on a full time basis. I said goodbye to my lovely company car and dusted off my old bike which had been neglected for some time. Then we invested in a bike tr...Read more]]> bikebritain Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:45:56 GMT http://www.bikebritain.org/article.php?id=136 http://www.bikebritain.org/article.php?id=135 Can you believe we are already half way through January? You hear this all the time, but it really is crazy how quickly time passes by. So let's take a quick look back through 2011 and see what's coming up for 2012. Firstly the stats. Outside of Cy...Read more]]> bikebritain Sat, 14 Jan 2012 10:07:45 GMT http://www.bikebritain.org/article.php?id=135 http://www.bikebritain.org/article.php?id=134 This is a story about sheds. Or rather, a tale about a growing collection of bikes..... When we moved into our house we inherited a couple of very sad looking lean-to's that were well beyond their best. Not the type of buildings you would want to k...Read more]]> bikebritain Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:08:33 GMT http://www.bikebritain.org/article.php?id=134 http://www.bikebritain.org/article.php?id=133 In a previous bikebritain article (http://www.bikebritain.org/article.php?id=74) I wrote about my experiences using Continental's GP4000S folding tyres ndash; and how I thought they were the best tyre you could buy. Over time my experience of oth...Read more]]> bikebritain Mon, 02 Jan 2012 17:33:07 GMT http://www.bikebritain.org/article.php?id=133 http://www.bikebritain.org/article.php?id=132 This is my new bike. I've waited a couple of weeks before writing about it because I wanted to make sure I properly understood it. I'm there now. It's a real mixture. Race bike geometry, drop handle-bars, Avid BB-7 mechanical disc brakes, hub gears,...Read more]]> bikebritain Tue, 13 Dec 2011 21:41:23 GMT http://www.bikebritain.org/article.php?id=132 http://www.bikebritain.org/article.php?id=131 This is a brief story of a ride that did not go according to plan. I should quickly add that this was absolutely nothing to do with the organisation or participants of the Evans 'Ride-It' event; rather it was entirely down to me. With a start/finis...Read more]]> bikebritain Sat, 10 Dec 2011 20:10:59 GMT http://www.bikebritain.org/article.php?id=131 http://www.bikebritain.org/article.php?id=130 Buckle up, readers. This article introduces a multi-faceted narrative and then adroitly brings the disparate threads together to deliver a cogent point. In this way it is a lot like Pulp Fiction, only with more cheeseburgers and fewer heroin overdos...Read more]]> bikebritain Sat, 03 Dec 2011 16:34:43 GMT http://www.bikebritain.org/article.php?id=130 http://www.bikebritain.org/article.php?id=129 In a recent bikebritain article (http://www.bikebritain.org/article.php?id=126) I discussed how I didn't get along with the idea of using a turbo trainer during the Winter months. That said, riding around in the dark months can be a challenge, espe...Read more]]> bikebritain Mon, 28 Nov 2011 21:10:13 GMT http://www.bikebritain.org/article.php?id=129 http://www.bikebritain.org/article.php?id=128 It was already November and it occurred to me that other than the ride in Oregon, I had not participated in any organised cycle events. Clearly an unacceptable situation, I decided I would participate in one of the wiggle Super Series rides organise...Read more]]> bikebritain Tue, 22 Nov 2011 21:03:40 GMT http://www.bikebritain.org/article.php?id=128