Just a quick one this. I’ve decided that I don’t ride my bike enough anymore.This is largely due to the fact that, despite spending much of my time working from home, I tend to get sucked into sitting at my desk. Seriously, it’s sometimes to the point where I find myself half naked at my desk at 1pm having woken up with something on my mind and gone straight to the computer. But I need…
It’s been a while so I’m just going to get into it… 2024 was the hardest year I have experienced in retail – professionally yes, but more so from a personal standpoint. I don’t think I’ve come to the end of a year in such an emotionally ragged state before, questioning my future and that of the the thing I have invested over half my life in. It’s not merely a function of lower demand…
Hello people of the wheel.Firstly let me wish you all a very Happy New Year. Let us hope that 2023 brings plenty of positives to us all. I for one hope to renew my love affair with the bike after a distracted few years. It will be a slow (literally) but rewarding process, of that I have no doubt. I’m penning this partly as a catharsis but primarily to relay some thoughts and feelings and…
It’s here! The Tour de France kicks off today, the holy month of cycling has begun and all the protagonists are out to play. We are hoping that if time allows we can provide a short preview of every stage and the contenders. Today returns to the old “traditional” short, pancake-flat prologue. With the Grand Depart in Copenhagen following a short, somewhat twisty and circular route we are bound to see packed streets. There is a…
