From the blog
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- Why I’m not doing the Via Francigena, from Canterbury to Rome, and what I’m planning instead
- What I’ve learned about first aid and how it could help you with your cycling
- Skipped a quarter of the Brother Big ‘Un 2025 and drove there late: Learnings and observations
- What I learned cycling some of the Cantii way the wrong way round with a new camera
- Learnings and observations about doing a gravel ride fixed-gear with an Olympus OM Tough 6 camera, and why I returned it
- What I learned and observed doing the Dunwich Dynamo fixed – again
- What I learned and observed riding the 2025 ‘Surly 100’ in the Cotswolds
- Four learnings and observations from riding the 137 km Stone Circle Gravel ‘Rebel’ route with no bibs and arguably the wrong bike
- What I learned from riding the Way of the Roses, from London
- 3 successes and learnings riding from Hackney to Brighton off-road
- My top 3 ways to ruin your bike and get an expensive repair bill
- Learnings and feelings after 6 months of cycle educating in London
- A bikepacking love letter to my army surplus “Gore-tex” bivvy bag
- What I learned doing the Dunwich Dynamo on my fixed gear bike
- A permament fix for stuck/broken Suntour Q-Loc suspension fork thru-axles
- What I learned riding ‘the Purbeck bimble’ aka ‘Purbeckspedition,’ a MTB/gravel and bikepacking route on the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset
- Protecting yourself from skin cancer while cycling
- What I learned: Riding on the ‘old chalk way’ from Tring to Pangbourne
- 2 flops and 2 wins at the Pan Celtic Gravel Rally 2024
- Gravel bikes for the UK: Just get a hardtail
- Fixed wheel audaxing might be just the thing for you
- 3 reasons why you hate tubeless and how to fix it
- 2020 Dreams
- The daft story of my hardest ride
- Book review: ‘Where There’s A Will: Hope, Grief and Endurance in a Cycle Race Across a Continent’ by Emily Chappell
- Why learning to sew can save your bike trip
- HOW FAR? Riding the Upper Thames audax
- Cycle delivery in London: Is it for you?
- Audax and WarmShowers.org: A dream combo
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