Wow, it’s been ages since I posted anything. I have been SO busy, writing, shooting, doing a billion things.
Last Autumn, I wrote a piece for The Ride Journal which was just recently published. I was really pleased to be asked to contribute as I’ve always enjoyed reading the magazine and always thought the writing was top notch. So I hope my holds it’s own.
You can grab a copy of The Ride Journal here, or at your local bike shop. I thoroughly recommend it!
It’s really awful how many times cyclists and HGVs collide in London, and remains deeply upsetting every time I see another catastrophe has occurred. It’s frighteningly often.
The Times has set up a campaign for greater cycle safety including an eight point manifesto of ways to help improve city riding. Its great to see a campaign which highlights the need of sensors on trucks entering the city centre and a need for mandatory cycle awareness training when you take your driving test. All too often I’m disappointed when I find out that people are simply campaigning for more cycle lanes which I really dont think is the answer….
Anyway, take a moment to check it out here
Okay, so I haven’t posted on here for a while but it doesn’t mean I haven’t been riding….
I work as a courier so I’ve been out on my fast bike putting in the miles. Quite how I managed to get my sprocket in this state, I’m not sure!
Apart from that, I’ve been eating a lot of cake, hanging out with my new kitten, Fenriz and working hard on setting up my new magazine which is gonna be KILLER! Official news on that coming soon!
I stayed in on New Years Eve so I could get up early to go ride trails, hangover free.
I was definitely not completely untainted by the demon booze the next day but i did haul my ass out of bed at 8am to go to PORC.
It was so fun there – just Dave and myself and a wee kiddie whose mum worked in the caff. There were all different sizes of jumps, a sick looking downhill course and 4cross track set over 42 acres. The jumps seemed well built and drained well though they were slightly rocky in parts. It was only a fiver to ride everything, which i think is a bargain.
Unfortunately, after a great start, Dave crashed BIG TIME and snapped his scaphoid. So no pics of riding I’m afraid and a grumpy Dave for the next two months ; )
The lady who ran the caff gave bandages, tea, paractamol and a ride back to the train station. What a lovely lady! Thank you so much!
I got a couple of pics of the fella on the way back.
Charge Bikes have updated their site so the URL of my blog there has changed. Go have a peek for some shots by Dave Noakes of me hitting up some spots down by the river Thames.
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Back in January I was lucky enough to go to Oregon for an article for The Reason magazine with an awesome bunch of people. I had such a great time! Grab a copy of the mag from your local snowboard shop – it’s my favourite snowboard mag and well worth checking out. Plus, it’s completely free.
Here’s my shot from the piece – a rock fakie on a wall ride:
