Great aluminium bikes that are fast, fun and affordable*….
Over the last few years I’ve been fortunate enough to try bikes in almost every material. Aluminium, steel, titanium and carbon fibre across a variety of price points. As someone who has budget challenges and can’t spend as much as I’d like on bikes, I’m always trying to work out what will give me the […]
Bowman Palace first look review
UPDATED 12/03/15 I’ve been lucky enough to have been loaned Neil from Bowman Cycles very own Palace to try for a couple of weeks. For those of you who don’t know, Bowman is a new brand to the UK market and the Palace is the first frame to launch, shortly to be followed by the […]
2014 Cycle Show highlights
It’s was the Annual Cycle Show at the NEC in Birmingham at the end of last week and over the weekend. I popped up on Thursday and spent the day wandering around the halls catching up with people, meeting a few new ones and looking for interesting things. I enjoy shows and attend as many […]
The girodilento 2014 Core Bike Show favourites and highlights….
One of my favourite bits as a blogger is being able to attend trade shows and speak to the people inside the bike business. This isn’t a news site, so I have the luxury of reflecting on each show before I post some thoughts like this. 2014 was the second year that I’ve attended Core […]
2013 Cycle Show off-piste highlights and favourites….
Today saw the end of the annual Cycle Show at Birmingham’s NEC exhibition centre. This show used to be based at Earls Court in London but it now seems to have a permanent home in the Midlands. I travelled up and spent a day at the show on Thursday on the Press/Trade day and have […]