It’d been six months since I’d last been on a bike: an incredibly long dry spell for me, but one I could quite easily attribute to a few factors. There was the bad weather for starters – last winter was a bitterly cold bastard in London, so sticking my bike in the cupboard from November onwards…
Well, hello there! Yes, I’ve been hiding away under a manuscript-shaped rock of late, but L👀K! I’ve crawled out from...
You know, there is nothing wrong with just having a bit of fun on a bicycle. No racing, laps or...
Wondering what’s going on with the Pashley Picnic Ride? Well, wonder no more! It’s coming back this September, and looks...
VCG’s ‘Summer of Cycling’ is now in gear, and was kicked off in style when I attended the Pashley Picnic...
The 7th annual Tweed Run rolled into London on the 18th of April and after weeks of planning, the day...
Coffee and bikes – a well known combination loved by many cyclists, including myself… but what if I said the...
(UPDATE: The feature is up on the BBC News Magazine site, which can be viewed anywhere in the world! Click here...
What better way to mark Bike Week in the UK by being out on the saddle? It was a tale...
Whoa – a bit of a radio silence from VCG on front… sorry about that! Life has become a bit...
Last month saw the 5th anniversary of The London Tweed Run. As I was unable to attend, The Boy (Ian James) went...
Since starting VCG, I’ve made some wonderful friends in the cycling/blogging community and it’s always a joy to meet them...
It’s one of the most popular cycling bags on the market, and after being sent the Bobbin Straw Pannier for...
Three weeks on with the Clubman Urban and it’s become my main commuting bike… something which has taken me by...
So, you may have seen me tweeting about an exciting bike-related update coming to VCG, and last week it arrived...
A small company in the Netherlands who make their products from recycled materials, Basil specialise in “fashionable, functional and fun”...
August is always a busy month for me with the day-job (it’s now Clearing time in the UK University I...
It’s rather hard to believe it’s Summer in the UK at the moment. Torrential rain, dark skies and wearing wellies in July?...
It’s not often that I let the Pashley out of my sight, but a couple of weeks ago I was...
At the recent Tweed Run, The Boy and I were having a light-hearted lament about the Princess Classic (my model...