The freewheel on my bike was worn out and needed replacing. It was worn out by the bicycle chain, which I’ve not replaced after using it for more than 2 and a half years. Initially I thought only the bicycle chain needed replacing, as I could see the chain floating on the front chainring, likely [...]

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My rear tyre’s tube is leaking air as we speak. But luckily it’s slow enough to last me the journey between office and home with a single pump every time before I ride. Obviously I have thought about changing the tube, rather than wasting my energy pumping everytime I want to ride my bike. But [...]

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I’ve spent the past week commuting to London for a training course. Compared to 10 years ago when I first started living in London, there’s probably 1000% increased in the number of cyclists cycling in London during peak hours. Incredible, considering that London still has the same old narrow roads, with virtually no dedicated cycle [...]

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I thought it would be nice to share our experience cycling in New Forest last month during the long weekend. It is a lovely place, and is very friendly to cyclists. There are lots of bike hiring shops around if you don’t have your own bike. And the bikes they hire out are quite good [...]

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The train services in the UK are hopeless. We recently went on a biking trip in New Forest. Apart from the dreadful train journey, where we were turned down twice to board the train with our bikes, it was a really great outing. Not knowing that we need to reserve places for our bikes in [...]

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