They’re playing R-Tune… (groan)*This article first appeared in Ride UK (#74) and is reproduced here by kind permission of Ride UK. The progress of civilisation is based upon one thing above all others, Albert Einstein put it very well when he said that “If I have seen farther than others, it is because I was standing on the […]
  What the hell is a Hidden Headset?*This article first appeared in Ride UK (#73) and is reproduced here by kind permission of Ride UK. What the hell is a Hidden Headset? Good question. And surprisingly hard to answer. Fifteen years go when I became a born-again BMXer, headsets were utter utter shite. You had two choices, a Tioga Beartrap in a […]
  Avoid bicycle maintenance bloodlust*This article first appeared in Ride UK (#72) and is reproduced here by kind permission of Ride UK. A few months ago I did a tech column moaning about how the parts for your bike often don’t fit together very well, hopefully some people found it interesting but I later realised that it wasn’t a […]
  Lard Inspired quest for reliability and tranquility*This article first appeared in Ride UK (#71) and is reproduced here by kind permission of Ride UK. The last tech column had a stupid name. It’s not the name that I gave it so please don’t blame me. It was entitled “Truth” originally but for some reason it got changed to “Build Your Own […]
  Wheel Truing*This article first appeared in Ride UK (#70) and is reproduced here by kind permission of Ride UK. With Tex taking a very ‘tech’ approach this month I thought I would go back to some basic stuff and do a good old fashioned tutorial. I always said I wouldn’t do this. I always said that […]
  Stretching*This article first appeared in Ride UK (#69) and is reproduced here by kind permission of Ride UK. This month I want to discuss something a little different. BMX has been around for about 30 years now and so have I. In that time riders have come and gone as you would expect but there […]