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Sep 13, 2026
Always nice to take a quick look around to see who’s already here at the Battle Mountain Civic Centre. Adam Hari’s two bikes, with Dark Star in the foreground. Larry Lem refurbished Seiran and will…
By Bromptom Guides· Sep 13, 2026
A practical Rail Corridor planning guide: current southern closures, an exit-first route plan and the checks that make a folding-bike outing easier.
Sep 11, 2026
Further to yesterday’s post, in which I singlehandedly came up with the brilliant idea of a celebratory ride for not-quite-vintage bicycles, there’s clearly lots of interest in Meh-roica, so even…
Sharrows, the painted bicycle symbols found on streets where cyclists and cars share the same lane, are supposed to make urban cycling safer. But research and experience have shown that they provide…
Sep 9, 2026
Plus: Is this the end of consultation culture?
Sep 8, 2026
Finally the day has arrived of the Brompton World Championships 2026 which was postponed from earlier this year. The Legend was fully prepared, serviced and cleaned. Read more here»
Sep 6, 2026
took place on Saturday and… well, you will have to read the rest to find out.I set off bright and early and cycled all the way to the start at the Olympic Park in East London. Wearing my MCC tie,…
Sep 1, 2026
August 2026 A tame month of eating, with mostly local foodie adventures. Memorable eats for this month included: Fine Chinese dining at Jing Cheng Restaurant, Oversea Restaurant (Jalan Imbi), M…
Apr 6, 2026
Stage 3 took us through meadows, corn fields and vineyards – in a torrential downpour! Would we even make it to Liechtenstein?
Oct 13, 2024
After over ten years happily touring on Brompton folding bike, in 2024 I have completed a four months, 5500 kilometres tour on a regular touring bike. Leaving London I traveled across France,…
Thursday before WHPSC is the usual time that the Toronto team hits the road. It is a little over 3500 km from downtown Toronto to Battle Mountain NV, and according to Google at the moment, it is…
Sep 10, 2026
London has dramatically expanded its cycling network as it works to cut traffic and carbon emission and improve air quality. Paris has taken a similar approach—and the results offer a lesson for…
Way back in 2014 I rode in L’Eroica–the one in Italy, no less: I rode it as a guest of Brooks, makers of fine dead cow bicycle saddles, and apart from the aforelinked post everything I wrote about it…
Sep 2, 2026
It’s where things are happening, but what happens everywhere else?
Aug 30, 2026
On Friday evening, I joined the lovely Friday peeps for the ride from Cambridge to King’s Lynn. Last year - the first time I did this ride - was great fun, so I decided to give it another go. Getting…
Aug 16, 2026
Central Asia 2026 Day 16: 30th May (Saturday) Medium-size Group (Non-cycling) Tour of Central Asia (Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan & Kazakhstan): Day 16 - Around Almaty: Uyut Hotel>Abai Square>walk>Republic…
Aug 1, 2026
Brompton World Championships 2026 on the 5th September 2026 The legend will be attending but the human meatbags fitness level is WAY below what it used to be, not that it was much the last few years…
Mar 21, 2026
On our “rest day” in Chur, we hiked the local mountain – Brambrüesch!
Dec 9, 2023
I am excited to announce the publication of Unfolding Further, my second bike travel book, detailing the latest ten journeys on a Brompton folding bike. Amidst the challenges posed by the recent…
By Tom· Jul 4, 2022 · 8.5/10
Riding the length of Singapore’s Green Corridor — the old KTM railway line, now a 24km car-free spine through the island — on a folding bike.
A review of 124 cycling interventions finds that giving people access to bikes and e-bikes may be more consistently effective than simply telling them to ride If a city wants more people to cycle,…
In recent years we’ve all had to adjust to the fact that Portland’s (the one in Oregon) heyday as a cycling superpower is far behind it, but is Copenhagen meeting the same fate? If so, you can blame…
A lazy Sunday running errands around town. Just as I pull up to work, my Rock Lobster clocks 30,000 km. It’s been a little over four years since I had 20,000 km on this bike. A few other random…
Aug 27, 2026
Reducing danger at the source.
Aug 23, 2026
The Brompton World Championships is but a step away. I am looking forward to it with some glee, however there are the usual naysayers emerging from stage left and right spouting out the usual…
Aug 12, 2026
Central Asia 2026 Day 15: 29th May (Friday) Medium-size Group (Non-cycling) Tour of Central Asia (Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan & Kazakhstan): Day 15 - Saty to Almaty: Saty (Marlen Guesthouse)>Black…
May 31, 2026
Was wondering Temu the other day and found quite a few interesting things. I’ve always heard Temu had bad Quality things in but for the prices they wasn’t to bad a risk. Read more here»
Mar 7, 2026
Stage 2 would take us through the Swiss Grand Canyon – as long as the only road through the gorge wasn’t closed!
Dec 1, 2023
This bike packing tour started in the main city of the island Sapporo, to then follow a route cutting across Hokkaido through Obihiro, Akan Mashu and Shiretoko National Parks. Watch the movie
A bike bus is a group of children and adults who cycle together to school along a planned route, stopping at designated points to pick up more riders along the way. Like a conventional school bus, it…
Imagine you’re living in an alternate dimension, one in which bicycles make sense. It’s 2026, and a mainstream company is introducing a new mountain bike. Here it is: Sadly we don’t live in that…
Sep 5, 2026
WHPSC is less than a week away, and both Toronto teams are busy with their final preparations. Here Evan is demonstrating that a newly installed rear view camera is working on TITAN, although he is…
Aug 20, 2026
They’re not a space for robots and cars
Regular readers will know that I am rather fond of modernist and brutalist-influenced architecture, and in London you are never too far from a good example. Over the past year, I have spent quite a…
Aug 7, 2026
Central Asia 2026 Day 14: 28th May (Thursday) Medium-size Group (Non-cycling) Tour of Central Asia (Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan & Kazakhstan): Day 14 - Karakol (Kyrgyzstan) to Saty (Kazakhstan): Karakol…
May 10, 2026
Over the years I have cycled many miles with my good friend Samantha of @skye_caps. Pretty much every time I have met her she as always been sporting cycling clothing she has designed and made by her…
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