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A not too SHABI weekend in Snowdonia, Wales!
Posted on May 12, 2019 by wheelist in Guiding, Riding.I was fortunate this weekend to have the pleasure of guiding the Sussex and Hampshire Association of Biking Idiots (SHABI) around some of the most beautiful parts of southern Snowdonia. On Saturday we climbed, summited and descended our local mountain Cader Idris. At 893 metres Cader stands imposingly above Dolgellau and is a short, steep […]
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Luke joins Team Wheelism!
Posted on February 22, 2019 by wheelist in General Bike Stuff.Wheelism would like to welcome on board Luke Simmonds who will be racing in 2019 in our team colours. Luke is a longstanding member of the local Dreigiau Coed y Brenin Dragons club, and has been racing for the last few years, competing in both XC and enduro races across Wales. He’s a lovely lad […]
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One Ring to Rule Them All….
Posted on March 16, 2016 by wheelist in General Bike Stuff, Riding.Standards, standards, standards. Standards rule. Or do they? The idea of a standard in bicycle manufacture is that an agreed design is commonly adopted amongst manufacturers such that common tooling can be developed and parts can be interchanged between bikes easily. With the plethora of standards now competing, there is no longer any such thing […]
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Coaching with Surrey YMCA at Coed y Brenin
Posted on May 29, 2015 by wheelist in Coaching.I had the pleasure today of leading a group of young people with additional learning challenges (and their helpers) around the trails of Coed y Brenin. The 3 day trip organised by Mark Browne from Surrey YMCA led on from their riding around the Bedgebury Forest closer to home and provided a tougher terrain for […]
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When in Rome
Posted on May 20, 2015 by wheelist in Riding.I had the pleasure of a day’s riding on the Greek island of Kefalonia recently. (Okay, it’s not quite Rome, but I’m sure the riding is better) Despite boasting a mountain range extending to a height of over 1600m, the island has vitually no MTB scene at all, and I ended up hiring Ainos Bicycle […]
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It’s the Return of the Hack.
Posted on May 17, 2015 by wheelist in Bike Maintenance, Riding.My dearest old friend has a new coat. It’s a black coat and it suits him rather well. And he deserves it too. It’s 21 years since his last. My Webster (a custom-built Columbus Max OR steel cross country bike) was born in 1994, wrought into existence amid the fiery coalpits of Leicester, and forced […]
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The Handbuilt Bicycle Show 2015
Posted on May 7, 2015 by wheelist in General Bike Stuff.The Handbuilt Bicycle show presents the work some of the UK’s (and world’s) best custom bicycle frame builders, and plays host to some of the best component manufacturers from around the globe. It’s a festival of bicycle fanaticism and, if you love bikes and engineering, then there’s not a show in the country that can […]
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Another Ride.
Posted on April 1, 2015 by wheelist in Bike Maintenance, Guiding, Mapping, Riding.About this time last year a few mates and myself set off on a wild trip across Skye and the Outer Hebrides. It’s taken a long time to write but I’ve finally published my diary of the ride. Check out the story and pictures here. Keep it wheel…FacebookTwitterDiggRedditPinterestStumbleUponLinkedinTumblrFlattrBufferemail
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20 Problems for Modern Mountain Bikers
Posted on January 29, 2015 by wheelist in General Bike Stuff.1. You can’t fix your brakes because you’ve forgotten to pack a syringe. 2. You have to wait at the end of every descent because one of your group is still riding 26″. 3. You’ve just stolen an awesome KOM but you’re unable to make your Strava ride public as you’ve ridden too many “off-piste” […]
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Why hire a guide?
Posted on December 18, 2014 by wheelist in Guiding.I’ve recently returned from a fabulous trip to Menorca, where I hired a local guide (Dídac Pujol) to take me out riding some of the island’s fabulous singletrack. It’s the second time I’ve ridden with Dídac as guide, and it got me to thinking about my own guiding here in Wales, what it is that […]
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Recent Posts
- A not too SHABI weekend in Snowdonia, Wales!
- Luke joins Team Wheelism!
- One Ring to Rule Them All….
- Coaching with Surrey YMCA at Coed y Brenin
- When in Rome
