Since writing his first bike review for road.cc back in early 2009 senior product reviewer Stu has tested more than a thousand pieces of kit, and hundreds of bikes.
With an HND in mechanical engineering and previous roles as a CNC programmer/machinist, draughtsman and development engineer (working in new product design) Stu understands what it takes to bring a product to market. A mix of that knowledge combined with his love of road and gravel cycling puts him in the ideal position to put the latest kit through its paces.
He first made the switch to road cycling in 1999, primarily for fitness, but it didn’t take long for his competitive side to take over which led to around ten years as a time triallist and some pretty decent results. These days though riding is more about escapism, keeping the weight off and just enjoying the fact that he gets to ride the latest technology as part of his day job.
One of the reasons I like Torq products is because they do not use Sortbitol as a sweetener. As those that are sensitive to Sorbital will know, and...
I came to say the opposite, I always liked Giro shoes but they're insanely narrow. I hope they did change the fit.
"Amazing" has been in use as an adverb since the 18th century, most often, though not exclusively, as a modifier for other adverbs, e.g. "He writes...
Presumably they could also be tracked by their telemetry transponders, which have a signal strength strong enough to transmit power data et cetera...
Frame weight is about a hundred grams less than a CAAD 12 disc, which can be picked up cheap these days on gumtree. Heck, get the CAAD12 non disc...
You're too kind. They just seem to be unpleasant trolls.
And in Southampton today we had another example of those entitled ambulances going through red lights without a care for anyone else!...
The spokes and nipples are not anodised for environmental reasons, but the rims are. Which is a lot more metal. Hmm...
I'm afraid so, anything operated by TfL apart from the Woolwich ferry and the Silvertown Tunnel bike bus when it opens next month.
That's a bit hard on the cat...