PAUL MILES

“ Yup, British bike stands are the very worst. They’re also the best. I have a prewar Rudge, a company too small to produce multiple models, preferring instead to build them properly. ”

I SIT HERE, just about, although wedged here in place by pillows and cushions like some impecunious would-be sultan is probably closer to the truth. The reason? I’ve ‘done my back’ in a motorcycle related injury. Whilst it would be more thrilling to relate a tale of high-speed shenanigans and how the only way to avoid the school