My Bike: A Timeless Litespeed

I’M ONE OF THOSE CYCLISTS WHO doesn’t drool over bikes and kit. I’m not a bike cleaner, or a chaser of the latest and greatest; in fact most of my kit would be considered ancient (or classic) to many – despite the fact that I’ve worked in the cycling media and bike industry for most of my life.

Well, I may not be a drooler, but I’m also not great when it come to getting rid of bikes and kit – hence my aging collection of steel, titanium and carbon bikes. To say I was a cycling kleptomaniac may be pushing it, I just never seem to get around to getting rid of things – although a change of continents a dozen years or so ago did force a much needed and appreciated culling