Cyclist Magazine

Pete’s self-built steel ‘PM’ road bike

As the man who dreamed up Cyclist and launched the magazine as editor ten years ago, Pete has long been a champion of cycling innovation – so long as innovation involves making bikes more comfortable for his ageing body parts.

Have you noticed how much uglier and more annoying other people’s kids are compared to your own? Where other kids’ cries for attention are rude, your children’s demands are somehow charming. Other kids’ artworks are primitive daubs, whereas your kid’s painting of

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