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Back to the Peaks: MTB Leadership Training with MTB Colour Collective
On my last trip with the fabulous people of MTB Colour Collective, I rode a mountain bike for the first time as an adult on 'serious'...
Varun Jyothykumar
8 min read


The Ultra Bike Tour? Entering the Dales Divide 2023
Not long ago, I decided that ‘touring’ was a very good word for the kind of bicycle riding I enjoy. I do like riding fast (at times) and...
Varun Jyothykumar
5 min read


Commuting by Bike - The Year-Long Audax
Given up driving? Sold your car? Trying to set yourself up for an optimal long-distance, year-long commuting life in all seasons? This...
Varun Jyothykumar
6 min read


How to Live Car-Free
With a looming climate emergency, astronomic fuel costs and a cost of living crisis like none before, now might be a very good time to...
Varun Jyothykumar
6 min read


What does ‘Inclusion’ look like?
This is the kind of bombastic headline often seen on many ‘how to’ guides for supposedly inclusive initiatives. The trouble is, as many...
Varun Jyothykumar
7 min read


Is Shimano Tiagra the new 105?
With the recent introduction of Shimano’s 105 Di2 groupset has come a lot of furious debate; typically, that this is a move by Shimano to...
Varun Jyothykumar
3 min read


The Trouble with Gravel Bikes
I’m going to start this article by addressing a non-issue to put it out of the way completely (because it’s right there, you and I can...
Varun Jyothykumar
4 min read


The ‘Right’ Bicycle
This all started on a cold January’s morning, when someone stole two of my bikes and I decided, very swiftly, that I didn’t want them...
Varun Jyothykumar
4 min read


Quaxing: Cycling can be Utilitarian, Too…
This is not an article about performance, endurance and speed. If anything, it's an article about survival. Change is, by definition,...
Varun Jyothykumar
2 min read
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