Bikes

We have lots of bikes in our family, ranging from a turquoise bike with stabilisers, through childback tandem, to BMX and time-trial bikes.

Dave Lloyd fixed-wheel bike

24 Jul 2013

This track bike is manufactured from 753 tubing, and has a 52cm top tube. Feature List Lightweight 753 tubing 32-spoke cross-laced tubular ...

Bottom bracket difficulties

Giant SCR 1.0 26 Dec 2012

The bottom bracket on my Giant SCR 1.0 road bike is worn out, with lots of play on the drive side. My LBS had some difficulty locating the ...

New cyclo-cross bikes for 2012 season

23 Aug 2012

Adding to the collection of bikes in our garage (but hopefully allowing the sale of a couple of others), we have bought a pair of cyclo-cross ...

Custom Cannondale Time Trial Bike

10 Sep 2011

Here is a photo of me holding up my custom-fitted time trial bike. It features a cannondale aluminium alloy frame, Zipp rear wheel, Sninergy ...

Dave Lloyd Fixed Wheel Bike

20 Sep 2010

This Dave Llord bike is super-light, with Reynolds 753 tubing for its core construction. The rest of the equipment (including a Flite titanium ...

New Addition to the Family: BMX Gyro

24 Jul 2010

This little black beauty is a gyro BMX bike, which means that the handlebars can fully rotate but still operate a front brake. The chain is ...

Smashed Up Rear Mech

Giant SCR 1.0 12 Mar 2009

I've just managed to completely mangle the rear mech on my road bike. It's part of a Shimano 105 groupset, on a Giant bike and around a year ...

Volvo-Cannondale Stunt Biker

07 May 2005

This stunt rider was showing off his skills at a British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) event, at the Brands Hatch race circuit.

Dawes Galaxy

07 May 2005

This is a rather grainy, small picture of the Dawes Galaxy, taken on the foot bridge over the UEA broad.

Track bike

07 Oct 1996

This track bike was borrowed from someone at CC Breckland, for the purposes of riding at the BUSA Track Champs in Manchester. The first time ...

Time trialling on the A12

30 Jul 1996

This is John Swindells, riding the E5/100 course on the A12.

Cannondale road bike

20 Jul 1996

This is my Cannondale road bike, with aluminium frame and forks, Rigida 32-spoke wheels and a Campagnolo groupset (7-speed). It also sports ...

Andy Tyler in tandem

07 Jul 1996

This is Andy Tyler, waiting for the start of a 10-mile time trial at Attleborough (Norfolk). He would ride as pilot, and John Swindells as stoker ...


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My name is John Swindells and I'm a keen recreational cyclist with a preference for long one-day rides. I've also previously dabbled in time trialling and cyclo-cross. See more of what I get up to on Strava!

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