If you’re a parent, you don’t need reminding how expensive kids can be, or how difficult it can be to incorporate healthy activity and adventure into family outings. Fortunately, there are options that won’t break the bank, and if you can get to the start by train, you can save CO2, save on parking, and ... Read more The post Summer holidays adventures with kids first appeared on WillCycle ..read more

When Mark Beaumont set a new round-the-world cycling record, he managed to get corporate sponsorship to finance his record attempt. One London cycling courier saw that as an affront, and was determined to set a new world record on a self-financed, shoe-string budget. That courier is Julian Sayarer, and Life Cycles is the book that ... Read more The post Life Cycles – Julian Sayarer first appeared on WillCycle ..read more

Swiss Valley Trail cycle route overall rating: B3⭐⭐⭐ Mostly following the old Llanelli and Mynydd Mawr Mineral Railway, the 13 mile Swiss Valley Trail links the coastline at Lannelli with Cross Hands. This route forms part of National Cycle Network (NCN) route 47, and it’s a stunning ride. Though there are a few roads to ... Read more The post The Swiss Valley Trail first appeared on WillCycle ..read more

Psst!! Cm’ere! Want to learn how to properly waterproof anything? Obviously not anything – you can’t waterproof dust, or air, or things like that, but cycling coats, cycling shoes, panniers, tarps, tents, or even jeans? Those you certainly can waterproof! So, you ready to learn how? And if you didn’t believe me about the jeans, scroll down ... Read more The post How to waterproof anything first appeared on WillCycle ..read more

1986 was a great year – Duran Duran were a supergroup, and it was my last year of school, in South Africa. In 1986, computers existed – I owned a Sinclair ZX Spectrum – but it was largely the pre-digital era. Mobile phones weren’t a thing, so you couldn’t phone people as such, only places, ... Read more The post A 1986-style Devon Coast To Coast first appeared on WillCycle ..read more

Some people seem to have had a little difficulty in figuring out how to use the different mount options that comes with each WillCam, so I put these instructions together to help. The bike mount options First up, we’ll look at the options for mounting the WillCam to your bicycle (not your helmet). Your new ... Read more The post The WillCam mount options first appeared on WillCycle ..read more

I must confess a few things I thought before reading this book:1) Laker is a journalist, and British journalism is probably at it’s lowest, and least trustworthy, ever. As a result, not knowing Laker’s work very well, I was seriously apprehensive.2) I’ve written about Sustrans and the NCN before, so thought there wouldn’t be much ... Read more The post Potholes and Pavements, by Laura Laker first appeared on WillCycle ..read more

WillCycle isn’t meant to be political, as in, I have deliberately and intentionally kept politics off this site. I’m not about to change that. This is not a political post. Instead, it’s a call for basic human decency, and human rights, alongside a call to accept the rule of law. Have you ever heard someone ... Read more The post #RideForGaza first appeared on WillCycle ..read more

I have a new love in my life: he’s called Alfie, and he’s the most adorable ball of fluff I’ve seen in a while. Alfie’s a Shih Zu puppy, though I’m convinced there’s another breed in there somewhere, too. I’m not a Kennel Club snob, and while I have nothing against “pure breed” dogs, I ... Read more The post And they called it puppy love first appeared on WillCycle ..read more

When I got back into cycling, it was because my kids – still little at the time – wanted to go riding further than just up and down the pavement in front of the house where we used to live. As a result, I got a really cheap mountain bike, which I absolutely loved! That ... Read more The post Why do you ride? first appeared on WillCycle ..read more