Back in the ’70s, a trio of teenagers could ride their bikes the length of mainland Britain for charity without anyone batting an eyelid. How times have changed…

In the mid-1980s, despite regularly making nuisances of ourselves at our local bike shop, my girlfriend Josie and I were determined to resist all attempts to turn us into racing cyclists. While happy

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The ‘hooligan’ twin was such a hit that demand outstripped supply. Can the legendary two-stroke sway our Brit bike fanatic?