Claud butler criterium

1890 -CYCLING HOLIDAYS

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

How quickly empires can fall and dynasties wither. Within living memory the Rootes Group, once one of the key players in the UK’s booming motor industry, was producing a range of sports saloons that w

European and UK manufacturers ranging from Iso to De Tomaso and from Jensen to Sunbeam saw an easy route to performance by fitting big American V8 engines into their relatively light sports car chassi

I loved Martin Buckley’s piece about his Mamod Roadster (Backfire, July). Martin is always my go-to when I get a new magazine delivered, but enough sycophancy… It rang a bell with me when Martin menti

On 22nd November 1954, a 16-year-old cyclist from Harworth, Yorkshire, wrote a letter to Charles Pélissier, a great of French cycling and multiple Tour stage winner. The ambitious young rider was seek