John has been writing about bikes and cycling for over 30 years since discovering that people were mug enough to pay him for it rather than expecting him to do an honest day's work.
He was heavily involved in the mountain bike boom of the late 1980s as a racer, team manager and race promoter, and that led to writing for Mountain Biking UK magazine shortly after its inception. He got the gig by phoning up the editor and telling him the magazine was rubbish and he could do better. Rather than telling him to get lost, MBUK editor Tym Manley called John’s bluff and the rest is history.
Since then he has worked on MTB Pro magazine and was editor of Maximum Mountain Bike and Australian Mountain Bike magazines, before switching to the web in 2000 to work for CyclingNews.com. Along with road.cc founder Tony Farrelly, John was on the launch team for BikeRadar.com and subsequently became editor in chief of Future Publishing’s group of cycling magazines and websites, including Cycling Plus, MBUK, What Mountain Bike and Procycling.
John has also written for Cyclist magazine, edited the BikeMagic website and was founding editor of TotalWomensCycling.com before handing over to someone far more representative of the site's main audience.
He joined road.cc in 2013. He lives in Cambridge where the lack of hills is more than made up for by the headwinds.
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A lot of broken links here (maybe they already ran out of stock).
20% off ALL sunglasses (including Endura, Oakley and POC) at Edinburgh Bicycle - ends tomorrow, Monday June 8th - http://www.edinburghbicycle.com/browse/clothing/all-clothing/sunglasses-...
I agree with the prescription sunnies idea. There are a few companies that produce prescription sunnies capable of being cycled in but by far and away the best is Oakley. Unfortunately you aint going to get much change out of 200 knicker. if you go for vented it costs more. i have friends with adidas and bolle and they regret buying them as the lenses are a bit iffy? I have heard some people raving about rudy project rx glasses but ive not seen them myself.
i have a pair of sunnies and then a pair of mirror coated transitions which work really well on the bike. Oakleys website will give full details of lens types, colours and RX's that each style will take. I have bought mine from https://www.extreme-eyewear.co.uk/ and the guys there where awesome!
The best pair of sunnies I've ever owned are by Kaenon. They make the Oakleys I have look like utter rubbish. Cannot recommend strongly enough.
PJ - that's *nowt*, man. (starts willy-waving thread about who has the worst eyes).
Have you tried contact lenses? Surely the best option for someone with a 'moderate' Rx like yours...
How about an article for us prescription glasses types?
I'm -6 in one eye, -5.5 in the other. Plus axial error etc. Or in plain English, properly shortsighted.
I got my first pair of prescription sunglasses 2 years ago and it was a revelation. But they're neat little things - I tend to go for smaller designs otherwise my lenses are too heavy - so they don't really keep the wind, or insects out!
Are there any wraparound / sports sunglasses for someone like me, that don't break the bank?
Any prescription glasses companies that need a reviewer, I'm your man...
Agree! And I'm the opposite- longsighted!
Not to everyone's taste but CRC are doing Uvex Ultrashield Sunglasses with 73% off - proper old school look for only £6.49. That's even cheaper than the lidl/Aldi jobs.