Hello, welcome to my blog thingy.

Yes, my ego is that large I think people will want to read what I have to say.

What's this all about? This is a blog for the cyclist who can't afford the best gear but still wants performance.

Why listen to me? My wife and I have a mortgage, 1.5 kids, two cats, five bikes (four are mine) and a single income. I can't afford the best but I love cycling.

Keith Bontrager is often quoted as saying 'Strong, light, cheap. Pick two" well I reckon that out there, you can find all three - you just have to look.

I used to work in the cycling industry - at the blunt end of course, so I know a cone spanner from a tyre lever. Also, I'll be blogging about real products, that I've actually used, in the real world.

I'll post up bargains, bargain-hunting tips and the odd bit of 'holy shit, look how expensive this is!'. And maybe some dumb, random pictures and videos too.

I'll also be blogging about bike maintenance on the cheap, cheap fixes for jobs where expensive specific tools are often recommended. I'm no Sheldon Brown but I try.

I ride mountain and road - both geared and singlespeed. So the majority of posts will appeal to both the leg-shaving and baggy short crowd. As a parent, I'll also be talking about products for cycling parents, kids bikes, seats and the like.

I hope you enjoy my blog and I hope I have enough time to write the bloody thing.

If anyone does stumble across this first post on the world wide interweb and you think the premise is vaguely interesting, feel free to post up what you'd like to hear about.

Thanks for reading.

Cyclopath