Chris Bennett

Dec 11, 2023 | road.cc | Steve Thomas |John Stevenson |Vecchio Jo |Chris Bennett

“Just get on your bike.” It came from nowhere, but was also totally simplified and proven logic, to me at least. After months of soul searching and trying to rationalise and deal with an ever-deepening life issue, while sat there analysing things, going over the same old figures, looking for the reasoning, some justifications… and then suddenly, while staring deeply at my bike and in true Lawrence of Arabia style, I said out aloud: “Just get on your bike.”Was it divine intervention?

Nov 19, 2023 | road.cc | Steve Thomas |John Stevenson |Vecchio Jo |Chris Bennett

Route rethink took me into traffic jams, but it was still a quick and easy way to get my old furniture to its new home It was perhaps the first time in my life I’d been in control of a vehicle, rather than a passenger, and truly experienced the frustration many drivers caught in a traffic jam must feel. I was on Fulham Palace Road, stuck in a queue of traffic heading towards Putney Bridge, and for once I had no quick or easy way to get round it.

Oct 20, 2023 | road.cc | Vecchio Jo |Chris Bennett |George Hill |Jack Sexty

There is a subject that is related to the somewhat contentious act of waving at other cyclists, but is a gaunt and pale comparison in that it can only just manage to elicit a mild tut, a sigh, a raised eyebrow, or if you’re lucky, maybe a wry smile once in a while. It should be a simple matter without any elevation into controversy, but too many times it can become a situation that drifts into unnecessary bellendery. Such is cycling, and much of life. Sigh.