Who are you and what do you do? Hi, I’m Jason Falconer. Since 2005 I’ve been working as a cycling coach / track / MTN / Road Bikeability trainer. From 2013 onwards, I’ve been freelance, using my experience and qualifications to coach others. My main coaching is now Orienteering sport; teaching navigation at speed in outdoors spaces around Dorset and beyond, for schools, … [Read more...]
A discombobulated approach to cycling
This excellent blog post on the New Forest Green Party website highlights a number of longstanding issues to the approach the New Forest National Park Authority (NFNPA) takes to cycling in the National Park. It's well worth a read.There are at least two very positive ways the NFNPA could improve the cycling 'infrastructure' in the New Forest, that would be of real benefit … [Read more...]
Gravel riding in Mid Wales with Kinesis
Mike Hall riding some great gravel in Mid Wales. Gotta go there sometime! … [Read more...]
November 2016 Wallpaper Calendar
Welcome to the November 2016 edition of the monthly Cycle New Forest desktop calendar wallpaper. The size of the image is 3301 x 2250 pixels, so should work on all but the most massive of monitors! To get the best from it, just set background to “centre” and colour to “white”.This particular photo was taken inside Burley Old Inclosure whilst enjoying the autumnal gravel … [Read more...]
Frame your rides
Like many cyclists, I carry a smartphone with me on my rides. It's not only useful for tracking my progress with Strava and (more recently) Ride with GPS, but it also means I have a reasonably decent camera in my jersey pocket. You may have heard the saying "the best camera is the one you have with you" and it really is the case here. Whilst a DSLR is the preference for overall … [Read more...]