Recent content by John Gray

Hello Michael - thanks for your extensive comments. I will be 72 in a couple of weeks time; I had a triple bypass at the end of 2016. I have toured since then - the Fens in 2018 as a re-introduction - and a Coast to Coast in 2019. The second tour turned out to be too much of a challenge. My...

Gosh, thanks guys! Some food for serious thought there! My existing touring bike is a Thorn Nomad - heavy duty, and 18 years old now. I am happy tinkering, although perhaps not with electrics. I am not really interested in converting, certainly not personally. I did think about asking...

That's both me and the BIke! Touring is my passion, but I have been prevented over recent years by heart disease. To cut a long medical story short, my cardiologist was persuaded to approve my returning to touring by my arguments that I would buy an e-bike, and monitor my heartrate. So here I...