Show Fatigue
Sunday.. Final day of the London Cycle Show and for me at least the final big event of the year. This year seems to have been much more manic than usual in terms of living out of bags, tents and hotel rooms and expensive legal nonsense. I’m really looking forward to a few months of dull 9 to 5 with lots of riding bikes for fun instead of for work. That sounds so disengenuous considering that what we do here certainly beats having a proper job but it’s just how I feel.
Bikes are great. The bike industry in the UK is great too. There’s loads of really good people in it who are genuinely passionate about bikes and what they do. But right now I just want to ride my OWN bike in my OWN time on my OWN trails… and go to sleep in my OWN bed.
Issue 38 is about to go to print now and so we will have at least a week or two of calm before it all starts again for issue 39. To end on a positive note though.. This year has seen our little mag turn into a big one. We are selling more and more copies every issue (Increased sales by 1200 from issue 35 to 36), more business is coming to us rather than us chasing it. That’s all good stuff that’s kept us all going for the last few months and should ensure that we stay around for a good while to come yet. 