A story of the importance of the M check Have you heard of the 'M check'? It's the basic check of your bike for safety, just a useful reminder to check each important part of the bike before you set off for the day.…
No doubt if you’re reading this then you are already aware of some of the many benefits of swapping to cycling to work instead of driving – but what is the actual cash saving?
Of course the answer is ‘it depends’ – but here…
For over a century most bicycles have used a system of tyres with tubes in them to keep them rolling along – and this has generally worked very well.
I’ve never really been an early adopter of new technology. The exception was when tubeless systems began…
A bike is the ideal way to explore the South Downs National Park. Whether you want to cycle around the quiet, leafy lanes of the Sussex countryside or conquer the majestic South Downs, Lewes is the perfect base for exploring our beautiful region on…
For those of us to whom coffee is central to cycling. it’s good to have our prejudices reinforced so at Cycleshack we’ve done a bit of digging to see whether coffee is good for cycling. There has been plenty of research showing that it’s…
Matthew, a local Cycleshack customer, reviewed a recent purchase for us – a Cannondale Topstone gravel eBike. Check out his opinion! https://lewescycleshack.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Cannondale-Topstone-Review-Cycleshack.mp4
As social distancing made it more difficult to go riding with Rob, my co-rider in part one, I decided to continue in a slightly different way by starting at the end point from last time (my house in Lewes), and seeing how far one…
The Genesis Croix de Fer is an extremely popular bike – the one everyone’s eyes immediately settle on if they come in to our Friars Walk shop. Paul Benoy, Director of Cycleshack, has his eye on one, and Steve Ranger the other Director already…
Annabel Allcorn bought a Surly Straggler CX bike from us to ride across India, her travel purpose even includes having a defibrillator strapped to the handlebars! Annabel’s medical charity travelled to India and on arrival she put the bike together again successfully and…