PLAYING FAVOURITES

I’m not supposed to have favourites. As the editor of a magazine, I’m supposed to show an impartial face at all times and keep any and all preferences to myself. But I do have favourites and I’ll throw a few out here and now because it’s the most common question I get asked time and time again.

Let’s start with bikes, which I have to say straight up isn’t a short list and there’s no way I’ll fit it all in here. I really do love a lot of bikes. The more I ride, the more I appreciate different bikes with quirks that might have put me off at some point. When that pub conversation of which