Flicking through some older editions of the mag I noticed that for simply ages Sideways Cycles was lauded as being a wonderful purveyor of shiny things and all round two wheel goodness. One of my more publicly acceptable fantasies involved visiting Alsager’s finest with a bag of someone else’s money for a custom build.

But of late, no ads in the mag and no plaudits in the favourite shop category in the Singletrack awards.

Has something awful happened?

We should be told.

I recently set eyes on a machine put together by aforementioned purveyor and I was green with envy. I’d have no hesitation whatsoever if I had the spare readies to do the same (again).

Tim is still posting on here, apparently he’s yet to buy his first Roller.