Common Sense Cycles

A website about bikes, cycling, urban riding, cycle touring and fixies

  • Basel Airport by Bike

    Basel Airport is located in France but right on the three-way border between France, Switzerland and Germany. It’s a great starting point for bicycle adventures in three of the world’s finest cycling destinations: the Swiss Alps, the German Black Forest, and Vosges mountains and Alsace Wine country in France. It’s very possible to ride to…

    sangiovanni3

    4th Dec 2022
    Touring
    basel airport, directions, Touring
  • Tern Eclipse P20 / Link C7 Tern folding bikes – in-depth review

    After a 500km tour of Switzerland and Northern Italy, I think it might just be the best flat-bar road bike I’ve ever ridden and yet one of the most inconvenient folding bikes around… Summary of the Tern P20: Pros Cons Fast hybrid/road/touring bike with excellent ride characteristics Fold down size is just too big –…

    sangiovanni3

    4th Dec 2022
    Folding Bikes, Reviews
    tern bikes, tern eclipse, tern p20
  • After 1000km – the Brooks Cambium is mostly awful

    Ah – Brooks of England – a saddle stalwart of the ages producing the finest leather saddles since the 1880s in true British tradition. The go-to for any luxury, restoration or comfort build. And (since at least 2013) with a modern non-leather range to suit whatever modern urban, gravel-grinder or neo-retro project you have in…

    sangiovanni3

    16th Jan 2022
    Reviews, Touring
    Brooks, England, italy, saddle, saddles

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