Jamie Beach

Former deputy editor

Jamie Beach is BikeRadar's former deputy editor.

Recent articles by Jamie Beach

10 surprising traffic laws you didn't know you were breaking as a cyclist

Keep your shirt on, no fancy riding and stay out of the water

Learn how to ride with no hands in 5 steps

Learn how to ride with no hands in 5 steps

Take off clothing, unwrap a sandwich, or show off your dance moves

Learn how to wheel for some old-school cool

Learn how to wheelie, with Anna Glowinski

We'll show you how to master this practical trick

Take your cycling fitness to another level with our list of 25 effective ideas

Cycling fitness: 25 top tips to be a fitter rider

From diet to training to recovery, there are plenty of gains to be made

If your bike had a theme song, what would it be?

What would your bike's theme song be?

Thrash metal, soaring string instruments… happy hardcore?

Ribble's new Ultimate SL is designed for racing and mountain rides

Ribble’s 840g Ultimate SL frame is one for the weight weenies

Range-topping model designed for racing in the mountains

Let's all go Dutch, and get our kids cycling to school

Why parents should be banned from driving their kids to school

My manifesto to get more kids cycling to school

Sub-600g SRM Origin power meter edges closer

French brand Look to provide the carbon cranks

Here's a selection of our favourite wacky cycling records

12 madcap cycling records that surely won’t get broken

From fastest wheelies to blind slaloms and ‘pinky squeaks’, the world’s a funny place

7mesh says its new Oro jacket goes sub-100g for a size medium

This Gore-Tex cycling jacket weighs less than an energy bar

Is this the lightest Gore-Tex cycling jacket in the world?

GoPro Hero 5 Black vs. Session — which one's right for you?

GoPro Hero 5 Black vs Hero 5 Session action cameras compared

Touchscreen or tiny size, which GoPro is for you?

This week's best new bike gear

11spd: This week's best new bike gear

The latest tech and bike gear, from suspension tuning to compact cranksets

Liberty Trillion Cycles has big plans to bring premium bike building back to the Midlands, starting with a singlespeed called the Node

Made in the Midlands: Liberty Trillion Cycles brings bike building home

British brand to cut, weld, paint and assemble bikes domestically

Here's the gear we've loved riding this past week

BikeRadar tests the new Canyon Ultimate EVO, goes full-fluoro and races new Niner gravel bike

Here’s some of the gear we’ve loved riding this past week

Setting a new record for riding gravel – Austria's Max Stöckl, in the Atacama Desert

Austrian daredevil rides 167kph down a gravelly mountain in Chile

Max Stöckl steers Mondraker Summum to new world record

Here's the Colnago Ottanta5 — not a bad birthday present

Colnago marks founder's 85th birthday with unique special edition

Ottanta5 comes with Campag Super Record and Bora Ultra 50 wheels

Here is a selection of the best sportives and gran fondos in the world

Best sportives and gran fondos: 25 to consider

Our picks from around the globe

We're here to look at the best GoPros and other action cameras

Best GoPro and other action cameras

Updated: We test the best action cams currently out there

The Tern Vektron is a rugged folding e-bike, capable of carrying plenty of groceries

Tern Vektron first ride review

Can this folding e-bike kill two birds with one stone?

Felt Bicycles bought by French ski brand Rossignol

New range of Rossignol mountain bikes to launch next year

The GoPro Karma drone has been relaunched

GoPro Karma drone: what you need to know

Redesigned battery latch said to solve previous issues

Shimano's new CM-2000 action camera gets auto-recording for capturing all the best bits of your ride

Shimano’s new action cameras can auto-record every time you attack

CM-2000 and CM-1100 models can be activated by a range of sensors, including power and Di2

All children under 12 will have to wear bike helmets in France from March 2017

France says all children under 12 must wear cycle helmets

New law comes into effect this March, affecting residents and visitors alike

Are super-compact cranksets on the rise? We think so

Super-compact chainsets: the next big thing for road cyclists?