Remember those heady pre-Coronovirus days of, well, early 2020? You know, when you'd turn up at a race and French kiss all the track officials, before starting on with a systematic round of licking the faces of the photographers and finally sucking the fingers of your favourite competitors? God, I miss those days now that I'm self-isolating and all I have to look forward to is the four-hourly, horse-strength antibiotics washed down with mouthfuls of hot hand cleanser. So, the

The recent Bike Shed show saw Royal Enfield presented a couple of custom bikes built in-house at their Leicestershire tech centre. Like many of the world's major motorcycle manufacturers, Royal Enfield now has design centres in more than one continent, obviously in India, but also the UK. The two bases have different perspectives, different draws for staff and often work together on the same projects, with the UK base being more plugged into the desires and markets Royal Enfi

Rebels Alliance are organising a party and car park race for the Saturday night of Bike Shed Show weekend, that's THIS WEEKEND. So if you're in London for the show, make sure you get round to their spot on Sclater Street, which is a short walk from the Bike Shed headquarters, and about 1.5 miles (30 mins walk) from the Tobacco Dock show venue. They're putting on a mini bike race, live band - The Pearl Harts (see below), food trucks and good times to extend the fun of the Bike

The DTRA season launch has become a fixture on the UK flat track calendar. It's always held in London, originally at Bolt, more recently at the Bike Shed's arch 3, and it's always been popular. On the surface, it's an unusual idea. Most race clubs have end of year presentation events, not pre-season launches, but it really works and is a good way to get racers, sponsors, supporters and staff together (all pictured in one snap above, with DTRA bossman mouthing off on the big s