Joe: Well everyone, it’s summer time which means it’s time to get on your bikes-literally! Cycle yourselves fit for your summer jaunt abroad or use your bike as a vehicle to explore the vast Northumberland countryside! Mark, who I introduce in this month’s edition, has worked hard as my manager for 18 years. He tends [...]
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Autograph – Joe Waugh
Newcastle born Joe Waugh is a Commonwealth Games Gold Medallist and an Olympian. He also owns the extremely successful cycle shop M. Steel Cycles in South Gosforth. A family man and a workaholic, Joe has dedicated his life to cycling. Even after a near fatal car accident, Joe still makes time to get on his [...]
Bike Week 13-21 June 2009
Hi there, welcome to another Waughy’s Word with me, Joe Waugh! Bike Week is a national event that comes every year to highlight the various benefits of cycling. Whether these are social, environmental or economic, the advantages that cycling has over other modes of transportation or hobbies, are often overlooked. It’s a great time for [...]
Top Tip for Saving Money
Hi, Joe Waugh here again! We’re all feeling the pinch a little, aren’t we? My family and I have been making a few cut backs here and there at the moment, as have a lot of people I know. With the light at the end of the tunnel so far away, it looks we’re going [...]
VAT – M. Steel Cycles Doubles the Saving!
Further to the chancellors’ decision to reduce the rate of VAT, here at Steels we are not only happy to pass on this saving but for the immediate future double the saving to 5% Currently a lot of importers are increasing there prices due to the currency fluctuations but we will not be adjusting any [...]
Waughy’s Word – Dave Rayner Fund
Hi, Joe Here! Last month I was honoured to be invited to an event in Harrogate by the Dave Rayner Fund. Dave was an extremely talented young cyclist from Yorkshire whose life was tragically cut short at the age of 27 in 1994. He was a professional cyclist and one of Britain’s top cyclists at [...]
Waughy’s Word – The Drugs Don’t Work
Joe Waugh here! I can remember watching the opening ceremony to the Olympic Games when I was eight years old. I think it must have been in my blood because I went on to compete in the Games twice. One issue which tarnishes many major sports events is that of performance enhancing drugs. My initial [...]
Waughy’s Word – Cycling to Work Scheme
Hi everyone, Joe Waugh here. How many of you drive to work everyday? What’s stopping you from hopping on a bike leaving your car in the drive everyday? If you haven’t got a bike, an excellent initiative is here to save you some money and get you riding to work! The government initiative was put [...]
Save upto 40% on a new cycle!
Here at M Steel Cycles we now have more than two years partnership experience supplying a wide range of bikes under this Government initiative. Savings of around 40% can be made on the purchase of that bike you have dreamed of. By signing up to cyclescheme you are able to choose from a number of [...]