Whizzing around the Tour de France with Ibis
I know it’s deeply uncool to say this on a cycling blog but I never used to be that into the Tour de France. Back before my roadie conversion, my mum and I used to snigger a little at the skinny […]
Why Do I Have To Race Men Or Not Race At All?
A couple of weeks ago I took place in the Red Hook Crit in London, a closed circuit track bike race with a pretty fearsome reputation and very high standard. I was one of nearly 70 women who entered, and I’d done […]
Training Tips For Beginners
If you’ve been following my blog, you’ll know that one of the few things I hadn’t tried on a bike was training. Until now! Over the last month I threw myself into a training challenge #GetCycleFit to see how fit […]
Racing Red Hook Crit London
I’m curious by nature and that makes for an interesting life. Sometimes things go wrong, in fact they often do, but it never puts me off trying. The past year has been pretty tough, filled with upheaval and plenty of […]
New Charge Bikes Track Bike
Charge Bikes are well known for their iconic Plug single speed bikes, which back when fixed gear was booming helped spark a cycling revolution in cities such as London. Alongside the original Plug, Charge counted the Plug ‘Freestyler’ amongst it’s number – […]
#GetCycleFit A Visit To Manchester Velodrome
When I began #CycleFitChallenge a month ago, I had little idea what to expect from a coach on the end of the phone, and even littler idea whether I’d want to stick to the training I’d been prescribed in the […]
#GetCycleFit moves to the Peak District
Hello pals, and sorry for the big delay in posting anything about my last minute training for Red Hook Crit in London, aka #GetCycleFit or #CycleFitChallenge – I seem to keep flitting between the two hashtags and forgetting which one […]