Vive Le Tour My husband got me into watching the Tour de France. He’s followed professional cycle racing for years and is a veritable mine of random information on Tour history. Up until recently,...
Failing To Follow I love road cycling, but I don’t follow professional (pro) women’s road racing. This is something I have felt a bit bad about for quite a while, without doing anything about...
What Is ‘Club Cycling’? To me ‘club cycling’ is about road cycling clubs, since that is what I personally do. These clubs are usually affiliated to British Cycling, usually have lycra club kit and...
January doesn’t seem that long ago. That was when I made a commitment to try road bike racing in 2018. In April, I did my first criterium (crit) race, Crit On The Campus. Since then,...
Yesterday was another momentous day for me. I finished a Road Race. All the way to to finish line. The finish line and beyond in fact as I did a totally unnecessary final lap....
Back in January this year I made my racing resolutions. I decided that 2018 was going to be the year I gave criterium and road racing a go. Yesterday, my cycle racing resolutions turned...
After deciding that 2018 will be the year in which I get into road racing, I have been making use of the British Cycling online training plans. These are great. They are free to...
This week has been week six following the British Cycling 8 week pre-season training plan. In a Nutshell It was a week out of routine with the kids on February break, and I missed...
This week has been week five following the British Cycling 8 week pre-season training plan. In a Nutshell This week was a return to tough sessions after a rest week. A pub night meant...
This week has been week four following the British Cycling 8 week pre-season training plan. In a Nutshell I was relieved to find that week four in the training plan was a rest week....
On 29th January 2022, a number of changes to the UK Highway Code come into force. According to the UK government, these changes are aimed at making our roads safer for vulnerable users. But...Read More »
Few things about cyclists seem to enrage motorists as much as those who cycle two-abreast. (At least, few things which people on bikes actually do. Obviously there’s always the whole imaginary all cyclists jump...Read More »
We are living in unique times. What we have been through over the past year; as individuals, as communities, as nations and as a global population, has been a huge trauma. We have lived...Read More »
Last week I wrote about how fear of traffic is preventing some people from choosing to cycle for transport, and forcing them into their cars. It has proved to be one of my most...Read More »
I have been keeping to my plan of going for a walk every day. Yesterday, a friend and her son joined my son and I for a walk. They live just under two miles...Read More »
I’ve not been on a bike for almost three weeks. This isn’t like me. I have however, been out for a walk – just for the sake of it – for the past three...Read More »
When you start to cycle the school run, you might just find you love it. You will also probably be noticed as someone who cycles to school, especially if you have an unusual bike....Read More »
Cycling the school run in the winter can be just a bit more of a faff than in the summer. It’s cold and it’s dark and it’s often wet – not the most inspiring...Read More »
It would be wonderful if every school had fully segregated cycle paths to enable pupils and their parents to cycle the school run away from other road users (if they want to). Sadly in...Read More »
There’s a fine line between ‘reason’ and ‘excuse’. There are plenty of perfectly valid reasons why people might not be able to (or want to) to cycle the school run. It’s not for everyone....Read More »