Tagged: road racing

Road Cycling / Women's Specific

July 12, 2020

Where Is The Women’s Tour de France?

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,...

2019 women's world championship road race

Road Cycling / Women's Specific

July 5, 2020

Failing To Follow the Women’s Professional Peloton

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...

baby on the turbo trainer

February 16, 2017

Turbo Powered

For the past three months, I have spent my weekend and evening cycle time in the garage. We have a fantastic garage set up. Race bikes on turbo trainers with a TV and a...

2022 Highway Code Changes: Making Roads Safer?
January 23, 2022
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 »
Why I Will Not (always) Cycle Single File
January 9, 2022
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 »
For Better or For Worse?
March 14, 2021
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 »
A Cycle Of Gender Inequality?
February 7, 2021
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 »
Why Not Cycle?
January 31, 2021
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 »
Mummy’s Gone A….Walk
January 24, 2021
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 »
Spreading The Love For Cycling The School Run
December 8, 2020
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 Winter
December 8, 2020
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 »
Cycling The School Run DESPITE The Traffic
December 8, 2020
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 »
Reasons NOT To Cycle The School Run
December 8, 2020
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 »

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