Women’s Stage Race at Exeter
2016 is the first year that I’ve had racing in mind from the get-got. Last year, I suddenly had the urge to race road, track and fixed gear crits sometime around June, which meant that I had already...
View ArticleFinding Zen On The Trails
If you follow Dave’s blog Ride Everything, you might realise that the pair of us are feeling very lazy and ill today, so therefore this post comes at you straight from bed, with very little wit, humour...
View ArticleReview: Wyldsson’s Tubes & Bake At Home Bars
Any keen cyclist will tell you that food plays a big part in what they do. I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve started meticulously fantasising about incredible meals as I near the end of a...
View ArticleTurbo Training Ideas
Does anyone like Turbo Training? I mean, actually enjoy doing it? I get a real buzz after a session on the turbo and I really dig the results, but as for finding pleasure in the activity itself, well,...
View ArticleAssos Equipe Ride March 2016
The next Assos Equipe ride takes place this Saturday, the 12th March. Come and join myself and the Assos team (and Dave!) for a ride co-hosted by Sigma Sport. The rides are open to everyone and are...
View ArticleMeet Me At Red Bull Fuxjagd
Red Bull are putting on a fixed gear pursuit race in Vienna this April, and I’ll be there to race, host a women’s fixed gear workshop and take part in a Friday night ride. The race, Red Bull Fuxjagd,...
View ArticleVideo: Improve Your Road Cycling with me!
A few weeks ago I headed up to the big smoke to go for a ride and dispense a few cycling tips for the Guardian. It was a really ridiculously, crazily, outrageously cold day and we started at the...
View ArticleMadrid & Marin Team Camp
A couple of weeks ago I headed to Spain with my mountain bike for the second time this year. This time the destination was just outside Madrid, so a little further north than my previous trip to...
View ArticleWhy Womens Should Race Red Bull Fuxjagd
I don’t know whether you’ve read one of my previous posts on Bikes n’ Stuff or whether I’d going over old ground here, but Red Bull have kindly invited me as a special guest to their fixed gear bike...
View ArticleCheckout: Met Helmet’s Parachute Full Face
I’ve been riding with MET Helmet’s Parachute full face helmet for a long old time now and I’m always being asked about it, so I thought it about time I gave it a little love here on Bikes n’ Stuff. As...
View ArticleVideo: Woodland Riders Downhill Mountain Bike Race
On Easter Sunday I went to Tavistock to enter the Round 3 of the Woodland Riders Winter Series Downhill mountain bike race. It was a random encounter that led me to even enter in the first place – I’d...
View ArticleRed Bull Fuxjagd Fixed Gear Race
After just a few days at home in Devon where I frantically tried to get some work done, do some training and spend lots of time stroking our four cats, last Thursday I jumped back on a plane and headed...
View ArticleSnow Biking in Madrid
2016 has been a super busy year for me so far! After spending heaps of time focusing on training on my track bike last year, as the race season drew to an end last Autumn I had a moment to reassess. I...
View ArticleJoin me for a Fred Perry Ride-Out this Sunday in Nottingham
I was delighted to help create, promote and host Fred Perry‘s My Patch Ride-Out in London last year and as the event was such a great success, we’re now rolling the rides (geddit?) out to other UK...
View ArticleRacing Welsh Gravity Enduro Round 3
It seems like three is my magic number this year – I took this third spot on the podium at Round 4 of the Welsh Gravity Enduro series last Sunday meaning I’ve grabbed third places in the last three...
View ArticleHow to plan a DIY Cycle Training Camp
Pro or am, fast, fit or fat, cycling training camps are big news. Every year around April time, my Instagram feed is filled with images of friends and strangers away for a week on the bike with no...
View ArticleVideo: DIY cycling training camp in Girona
As I mentioned in my previous post, Dave and I recently went to Girona to do some training on our bikes, hoping a few days away would give our fitness a little boost. So for my latest Vlog, I take you...
View ArticleVideo: Riding in Switzerland in Assos Women’s S7 Shorts
My lovely sponsors Assos have some very exciting things in the pipeline this year and I’m super excited to be a part of them. Stay tuned for some news on their new London store, a women’s specific...
View ArticleReview: Lake Women’s CX331 Carbon Road Cycling Shoes
I’ve been meaning to write this review forever, but now that I’m OUT OF SODDING ACTION thanks to this cast on my arm, I’ve finally found the time to sit down and begin typing up my thoughts on Lake...
View ArticleMountain Bike Leader Profile on British Cycling
Over the last couple of years I’ve been quietly collecting British Cycling qualifications and awards as I’m really keen on working with the local community, providing quality training and coaching and...
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