A Girls' Cycling Compendium

The washing machine is groaning away under the weight of four days dirty riding kit as I am just back from riding a tour of the Cairngorms w...

easter sunday the plan: to route test July's happy hundred. the ride: lovely. wall to wall sunshine, lambs and daffodils. first swifts o...

That's not even the blink of an eye but it's what I lost my podium place by at the weekend! (Actually it was the weekend before but ...

Last blog: 28th December Last flickr post: 3rd January Last day off: not entirely sure... Busy busy. Racing for fun this year whilst work an...

When I was just a few weeks into this job, I met a grizzled old-timer on a bench in the City, who informed me that you're not a real co...

My first race of the season took me to the Forest of Dean for the 661 Mini Downhill. This time last year there were six ladies entered, only...

So the clock's set to Anchorage time and we're counting down to the start of the Iditarod Trail Invitational . Of course Minx swore ...

The fug of winter lethargy is beginning to properly lift. Mojo located and requiring some nurturing, I bottled out of soloing the Strathp...

I sometimes think that all cyclists secretly want to be couriers. It was my dream job before I started (it still is), and I've lost trac...

Meet cycle courier Emily, our latest Minx blogger. Not only does she have my dream job she rather unhelpfully confirmed that it is in fact e...

Some rides are just so lovely I almost have to pinch myself to make sure I'm not dreaming.  Vikki

There is the small matter of persuading my beloved that Durango, Colorado in September is the holiday of his dreams, and the matter of savin...

Say hello to Sarah Jane. As you'll gather she likes to ride downhill fast - winning the 661 mini downhill and placing second in the NPD ...

3 girls, 3 bikes, no gears, in the snow in the Peak District today. Top day! Need I say more? Vikki Climb originally uploaded by jumbly

I've had a bit of a duff year to be honest and I'm not that sorry to see the back of it, but what a fantastic last day it turned out...

Or just busy... Mull. A thoroughly enjoyable muddle of friends, fun, laughter, beauty, cakes, cocoa, bikes, trains, boats, skies, mud, pain,...

off to mull for a weekend of cross racing debauchery. could go either way... don't see that christmasy one very often :o) j.

one - rice pudding. hot homemade with jam for supper, cold from the tin for hasty pre-ride breakfast, as a chaser to lunchtime's cheese ...

november nearly over (late night posting!). not sorry to see the back of it, full as usual as it has been with it. chewing grit as autumn c...

i just realised that this week has been bookended by two 'guilty pleasures' rides. monday morning and friday afternoon. both involve...