A Girls' Cycling Compendium

In which the friends and riders of www.minx-girl.com diary their progress through training, racing and general pottering about on bikes.

Monday, 13 December 2010

Cross at the Castle

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This weekend was saw the final two races in the Scottish Cyclocross series at Glengorm Castle on the Isle of Mull. We've had some prett...
Monday, 6 December 2010

Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes...

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...and my fingers and feet and lights and bell... After a week of having to commute to work by bus and trudge several miles through the snow...
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Tuesday, 30 November 2010

An adventurous weekend

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What a few days. Just had to share. Saturday I raced an eight hour adventure race in the New Forest. I knew from the first 100 metres that I...
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Sunday, 28 November 2010

Bbbrrrrrr

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This weekend was meant to be a double header in the Scottish cyclocross calendar with two races in Glasgow, but because of a last minute ch...
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Tuesday, 23 November 2010

foursome

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Not a whole lot of adventuring going on at the moment, more plodding round the same old loops when time and wellness allow and more waiting ...
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Saturday, 20 November 2010

SSWC10NZ

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Where to start? I've never been more east than Eastern Europe and I've always, always wanted to go to New Zealand, but it was alway...
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Friday, 19 November 2010

Rob Penn

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Last night, a crowd of us went to see Rob Penn speak at Waterstones. I've read his book, 'It's All About the Bike' and foun...
Wednesday, 3 November 2010

winter's here. note to self...

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ride when the sun is shining whenever you can. steal the time. dawn rides, lunchbreaks, storm surfing, sundays. and when you can't: embr...
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Monday, 18 October 2010

Country Mouse Goes to Town

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Things are just about getting back to normal after the Cycle Show now and my brain is unscrambling stuff and gradually reassembling it into ...
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Tuesday, 12 October 2010

friends in high places

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last week we were in london (of which, more later). the week before that i was in france with the trans provence crew reprising one of the b...
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Sunday, 10 October 2010

Cross is back

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Today was my first cross race of the season. Although I've been riding my cross bike a lot over the past few weeks, trying to sharpen up...
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Monday, 4 October 2010

monday morning.

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(last week.) j.
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Saturday, 25 September 2010

Guilty?

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It dawned on me last weekend that the cross season was fast approaching and that I've badly neglected my cross bike over the summer whil...
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Friday, 24 September 2010

things of beauty

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2010 NW Gentlemen's Race from RAPHA on Vimeo . "a defect in the gentleman's mind confuses pain with joy, and they ride on....
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Wednesday, 15 September 2010

Midweek microadventure

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First light Originally uploaded by jumbly Charge lights. Ride bike. Meet friends. Eat chips. Drink beer. Ride bike. Seek shelter. Night cap....
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Tuesday, 14 September 2010

tour of britain.

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got up early on saturday and rode to the top of the hill to watch the tour of britain go by. never mind that it rained. never mind that i fe...
Friday, 10 September 2010

The Terrex (3)

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Windermere is big. It rained and the end of the lake never seemed to get any closer. I resisted asking 'how far' (something I never ...
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Thursday, 9 September 2010

The Terrex (2)

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The start: As I came to on the coach, I looked out the window at a massive flat expanse of sand: Morecombe Sands. Two lonely flags stood a f...
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Research suggests a new era of cycling may be here to stay

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What with the rise of the Middle Aged Men in Lycra (MAMILS), Boris Johnson’s newly opened Cycle Superhighways in London, Clare Balding’s new...

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women/damsels/divas/lasses/ladies/bitches/chicks/girls on bikes. You might have seen and responded to Sacred Rides' call for input from ...
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