A Girls' Cycling Compendium

I know it seems like it was only yesterday, but Minx has been around for over seven years now. And we have some customers (although that see...

i went to basel last weekend for a spot of black forest riding. once the (hot and hard but ultimately worthwhile) riding was done i got to s...

It was my 6th Trans Wales and the last one. Cue sobs and violins. This time, I was going with my fiance to have a holiday. We were racing so...

I've been learning Japanese. Taking lessons from Emma , a fellow bicycle rider. Somehow we have now cooked up a crazy plan to ride to Ja...

After my epic failed plan to spectate at the boyf's race down in Tenterden, I decided to do it properly for his race down in Brenchle...

I don't know about your companies, but my company, and many of my clients, have annual golf days. Which, as far as I can work out, invol...

or, how working an event can be lots of fun when you squeeze plenty of riding in, too. start by making the most of the journey. some peop...

I have been a very bad blogger indeed this summer, in as much as I haven't... Not sadly because I've been living a high life that...

even less happening on the racing front for me this summer, mostly brought about by a collision of apathy regarding done-it-all-before event...

Although I've been having a bash at racing for a few years now, I've never actually done a proper cross country race...until today t...

Vikki's post about taking the scenic route home reminded me of what I first liked about cycling : being able to travel under my own ste...

Taking the scenic route , a photo by jumbly on Flickr. Commute. Summer. Scenic route. Perfect. Vikki

After six months of being utterly focused on training towards the Marmotte, I'm feeling demotivated and struggling to get properly back ...

I've learnt : How to manage heat. I live in England where summer is a notional period in the diary rather than an actual indicator of ho...

Last weekend was the Black Mountains 3 Day race and it was a fabulous weekend. We were lucky with the weather and spent 2 long days riding ...

As the big day approached I started to get more and more apprehensive about the task ahead of me. Tears were shed. Kit was organised. Re-org...

I think I've been suffering from some bad bike karma after selling the Jooly. Firstly, the Spot's been getting mysterious flats...fi...

It's been a long time coming (almost 2 years in fact), but I was finally persuaded to sell my Jooly Superlight at the weekend and I feel...

OUCH. I have road rash, whiplash and a bashed helmet. On my last long ride yesterday I came a cropper in the rain, with an unexpected car mo...

Pain au chocolate in Chamonix, France; pizza and icecream in Cormayeur, Italy and muesli in Champex-Lac, Switzerland. A delicious 4 days of...