I’m super stoked to say that in 2018 I’ll be riding in the blue black and hot pink colours of Les Filles Queen of the Mountains Racing Team! It’s almost 2 years to the day since I pinned on my first ever race number(5th of October 2015) , and over those 2 years, Les Filles […]
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The End of 2017, Sunlight and Mist.
Yesterday was my final road race of the 2017 Season. My second full season of bike racing. It finished at the summit of Beachy Head at the end of the 7th ascent of the long brutal climb, as part of the final stage of the Women’s Tour of Sussex. After a 76km flat stage one (20th, […]
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5 Things I Learned from Crystal Palace Crits
Another Tuesday night, and another empty space in my week where Crystal Palace Crits used to be. When I started this blog I decided that I wasn’t going to fill it with a bunch of ‘then they did this and I did that and this happened’ style race reports; not that I was never going […]
Make your own chamois cream!
I work as a freelancer, and I go to different races around the country each week. Because of this, I’m always facing new challenges, situations and tasks, I don’t have much of a routine, and one day is rarely the same as the next. I obviously like this, but it also makes me crave small […]
Anticipation.
I first raced a bike about 18 months ago and the journey has been a steady stream of firsts: my first novice crit, my first e1234 crit, my first podium, my first road race, my first decent finish in a road race, my first win, my first series win, my first Women’s Team Series race, my […]
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The Surprising Silence of Winning
One of the things about learning to race bikes is that (at the beginning, at least) winning stuff is actually kinda rare, definitely once you get past the novice races into strong 3/4 and e1234 fields. It’s such a combination of tactics, strength and teamwork, that if just one of those things doesn’t line up, it […]
Nine Tips For Promoting Women’s Races.
I have only been racing for around a year and a half and I am already super aware of common complaints that organisers have about poorly attended women’s races. I’m also friends with people who have been involved at a grassroots level with women’s racing for years now (looking at you, Huw). And a large part […]
Seven Great Things They Don’t Tell You About Bike Racing.
This bit of text was originally written in 2016 for London Women’s Racing before I was a committee member, with the aim of encouraging other first-timers into the league. While there are a host of great articles giving you advice on the technique and skills sides of things, and often training events and sessions with clubs where […]