My husband and I met on a Friday night at after-work drinks - which we’d both quite naturally biked to. Many of our subsequent dates, leisure and general life together involved biking. I wasn’t z... read more
Topic: My Bicycle Romance
In this story I will give you 3 facts alongside my own reasons for you to get on your bike!
1) Enjoy Nature
What better way to experience the great outdoors than to eat some dust and get in... read more
I love to cycle...really really love it!
I started cycling to work two years ago on a very rainy Monday morning after my mother in law lent me a bike that she didn't use anymore. Around t... read more
Topic: My Bicycle Romance
My husband David is a mad keen cyclist and collector of bikes. He has a variety of machines including traditional mountain and road, bikes, recumbents (2 and 3 wheels), old and new bikes, and his l... read more
As a keen and eager fitness enthusiast, I embarked on a daily commute to work approximately 7 years ago now. And have never looked back.
The reasons were numerous, but included improving cycle ... read more
Topic: My commute by bike
It’s not even 7 yet. Not even light. But I’m alert with nerves because today I’m starting bike commuting again, for the first time since October, when I had heart surgery. It’s never a great journe... read more
Topic: My commute by bike
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The bike challenge came at just the right time for me.
I had knee replacement surgery just two months earlier, and my physio agreed that cycling would be a great way to get my new knee u... read more
I have biked to work every day since 1978, when I started my first full-time job. In 2019 I am still biking to work every day, and wouldn't change it for anything. Five years ago someone challenged... read more
The fabulous E bike that Ian Lancaster (Wellington) won in 2018'sAotearoa Bike Challenge has been put to great use. Ian very kindly gifted the bike to me (his wife) and very patiently encouraged a... read more
Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge
Barry Gregson is 72 years old. He took up cycling after he retired and since then has been cycling regularly.
Since the start of the year 2018, however, Barry’s cycling has moved up a few gears... read more
Topic: Encouraging others to ride
I have always loved to ride my bike but it's always been for transportation or occasionally to explore the countryside. But in 2018 I set myself a challenge to complete my first ever triathlon!
Topic: Encouraging others to ride
In 2015 I had a heart after a 6km swim, fortunately I survive the attack, they don't know how. A year later I had a defibrillator put in, in February 2017 I won a gold medal in an open water swim ... read more
Topic: My Bicycle Romance
Got my dad out on my E-bike this weekend. He loved it. He couldn’t remember the last time he rode any kind of bicycle, so it was awesome that he was so eager to give it a try.
Later in th... read more
Topic: Encouraging others to ride
Commuting on my bike is something I have done for several years and cover about 100 miles a week on towpaths and back roads. Since taking to the bike for my commute I have also used my extra fitnes... read more
Topic: Encouraging others to ride
I have an amazing time with by bike Liv. She is a Giant Liv Invite Co Max who hangs around with her best mate Dora, another cyclecross. We journeyed last Monday from Leeds on the train into Manc... read more
Topic: A happy riding memory
As a child I rode my bike everywhere and this continued into my twenties when I decided to sell my car and cycle instead to save money, improve fitness and be environmentally friendly. However, I ... read more
Topic: Encouraging others to ride
My son and I made the bike riding special by riding 430 miles in Scotland during the Challenge. With camping gear, we cycled the full length of the Outer Hebrides, as well as touring on the mainlan... read more
Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge
My gorgeous fiancé- who is a runner not a cyclist- has shown what a true romantic he is. He has arranged for us to cycle the Hebridean Way for our honeymoon. All he is own idea and all to make me ... read more
Topic: My Bicycle Romance
After having an Heart attack a few years ago in the Gym, My recovery is mainly down to getting on my bike .Starting a week after being de fibbed back to life, biking to the hospital and slow extend... read more
Topic: Encouraging others to ride
It was a blustery spring day in April 2016 when I found myself preparing for a second date. I had met Alex the Easter bank holiday in our home town. We both grew up in the town and both ended up in... read more
Topic: My Bicycle Romance
My now husband proposed to me on a bike ride from Marazion to Lands End whilst we were holidaying in Cornwall. He had planned to do it over a Cornish cream tea but by the time we got there they had... read more
Topic: My Bicycle Romance
