I think I did to much the 106 miles was hard but I want to prove I still can at 67 took me all day started at 6am stopped every two hours until 3:40pm. I will not be doing it again
Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge
Set out this morning on my challenge to ride my longest ride 50 miles in a single activity. Packed lunch, bottles of water and an afternoon treat Eccles Cake.
Heading out of the city towards th... read more
Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge
Our team at the University of Brighton has been remote working since March '20 and we're fortunate that most aspects of our work can be undertaken online. However we're on the brink of submitting t... read more
I promised myself I would use the extra time over the pandemic to get fitter. I have done lots of walking and have spent loads more time with the family which is a positive. However, my bikes hav... read more
Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge
Well it certainly been a challenging month. Back on furlough!
Dodging puddles, trying to stay upright on the ice, fixing punctures following the multitude of hedge cutters out this month.
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These two, feeling grown up riding in the dark. The rear bike light is a bit low so clip running lights on their jackets hoods
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Having tipped past 47 years old this time I was keen to make more of an effort to get back into cycling. I joined cycling September challenge, which not entirely successful due to illness did see m... read more
Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge
Having been diagnosed type 1 diabetic a number of years and having suffered the ups and downs of the disease, I wanted to give back to the charity that is helping support people like me affected by... read more
Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge
Funny that on car free day as I cycled to work...the roads haven't been this busy in the last 6 months! Tail backs of cars the whole journey...think I was the fastest thing moving!
Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge
Cycle September has encouraged me to get out on my bike and to explore further afield to clock up the miles.
Sunday decided to cycle Fir the first time the section of The Dramway from the Brist... read more
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Great weather to #ExploreByBike, first ride down the southern coast, and #ExploreByBike beautiful towns and villages.
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Without much I thought I agreed to do a bike ride that would be different and a challenge. My birthday was just a few weeks away and it would be the beginning of a new decade for me 😟
The ride... read more
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It was warm last night even at 8pm. Fab ride out to Wythall and Alvechurch via Weatheroak Hill.
Originally the plans were to cycling from home in South Birmingham to Llanberis in Snowdonia... read more
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I'm using my time off work due to all this madness to ride my turbo trainer using real footage or routes from around the world on rouvy to raise money for mind, mental health charity. As I sure wit... read more
Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge
As part of "Team Speyside" within Moray Council I have thoroughly enjoyed the September cycling challenge.
Before the challenge I was an occasional cyclist. Paul, my husband, and I bought bike... read more
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Ribs still ache from my cycling accident on Friday, but not enough to discourage me from completing the September challenge. Beware of dogs while cycling..... my advice of the day!
Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge
I read of a guy who ran a marathon every day for a year,that and Steve Abrahams attempting 80,000 miles in a single year,since then I have ridden nearly 40 mile a day for almost four years without ... read more
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… but the Love to Ride UK and the Cyclescheme 7 week challenge has made me appreciate how many others are taking up cycling (or cycle to work already). An online community such as this helps to r... read more
Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge
I've been cycling to work regularly for the last 3 years, and over that time have managed to get the 15 mile route down to what I thoug was a fairly respectable 40 minute ride.
As part of ... read more
I started cycling as a way to save money on travel costs in London and to help burn some calories. I stopped when I took a job closer to home. Since being involved in the 7 week challenge ot has re... read more
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With cycling to work scheme i got an opportunity to have a good bike and started to commute to work and other places as well as have some social cycling as well as training. It has been a slow clim... read more
well i thought if I was going to do bike to work day I would do the full summer so far I have only driven a car 3 times since june and also lost half a stone so well worth it. 1 hit and Run later b... read more
I reluctantly started a Weight Watchers group, I knew I had to do something and reaching a milestone birthday gave me the push, I plodded on for several weeks and starting loosing really well, I ha... read more
4th August - Getting warmed up with for the Prudential RideLondon 100 Bike ride at the start line with some London Underground mates.
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Every year, my partner and I head to Holland to go on a cycling holiday using the "Vrienden op de fiets" scheme which gives us the opportunity to stay with local cyclists and travel to unusual loca... read more
Beautiful Britain By Bike - Day Two.
Corinium Dobunnorum Loop of the Cotswolds- a step back in time exploring the deserted lanes of an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Today's comm... read more
Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge
Set out this morning on my challenge to ride my longest ride 50 miles in a single activity. Packed lunch, bottles of water and an afternoon treat Eccles Cake.
Heading out of the city towards th... read more
Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge
Boost your fitness, mental health and help reduce our carbon footprint.
Get on your bike. 🚲
Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge
After treatment for breast cancer I wanted a challenge, so I signed up for ride the night. But hubby pointed out that I didn’t really ride a bike without hitting things or falling off. So I joined ... read more
Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge
Well it certainly been a challenging month. Back on furlough!
Dodging puddles, trying to stay upright on the ice, fixing punctures following the multitude of hedge cutters out this month.
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Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge
Yes! It is getting darker so to carry on cycling through the winter I replaced my old lights with new light weight rechargeable LED ones. I loved them
~#lightthenight
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on the 5 th September (after commuting 16 miles a day back and fore to work on my E-bike for the last two years), my son in law and I on our new road bikes decided to take the 100 mile in a day cha... read more
Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge
Milton Keynes is a fabulous place for biking with a lot more to experience than you can ever imagine.
Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge
I was diagnosed with Chronic Lymphatic Leukaemia (CLL) in March 2018, since then I have watched my blood results and seen my white cell count steadily increase. I’ve had pneumonia 4 times Every tim... read more
Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge
The 3rd day of the bike challenge and I had a few badges but wanted more. Looking at the options I saw the ride to the shops one and thought yes I could go get something for lunch from the local sh... read more
Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge
The dark and stormy skies of Dunwich.
Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge
Rode out to St. Michael's Church and along the public footpath. Good to be out in the fresh air and no one else around.
Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge
I try and commute on my bike at least once a week, not only for the environmental #NoCarbon impact, but also for how it helps my mental and physical well-being. That honestly hasn’t been truer this... read more
Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge
I'm not a big fan of riding in the cold/wet of winter, but invariably the early miles allow fitness to flow later in the year and enjoyment of riding in the summer months. This year, the early mile... read more
Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge
From 7-15 Sep 19, I took part in the Deloitte Ride Across Britain cycling 980 miles in 9 days. It was the hardest thing I have ever done but it was an incredible experience which I would highly rec... read more
Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge
petite ballade sous un magnifique soleil .... c'est là que le vélo est vraiment top !!
Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge
In a few weeks time I will be cycling the 100 miles of the South Downs Way in 3 days to raise money for Raleigh International. This is tough off road with lots of hills. Trying to fit in training b... read more
Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge
I have been cycling to work for over 6 years. Taking a car was never an option, for cost, car availability, ecology reasons, and I’ve never regularly commuted by motorised individual traffic all my... read more
Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge
We've cycled through the seasonal summer without the ice,
And at rare times the sunshine which was nice,
Getting up extra early to cycle by the deer,
Or the birds of prey swooping pa... read more
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I stared riding my bike 7 years ago thanks to my husband, I have since then ridden the Northumberland coast to coast both ways over 4 days, I have ridden my first 200K audax ( up the downs) I have ... read more
Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge
Cycling to raise money for Bloodwise so that I can help them help others.
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OK so I have been commuting to and from work a fair bit in the past few weeks and the weather has been kind. On Thursday I had to work in Bristol (57 miles away). Being bike to work day I thought... read more
just completed LEJOG unsupported raising funds for PoppyScotland and the Brain Tumour Charity
Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge
17th July - A 100+ mile ride 'London - Luton - London with Michael Parkes in preparation for the RideLondon 100. We stopped for tea and cakes at Wheathampstead, a small town near St. Albans.
Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge
After recently getting my new ride via the cycle to work scheme, I've talked myself into a 'bit of a challenge'.
I'm climbing Mt Snowdon in aid of Cancer research, and then cycling back home to... read more
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