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Image for story Mow Cop and the Cat & Fiddle

Mow Cop and the Cat & Fiddle

Recently joined my local cycling club (Brereton Wheelers) and joined in on one of the Epic Monumunt rides planned for this year. 103 miles up into the Staffordshire Moorlands and Peak District to t... read more

Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge

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Image for story Le plus beau cadeau pour notre famille

Le plus beau cadeau pour notre famille

En juin 2018, notre famille a eu l'opportunité d'aller vivre un an en Suisse. Comme c'était pour une courte période, nous avons décidé de ne pas acheter ou louer de voiture et d'utiliser le train, ... read more

Topic: Ride with kids

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Image for story My 140-Mile Commute for Unicef

My 140-Mile Commute for Unicef

At the start of March feeling appalled at Putin's invasion of Ukraine and powerless to help I decided to donate some money to one of the charities I felt was likely to do meaningful work for the af... read more

Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge

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Why no new rides this year

Sorry I did not meet my goals so far this year I had a massive in Dec. and had to lay low, Just getting back to riding but keeping it simple for a while. Good luck everybody and enjoy your rides.

Topic: Other

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Riding around the world..a virtual ride around the equator

GOAL reached! Today I reached my goal of riding the equivalent of around the world at the equator. Total distance = 40075 Klm (24902 miles). I started riding in January 2018, and during the period... read more

Topic: Other

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Biking again

After not biking for years I got a work email in2019 about the bike challenge. So I participated. Been on the bike ever since. When Covid hit, Riding became my way of relieving stress, getting exer... read more

Topic: Biking in the Coronavirus Era

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Waiting !

Waiting for a knee replacement. Hopefully in the next 2 months.
Then I really hope to be back on my bike and riding with you.
I can still only do 2 - 3kms.

Cheers

Topic: Other

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Boulevard Champlain

Rouler sur le bord du fleuve respirer la liberté c est la plus grande plaisir pendant mes fin de semaine ….

Topic: My favourite place/route to ride

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Image for story Bristol (UK) to Seattle (USA) - Prologue for the big adventure

Bristol (UK) to Seattle (USA) - Prologue for the big adventure

Seattle to Port Townsend – Stage 1

After 5 days of travel, acclimatisation, sightseeing & final preparation, today marked our first day of cycling on our big adventure. The plan was to... read more

Topic: Other

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Better than a Sunday

Bank holiday ride into work brillant, people and cars very few. Great to be able to hear bird song, just missed the rain. Enjoy your bike ride today were ever you are.

Topic: My commute by bike

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Image for story Ebike helps me conquer the mountain now!

Ebike helps me conquer the mountain now!

When I'm getting older, I cannot ride a bike to reach any place I want. Most times, I choose to drive my car, but I cannot arrive at some natural places I used to visit. One of my neighbours recomm... read more

Topic: A happy riding memory

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Image for story Turning 50 and joining my first big ride!

Turning 50 and joining my first big ride!

My much younger and fitter sister signed me up for the Loch Ness Etape at the end of last year. 'To celebrate your 50th birthday!' she said. I thought 'What the heck!' and promptly forgot about ... read more

Topic: Other

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Image for story Old bike to work

Old bike to work

Since it was a nice day decided to take my first bike I bought 38 years ago for a run into work 😁 modified a bit but don't have safe roads to open up on 😭 lovely ride in hardly any people or best o... read more

Topic: My commute by bike

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Image for story Whats not to like

Whats not to like

The best bit about living on the South Coast is that I can escape to peace in just a few miles,

I work in London most days, in noisy plantrooms...

But come a weekend and a dawn ... read more

Topic: My favourite place/route to ride

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Image for story Cargobikes for Ukraine

Cargobikes for Ukraine

Ladies & Gentlemen, Guys and Girls.
After this horrific war is over and Ukraine starts to rebuild with help from all over the world, we to need to find a way to help.
So I’m thinking of... read more

Topic: Other

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Image for story A tale about love lost and finding romance....

A tale about love lost and finding romance....

Test test test

Topic: My Bicycle Romance

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Image for story Skip the Car line .. Join the E-Bike Cargo Line instead

Skip the Car line .. Join the E-Bike Cargo Line instead

It's finally getting to feel more like spring!! And that means, more rides on the e-cargo bike!!

There's nothing like being the center of attention at the school pickup/dropoff car line -... read more

Topic: Ride with kids

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Bike Maintence

After winter ect, gave bike a bit of a service. Need a new chainset this will be the 3rd one on the bike, so will also change chain and freewheel as well as they are not too bad but, wear and tear ... read more

Topic: Other

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Image for story 1000 mile’s commuting

1000 mile’s commuting

I thought for ages about if I could cycle to work and what route to take then finally I built up the courage to give it a go.

3 bikes (wrong size/ broke/ still going) and 4 years latter I’... read more

Topic: My commute by bike

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Image for story Breezelancs

Breezelancs

Encouraging others to ride is my passion. I became Breeze Champion in 2011 and have since led over 500 group rides and encouraged thousands of women to ride!

Topic: Encouraging others to ride

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Image for story The Sky Is a Neighbourhood

The Sky Is a Neighbourhood

The title of this story is in memory of Taylor Hawkins from #FooFighters who died today.
As I read, thinking about that death,
I find too that I think about the life around me.
I am lea... read more

Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge

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Hit and run

So after being hit by a car in January I wasn’t gonna let this deter me from cycling, 2mths later and a new bike later I’m back on my bike and enjoying getting out and cycling again. Lovely weather... read more

Topic: Encouraging others to ride

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5 Park challenge

So excited, just found out our local parks are taking part in a 5 parks cycle challenge so ive signed up the family and making a day of it, anywhere up to 11 miles round trip, q picnic and even get... read more

Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge

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Image for story Reason to be cheerful 1, 2, 30

Reason to be cheerful 1, 2, 30

Today I counted thirty reasons why I was right to sell the car and get a bicycle.

Four o’clock. Nearly rush hour, and the roads are starting to get busy. Those who can get away before five... read more

Topic: Encouraging others to ride

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Image for story Family Bike Ride

Family Bike Ride

Promised my kids a few hours on the local bike trail during their spring break. Made the easy decision to take the entire day off work for an even longer bike ride. Family first!

Topic: Ride with kids

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Image for story A riding option: Recumbent trikes

A riding option: Recumbent trikes

I became legally blind in 2012 and could no longer drive a car. I was so grateful to discover recumbent trikes. They are very stable and could be a great option for several people that cannot ride ... read more

Topic: Encouraging others to ride

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Vélo pour tout

Je n'ai pas de voiture. Mes moyens de transports sont la course, le vélo, la marche et les transports en commun. J'adore circuler en vélo sur les pistes cyclables de Montréal. C'est un grand b... read more

Topic: Other

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Image for story Ochtendrit

Ochtendrit

Mijn ochtendrit naar kantoor

Topic: My commute by bike

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Image for story A bike adventure for the Bike Month Challenge!

A bike adventure for the Bike Month Challenge!

The weather this weekend was so gorgeous that I couldn’t have possibly made an excuse to not get out on my bike. I spotted a nature reserve on the map only a few miles from home that I’d never been... read more

Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge

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Image for story “Making the world a better place”

“Making the world a better place”

Like a lot of solo riders (retired, not working, freelancer, self-employed) I love to ride. I enjoy the solitude of riding alone and am comfortable with this, especially as my commitments schedule ... read more

Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge

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Flab social group rides

Hi Everyone, when lockdown hit i lost my motivation to get out and ride on my bike, this was partially due to not being able to ride with my cycling club as we were to large to get rides organised.... read more

Topic: Encouraging others to ride

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L’endroit où j’aime bien aller prendre une pause

J’aime bien aller au domaine Maizerets ses une belle place ou prendre un lunch et profiter de la nature

Topic: My favourite place/route to ride

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Image for story Seattle to New York - Snow Stopped Play

Seattle to New York - Snow Stopped Play

Ross Dam Trailhead (milepost 134) to Silver Star (milepost 171) – road closed.

The following is taken from the Department of Transport (Washington) website;

“SR 20 North Cascades ... read more

Topic: Other

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Image for story Would be higher but Covid

Would be higher but Covid

Just noticed I have passed 3000 miles but Covid has put a dent in it as I use it for work. 😁

Topic: My commute by bike

Image for story Transmission d'une passion

Transmission d'une passion

Le vélo a déboulé par hasard dans ma vie en m'infligeant toute une débarque. Changement de cap, de ville, de métier, et surtout changement de regard. Aujourd'hui je vis la ville et la campagne au r... read more

Topic: Ride with kids

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Image for story New bike day

New bike day

New eBike day. Oooh the hills are so easy now

Topic: My Bicycle Romance

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Image for story YES IT IS ABOUT THE BIKE!!! (it couldn't be ME)

YES IT IS ABOUT THE BIKE!!! (it couldn't be ME)

Finished, done, no more, screw this…. I quit! Tired, disgusted, done. Happened this morning. Wasn’t feeling good and riding the struggle bus. SO? I decided ENOUGH! The heck with goals and disciplin... read more

Topic: My commute by bike

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Goal getter

Pre-pandemic I HAD a bike but it didn’t get out much and I hadn’t quite plucked up the courage to use it to commute to work, despite wanting to. When public transport became largely discouraged at ... read more

Topic: Encouraging others to ride

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Boat Bike Tours

After losing my husband 2 years ago I took myself off on a Boat Bike Tour to the Netherlands (We had been looking at doing it together) Having not ridden a bike for 19 months I booked an E-bike, I... read more

Topic: Encouraging others to ride

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Image for story Worst case scenario? - I have a long walk back home.

Worst case scenario? - I have a long walk back home.

Well, it finally happened... I went for a random bike run after an errand. No bike repair kit and no pump. Can't be certain what I fully hit but I was in unfamiliar canal territory as my back tyre ... read more

Topic: Other

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Image for story Ik en mijn fiets

Ik en mijn fiets

check....

Topic: Biking in the Coronavirus Era

Commuting bliss

Every time I ride to work down St Claude I feel so happy for the bike lane...... and the ride home through the quarter feels like a little vacation.

Thank you so much Bike Easy Challenge ... read more

Topic: My commute by bike

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Help needed

We need your help❗

2 Danish students are looking at cycling behaviour in Copenhagen and Birmingham as part of a Masters thesis. They are looking at people's views of cycling in bham and h... read more

Topic: Other

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Image for story Porthmadoc, Gwynedd

Porthmadoc, Gwynedd

My favourite place to ride is Porthmadoc, Gwynedd. We have our holiday caravan sited there so me and my husband and our dog go there frequently.
I love riding over the Cob traffic free area loo... read more

Topic: My favourite place/route to ride

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Image for story Een foto maken hoort erbij, anders telt de rit niet mee

Een foto maken hoort erbij, anders telt de rit niet mee

Mijn (fiets) maten weten nu wel hoe het werkt, bij een rit hoort een foto “anders telt hij niet mee”. Gewoon tijdens het rijden achter in de groep of juist een selfie als windvanger voorop. Afstapp... read more

Topic: Encouraging others to ride

Image for story My mini KOM

My mini KOM

My son Dom is 10 and absolutely loves cycling. He attends East Kilbride Road Club and this summer is undertaking an absolutely massive challenge.
He will cycle from John O Groats to Portpatrick... read more

Topic: Ride with kids

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Stroke

After having a stroke last June,yesterday and today was the 1st time back on my bike.i love my bike..Missed it,each day is an achievement no matter what it is.Hoping to do the memorial park Saturda... read more

Topic: A happy riding memory

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Image for story All this on my doorstep

All this on my doorstep

My commute to work isn't far, just 3.5 miles. Why would I ever use the car when its only that far, come to think of it, why would I ever use my car at all? - especially when I have all of this on m... read more

Topic: My commute by bike

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My wife's bike stolen

We had gone to centre of the Uxbridge in London for shopping by our bikes. We locked our bikes to a bike park where in front of a Bank. We was entering some shops. And We had gone to mosque for pra... read more

Image for story Our team ride for Ride Anywhere Week in Gloucester

Our team ride for Ride Anywhere Week in Gloucester

It was great to get out and enjoy the wonderful Gloucester Quays not far from the Thinktravel offices. We invited our newest member of the team and all enjoyed a cycle using the pool bikes we have ... read more