Last weekend was a big one for me; it was my first weekend back in the saddle since the Cwmcarn incident. That's right, I hadn't been able to go riding for a full 11 weeks! It turned out that when I was initially told 6 weeks, they were talking nonsense and the physiotherapist I saw … Continue reading One mojo, happily returned to its righful owner
Category: Tales from the bike
Cwmcarn and the aftermath
On Wednesday, I finally made it to Cwmcarn to ride the red trail there. I'd been talking about doing this for a while, so when the lovely Sara from the Bristol Bikellas suggested we take a post-work trip to make the most of the long summer long evenings, I jumped at the chance. I'll admit, … Continue reading Cwmcarn and the aftermath
A tale of two halves
This week was certainly a week of two halves. I went out with the Bikellas on Tuesday night and managed a horrid crash coming too fast, with a dodgy technique, round a slippy corner. I ended up bruised, sore and with little confidence for the rest of my ride. It didn't help that I'd also … Continue reading A tale of two halves
Fun in the the forest
Yesterday was an ace day. That's because it involved my first independent trip to the Forest of Dean to meet some lovely Bristol Bikellas ladies. I hadn't taken my bike anywhere by myself before, without my husband and his van! It may sound like a small achievement, but I was really pleased to be able … Continue reading Fun in the the forest
Introducing Ratty
Last week I made a big bike-related decision: I decided that I wasn't really having fun on Rosie, my road bike, as she is just too different from my nice stable mountain bike. I got Rosie as a bike that I could just go out of my front door and ride, to get fit and … Continue reading Introducing Ratty
Adventures in the Quantocks
After a really wet, muddy ride with the Bikellas on Tuesday, it was nice to get out on Star Girl in the sunshine today. As it was such a lovely day, my husband and I decided to take a short trip down the M5 to the Quantock Hills, to play on our mountain bikes for … Continue reading Adventures in the Quantocks
Introducing Bristol Bikellas
Something fabulous has happened in Bristol: an almost all female mountain bike group has formed! Thanks to the genius who is Celia - @DrCMWay on Twitter - we have a group called Bikellas and we meet up to go pedaling in Ashton Court and the surrounding woods on Tuesdays. The group's been running for three … Continue reading Introducing Bristol Bikellas
Learning from mistakes
Today was all about blue skies and sunshine - the perfect weather for a springtime bike ride! So my husband and I loaded up the van and took our mountain bikes over to Afan in South Wales for a day on the trails. I'd only been to Afan once before, when it had been cold, … Continue reading Learning from mistakes
Bank holiday biking
I've been missing 30 days of biking this week, especially as I only managed to cycle to work on a few days because of work commitments. But I made up for it all this evening, with a lovely, sunshiny bank holiday mountain bike ride at my local stamping ground: the Mendip hills. It's a fun … Continue reading Bank holiday biking
30 days of biking: day 28
On Day 28 of 30 days of biking something momentous happened. I made it onto the drops!! That's right, I took Rosie out for a ride on the hilly country roads near my house and I rode at least a kilometer with my hands on the drops instead of the hoods. I picked a nice … Continue reading 30 days of biking: day 28
Scone Cycling 