I once went on a mini cycling tour of France with my mum and sister on my folding shopper bike. I decided that I had to buy a new coat from Top Shop on the way so called in at Top Shop Oxford Street, and the coat went in my front basket all the way round France...
I was 16 when I got my first road bike. It was a blue Dawes with drop handlebars and the frame was a bit big for me. My parents had scrimped and saved to buy it and I was so proud. For years I had managed with borrowed bikes and rusty hand me downs, but this one was...
I spent yesterday morning discovering that going downhill very fast on a very muddy bike gives you a very muddy face!! Lots of fun though. Amanda
I have cycled the Leeds to Liverpool canal. That’s 120 ish miles. I think. Though that might be kilometers. Not sure. I wasn’t in charge of the map reading. Or anything practical really. I brought the Twixes. Anyway. All you need to know is that cycling...
The only time I have successfully bargained for anything it was bikes! I went to buy bikes for 2 little girls – aged 4 and 6 – in a foreign city and parked in the multi-storey car park nearest the bike shop. In the shop the kids chose their bikes and the...
