The Surf and Turf 2 Day Returns to Blackpool
Cycling Development North West (“CDNW”) are hosting a round of the National Women’s Road Series on 15 & 16 June 2013. The presence of the event, which starts at Blackpool’s Palatine Circuit on 15 June, is a continuation of the event that ran as a two day for the first time last year, as a development of the Blackpool Grand Prix des Dames which had held a place in the Women’s National Road Series for a number of years. In addition to... Read More
Meet #TeamSkoda for RideLondon
When I saw the bombardment of tweets about those that had been lucky enough to get a place in this year’s RideLondon, I realised I was missing out on something. At the time, I was living in Amsterdam. I didn’t know where I was going to be come August 2013, and I hadn’t really grasped just what RideLondon was at the point of the application deadline back in August 2012. As more and more friends around me started to brag about their place, I was... Read More
The Milk Race Returns – with equal prize money for women
You may have already seen the press release about the return of the Milk Race after a 20 year absence, and, although it’s format for this year is not the stage race of the past, it is still pulling punches by offering equal prize money for both the men’s and women’s events. “The Dairy Council is proud to announce that legendary cycling event The Milk Race is to make a return to the British sporting calendar after... Read More
“STOP! Cyclists!” An Alternative View of the Cheshire Classic
Andy Wood of Weaver Valley Cycling Club has achieved many things in his first year as organiser of arguably the biggest and most hotly contested women’s race on the domestic calendar – the Cheshire Classic. Not only did he source amazing sponsors in Epic Cycles, Delamere Dairy, De Vere Hotels and Roberts Bakery, as well as support from the Breeze Network and Halfords, but he also managed to persuade British Cycling to get their act... Read More
Buying a new bike – an alternative guide for women
I have noticed recently that there have been many articles flying around about women’s bikes, but so far nobody has given a review of a women’s specific design bike for racing. Now, don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying that you can’t race on one – for the past two years I have been riding a female specific Boardman, which I bought from Halfords for £1,000, but I have always complained about the sub-standard groupset,... Read More
Get On Track Girls!
Last September I threw myself on a track bike and round (and round) one of the steepest indoor tracks in the Netherlands for the first time. And I loved it! There was no going back. The idea of riding a bike that has no brakes at speed still unsettles me a little today (mainly at a fear of not unclipping as I come to a halt and making a fool of myself!), but the more I do it, the more addicted I get. When I left Amsterdam earlier this year, I was... Read More
Cycletta Aims to Help Get One Million Ladies on their Bikes by 2020
Cycletta Aims to Help Get One Million Ladies on their Bikes by 2020 - Victoria Pendleton CBE hoping to see lots more ladies taking up cycling as a way of staying fit and having fun. - 56% of all Cycletta participants were taking part in a cycling event for the first time - 96% of participants, who weren’t already regular cyclists, said that they had been inspired to cycle more regularly in the future. Cycletta, the UK’s leading series... Read More
CDNW Women’s Road Race League has arrived!
On Sunday 3 March 2013, at an industrial estate just outside Skelmersdale, Lancashire, 37 ladies lined up for the start of the first round of the inaugural Cycling Development North West’s (“CDNW”) women’s road race league. Start Line at Pimbo That figure, to many, may not seem astounding but there are two facts that must be remembered in order to consider this fully. Firstly, when the men’s road race league was set... Read More
MDLCA – Time Trials for Women – the Original Girl Power
If you’ve seen my recent articles, you will know that I am trying to encourage women with their first steps into racing. Well this article is about an organisation that has been doing that since 1949 – Manchester & District Ladies Cycling Association (“M&DLCA”). And the good news for women starting out in cycling who may not yet be certain which club they want to join but still want to have a bash at time... Read More
A Woman’s Guide to Racing (Part 6) – Race Day
A Woman’s Guide to Racing – Part 6 Race Day Click below to read: Part One – Where Do I Start? Part Two – What Do I Enter? Part Three – What training should I do? Part Four – Practice! Practice! Practice! Part Five – Are You Ready To Race? Finally, we have come to the last in our series of racing guides, and you’ve woken up, opened the curtains and race day has dawned. I could go on for hours... Read More
