Sisters in the saddle blog: The Tour de LatitudeFestivals and fitness don’t always go hand in hand, but we love this unique idea from the organiser of Latitude. The aptly named Tour de Latitude gives festival goers the chance to cycle their way to the Suffolk site raising money for charity and reducing their carbon footprint in the process. There are three possible [...]
Sisters in the Saddle: Thin BikeAh the never ending issue of bicycle storage. An eternal conundrum for many of us. The most recent solution to arrive in my inbox is the “ThinBike”. Folding pedals and a quick release handlebar stem takes the width of the bike down from 21″ to just 6″.
Sisters in the Saddle: You can’t buy happinessThis is an excellent point.
Sisters in the Saddle: “The Inverted Bike Shop” 718CAn upside of being unable to go out and ride my bike is having time to sit around and research e.g. google, new things.
Sisters in the Saddle: Bespoked BristolI’m off my crutches. Hooray! But still off the bike which isn’t doing my mental well being any good. However, my spirits were lifted by Danielle’s tumblr post from Bespoke the Handmade Bicycle Exhibition in Bristol last weekend. Beautiful, beautiful bikes and all handmade. Well worth checking out.
Sisters in the Saddle: Breeze bike shop seal of approvalMy relationship with bike shops is tempestuous. For some reason the bike shop environment can be conducive to shop assistants developing a misguided notion that they are in fact God and that you, due to the fact you are a customer and therefore do not work in a bike shop, are filth.
Sisters in the Saddle: recovery time & The RideWhen the Drs suggested that recovery time was between 2-6 weeks I assumed that for me that’d be more like 1-2 weeks. Alas it seems I was wrong and they were right after all. Consequently I am spending a lot of time on the sofa, unusual territory for me.
Sisters in the Saddle: lateral meniscectomy2 MRI scans, 1 x-ray resulted in confirmation last week that I have a large tear in the cartilage of my right knee.
Sisters in the Saddle: Rapha’s Festa Della Donna (aka 50% off sale!)I love Rapha, as well you know. Normally to snap up some of their amazing quality and beautifully designer goods you have to be rich, lucky or queue for a long time at Truman’s Brewery. Not so this weekend as in celebration of women’s cycling they kick start the season with a 50% sale running [...]
Sisters in the Saddle: Fendor Bendor? A mudguard with styleSomeone once told me, it only rains at commuting times 12 times per year in the UK. One of these years i’ll keep a count and either prove or disprove this theory luckily, thus far in life I have had better things to keep a count of.
