Tweedlove Vallelujah Enduro 2018
Hurtling down some of the Tweed Valley’s finest off piste trails in prime condition, with the sun beating down on bare forearms, you’d never have known that only a week […]
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Helvellyn Sunrise
“We’ve got a bit of an early start for tomorrow’s ride”, announced Dan as I lay crashed out on the sofa after a long day after the night before, at […]
Hopetech Women’s Enduro
As I ploughed through yet another flooded section of road, en route to Gisburn, I wondered if the miserable weather might have an impact on the turnout for the inaugural […]
2017 PMBA Enduro Series, Round 5 – Grizedale
As I wiped away the large blob of cold wet mud that had landed dangerously close to my mouth, my fears that it was, in fact, an altogether more unpleasant […]
Tweedlove King & Queen of the Hill Enduro 2017
The last time I competed in a Tweedlove enduro I thought I was going to die. I’d only been riding for a year and it was my second ever race, […]
She Ride Bikes with Flare
‘Ride Bikes’ and ‘Flare’ ladies ride up Walna Scar Since taking over Ulverston-based bike shop Ride Bikes (formerly DC Cycles), new owners Jenny Nuttall and Dan Stringer have introduced some […]
2017 PMBA Enduro Series, Round 2 – Lee Quarry
When the alarm went off early on Saturday morning, I started to wonder whether entering a two-day Enduro the day after doing my British Cycling Level 2 Mountain Bike Leadership […]
2017 PMBA Enduro Series, Round 3 – Kirroughtree
By the time it got to 3pm and we still hadn’t had a call from the garage to say that the van was sorted, I was starting to get a […]
British Enduro Championships – Grizedale and Graythwaite
Scrolling through the seeding list for the British Enduro Championships and seeing the likes of Tracy Moseley, Katy Winton and Bex Baraona on there, it started to hit me just […]
Nan Bield Pass
As I slung my bike back up onto my back, I cursed myself for having forgotten to bring the ingenious piece of foam insulation tube that I’d been given when […]
Girl with a Singletrack Mind 