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Women Who Cycle – A blog and resource for women who love cycling

Category: Bike skills

tips for hill climbing
Bike skills Hill climbing training Women cycling

Time to practice climbing – here’s WWC’s tips for hill climbing

April 16, 2020 Nicola Comments Off on Time to practice climbing – here’s WWC’s tips for hill climbing

If like me, you’re still able to enjoy solo road riding during the COVID-19 pandemic it’s a perfect time to hone your skills so let’s

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women’s race camp
Bike skills Cycle racing Cycle tours Cycling Club racing Women cycling

Idyllic location for a women’s race camp – the south of France

February 7, 2020 Nicola Comments Off on Idyllic location for a women’s race camp – the south of France

I had the pleasure of speaking to US Masters rider Sarah Chubb Sauvayre via Skype from her hometown of New York last week about women’s

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High Country Women’s Cycling Festival
Bike skills Bike travel Women cycling

Support the 2020 High Country Women’s Cycling Festival – sign up today

January 30, 2020 Nicola Comments Off on Support the 2020 High Country Women’s Cycling Festival – sign up today

It certainly has been a horror bushfire season around Australia including the Victorian High Country and sadly it’s had a very negative effect on local

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road bike descending skills
Bike skills Descending Women cycling

Do you want to improve your road bike descending skills? Your answer should be ‘yes’

October 31, 2019 Nicola 1

I’m riding in the annual Gong Ride on Sunday so it’s timely for me to brush up on my road bike descending skills because there’s

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cycling does get easier
Bike skills Heart health Women cycling Women's health

Cycling does get easier. Greg Lemond was wrong

October 24, 2019 Nicola Comments Off on Cycling does get easier. Greg Lemond was wrong

US cyclist Greg LeMond famously said, “It never gets easier; you just go faster” but I’d like to challenge that assertion, because in my opinion,

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How do you stay upright on a bicycle
Bike skills Magic Women cycling

HOw you stay upright on a bicycle

October 12, 2019 Nicola Comments Off on HOw you stay upright on a bicycle

I confess that I don’t have much of a ‘science brain’ so the wonderful world of physics has never been a strong point of mine

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uphill start on a road bike
Bike skills Women cycling

Every woman’s guide to perfecting an uphill start on a road bike

June 13, 2019 Nicola Comments Off on Every woman’s guide to perfecting an uphill start on a road bike

One of the skills I’ve never fully mastered is the uphill start on a road bike. I get it right some of the time, but

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riding in a bunch
Bike skills Cycle groups Women cycling

You really should try riding in a bunch – you might even like it

May 3, 2019 Nicola Comments Off on You really should try riding in a bunch – you might even like it

I must admit that when I first started riding I found the idea of riding in a bunch to be particularly intimidating. Over time my

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PEDAL TECHNIQUE ON A ROAD BIKE
Bike skills Pedal stroke Women cycling

there’s far more to pedal technique on a road bike than you’d think

March 12, 2019 Nicola Comments Off on there’s far more to pedal technique on a road bike than you’d think

When I first took up road cycling a bit over 10 years ago I thought that there wasn’t a great deal to learn about pedal

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starting a business based on cycling
Bike maintenance Bike skills Women cycling

Great to hear about starting a business based on cycling

December 11, 2018 Nicola 1

I always like to hear about entrepreneurs starting a business based on cycling so I was pleased to hear from Lee Hardy in the UK

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