Cycling and Mindfulness – a Yin and Yang relationship
I really love the concept of mindfulness, and as my regular readers know, I really love cycling, so to me, cycling and mindfulness go together
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Christmas gift guide for female roadies 2020
Every year in early December I have a wonderful time compiling my annual Christmas gift guide for female roadies also known as women road cyclists.
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Thinking about buying a bike as a gift for a woman? Read on…
Thinking about buying a bike as a gift for a woman as a Christmas present? Buying a bike for another person is always a bit
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Elderly people feeling the wind in their hair with Cycling Without Age
I love to learn about how cycling changes lives and Cycling Without Age which has recently set up in Parramatta is a great example. Cycling
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Bunch riding tips for female road cyclists
When I took up road cycling some 12 years ago I was really nervous about the idea of riding in a bunch but when I spoke to other riders and got some really good bunch riding tips.
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A woman’s guide to riding up steep hills on a road bike
Okay…confession time – I really don’t like riding up hills, particularly riding up steep hills on a road bike but the reality is, that they
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Women’s cycling journeys: Jo’s journey through life with a bike
I love to hear about other women’s cycling journeys, so I was pleased to hear that my club mate Jo wanted to write about her
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Cycling as a weight loss plan? – just eat less
It really bugs me that so many gyms and others promote cycling as a weight loss plan, and indeed all forms of exercise as a
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Let it go….how to minimise should tension while riding
One of the things I’m really bad at when I’m riding my road bike is relaxing my shoulders so I’m guessing there’s plenty of other
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How do you mentally prepare for a challenging ride?
When I first started doing long rides, my training and preparation were almost entirely based on my physical readiness and not on the need to
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