
Fancy coming to chat about family cycling?
I’m going to be chairing the Family Cycling panel at the 2017 Festival of Women and Bicycles – would be great to see you there!

What do you think of the new Hotwalk Balance Bikes?
The new 2017 Specialized Hotwalk balance bikes are now available. We’ve been pondering the changes that have been made since last year.

How I managed to carry on cycling when I became a mum
All parents know and love(!) the joy of getting their child around and about. From those nervous early trips to the doctors, via the shops, playgroups and swimming pool to the nursery/school run, it’s a daily ritual that we all go through. What about trying to do all this without a car? Keen cyclist and mum-to-be Dawn decided she would invest…

Rice pedals and curved frames – the Imagine Project starts to take shape
Rice pedals and curved frames – the Imagine Project starts to take shape Last month here on Cycle Sprog we featured an interview with Isla Rowntree about the Imagine Project. Isla Rowntree is the founder of Islabikes, the quality kids bike manufacturer based in Ludlow, Shropshire, and has embarked on a mission to transform the…

Practice makes perfect – riding the North Face MTB trail at Grizedale
Over the autumn half term holiday our boys were lucky enough to attend two days of mountain bike training run by our local British Cycling coaches. This left Chris and I with not one, but two child free days to enjoy some mountain biking- what a luxury!! I’ve already written about how we got on practicing…

We went time travelling this half term – back to BC!
This half term Chris and myself went time travelling. Back, back through the ages to a time BC – Before Children. A time when we used to ride our mountain bikes together, enjoying each other’s company. A time when we would stop when we wanted or needed to stop, and ride when we wanted to…