The Let’s Ride Blog

Updates, ideas and inspiration from the team at British Cycling

Sofa to sportive with Breeze and Welsh Cycling

Rebecca Morgan-Ransom
19/04/2017

Welsh Cycling's Rebecca Morgan-Ransom introduces us to the women undertaking a six month training plan to take on the country’s largest closed-road cycling sportive.

My cycling life: Hayley Squires

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06/04/2017

A chance meeting with a colleague reintroduced Hayley to ‘the wonderful world of cycling’, and took her from couch potato to century rider. This is her story.

This Girl Can cycle: Grace joins a Breeze ride

Samantha Neville
06/04/2017

Two years ago Grace became an inspiration to women as one of the faces of This Girl Can. Watch what happened when we asked Grace to join us on a Breeze bike ride...

How Mum inspired me to become a Breeze Champion

Hattie Turner
21/03/2017

In celebration of Mother’s Day we spoke to Hattie, who was inspired to train as a Breeze Champion by her mum Jools.

10 reasons why cycling is better than driving

Callum O'Toole
15/03/2017

With more and more people taking up cycling, many are choosing to make shorter journeys by bike rather than by car. Here are ten benefits of swapping four wheels for two.

My cycling life: Laura completes her Breeze Champion training

Laura Orme
06/03/2017

In her latest blog, Laura reflects on her day training to join the ranks of our inspirational Breeze Champions.​

Still lapping everyone on the couch

Becki Morris
23/02/2017

With the new This Girl Can TV ad about to air, British Cycling’s Women’s Cycling Project Manager looks back on the success of the initiative so far – and where it can go from here.

Breeze Champion Sara leads the way

Sara Braidwood
22/02/2017

Sara Braidwood is leading her 300th Breeze ride this weekend in Merseyside. We caught up with her ahead of reaching the milestone to find out about her experiences with Breeze.

Six reasons you should check out our cycle routes

Matt Rudd
10/02/2017

All the rides we organise rely on great routes. Now we’re making our collection of cycle routes freely available.

Breeze Champions help launch report into the value of recreation

Becki Morris
10/02/2017

Three Breeze Champions joined British Cycling’s Becki Morris this week to help launch a major new report from The Sport and Recreation Alliance.

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