Easi-Breeze

Easi-Breeze is a ladies cycling group, based in Easingwold, and set up in July 2016. We are now into our 7th year, and the group is still going strong, having recovered from a very quiet couple of years during the pandemic. There are now seven trained leaders, five of us lead mostly on roads, Mandy, Rachel, Caroline, Nikki and Gillian. Jill is the Breeze into the Forest leader at Dalby, and Jane also leads in the forest but is soon to add mountain biking to her portfolio. We hope to recruit another leader later in the summer, who is moving up from London. During the summer we run a Tuesday evening beginners/improvers group, cycling up to 15-20 miles and taking in some local hills as well. The more advanced cyclists ride on a Wednesday or Thursday morning, generally between 25-45 miles with a cafe stop, and venturing further afield with more hills! We have designed our own kit, illustrated above, and taken on long distance rides and sportives. This group runs through the autumn and into winter, depending on the weather. We hope to be able to offer some weekend rides as well if the demand is there. In 2017 there was a 2 day Tour du Dales, and a three day Coast to Coast in 2018, both of which required preparation and training. We have also done two to three day 'camps', based in both the Dales and the Lake district The group has ridden in local sportives, notably the Yorkshire Lass where we have had ladies in all the distances, and the ride for Marianne from Pocklington, both ladies only sportives. Not bad for a group who started with a 6 mile loop around Easingwold!