The Red Hook Crit, Barcelona with Velociposse, Womens Cycling Team
Earlier this year I was in Spain for a week of road cycling in Girona, followed by a few days of just being a tourist in Barcelona. Whilst in Barcelona I just so happened to be there at the time of the Red Hook Crit series race. The Red Hook Crit is a series of four bike races … Continued
Polaris Bikewear: Vela Race Jersey and Shorts
We’re always on the look out for good quality female specific kit and earlier this year we were really glad to come across the range offered by Polaris Bikewear. The kit being reviewed here is the Vela Race Jersey and shorts which also has matching gloves and socks. At Love Velo we only ever want to … Continued
MTB: Sherwood Pines
I’m a mountain bike newbie, but this is something I’m keen to do more of over the winter. Riding my heavy winter bike and training on the turbo is filling me with dread, summer is leaving and I don’t want it to go! The mountain biking I have done so far I have really enjoyed. … Continued
MTB Weekend; Cannock Chase and Sherwood Pines
I went snowboarding earlier in the year, I wasn’t very good at all and very quite quickly found other things to do instead! I have good balance, considered myself to have a good fitness level but I’m just too much of a wimp and am too scared to naturally be good at that sort of thing. … Continued
Cycling in Girona
Just last week ago I spent some time cycling from the historic Spanish town of Girona. We based ourself there for a week in a city that is home to several pro riders over the winter months. I’m an ‘English Rose’, or so I tell myself! This meaning I wilt a little sometimes in the … Continued
Barcelona : City Cycling
Cycling within the centre of Barcelona does take a little confidence, it is a city after all. However having hired a bike for a few days, once I had gotten used to the busy streets of a Spanish city it proved an absolutely brilliant way of getting around. A few questionable tan lines 🙂 The … Continued
My Racing Debut
I had recently decided that I wanted to try entering some cycling road races, and had been giving it some thought for some time now. I guess its a little to do with the coaching sessions I have recently attended, but at the same time I was thinking that I wasn’t quite ready yet, that I … Continued