Inspiration

If you need a little motivation to keep riding and active during lockdown, then look no further than our 'VeloVixen Lockdown Challenge" - whatever bike you ride, however experienced you are, there's something for everyone :)

How do you keep your cycling motivation when Covid 19 robs you of all the cycling events you'd been looking forward to? Cycling through lockdown is a challenge for everyone, especially when your targets go up in smoke. Fortunately, Jeni has some ideas...

Hill climbs can be the bane of a cyclist's life. Miserable, painful experiences that you can't wait to end. But get it right and they can be uplifting, invigorating and inspirational.

As one of the top cyclists in the world, riding 100km is less of a problem for Tiffany Cromwell than most of us! But she has some brilliant tips we can all use to get there.

Sportives are brilliant - organised rides to allow you to challenge yourself on beautiful routes, either with existing mates or making new ones. But it's worth going in as prepared as possible, as Juliet found out...

In the summer of 2019, we supported world record Atlantic rower Kiko Matthews woman as she took on single-use plastic via an epic bike ride, riding 7200km around the British coastline whilst raising awareness of plastic misuse.

Part two of Maria David's epic Christmas Rapha 500 ride - in which she covered 500km whilst everyone else was beached on the sofa after one mince pie too many.

The Rapha Festive 500 is a long-established 500km ritual of countering the festive binge - and there are many ways to tackle it...

If you're one of the lucky riders to be participating in this year's Ride London, questions abound as to kit, preparation and the day itself. Fear not dear readers, here are our top tips to making your ride a success.

So, you’ve taken the plunge and finally signed up to a cycling event. Kirsty shares her top tips on what to wear during your first organised ride.

On the first weekend of May, the top names in cycling - men's and women's - battled it out across Yorkshire in front of 2 million spectators. Maria David went to try some of what they did for herself...

There's no denying that road racing is really hard. If you want to do yourself justice you're going to have to deal with nerves, physical pain, perhaps some fear and potentially some risk. These are all things I choose to accept. That doesn't make me a badass, it just makes me a bike racer. I'd like to tell you about my first race.