I wanted a new bike, a racing bike with dropped handlebars and derailleur gears. I think a new one would have cost about £30. I repeatedly appealed to Daddy for funds but he firmly said ‘no way’ and so I agreed with Mr Weal, owner of the bicycle shop, to make one...
I was cycling down Bishopthorpe Road in York, on my lovely town bike, wearing a big circle skirt, in a hurry to get to my class at college (I was doing a Masters degree at the time). Wearing a circle skirt wasn’t as ill-advised as it sounds, because the Impala’s...
I once went on a mini cycling tour of France with my mum and sister on my folding shopper bike. I decided that I had to buy a new coat from Top Shop on the way so called in at Top Shop Oxford Street, and the coat went in my front basket all the way round France...
I was 16 when I got my first road bike. It was a blue Dawes with drop handlebars and the frame was a bit big for me. My parents had scrimped and saved to buy it and I was so proud. For years I had managed with borrowed bikes and rusty hand me downs, but this one was...
I spent yesterday morning discovering that going downhill very fast on a very muddy bike gives you a very muddy face!! Lots of fun though. Amanda
