![]() Plus the covered bus stop across the road makes for a great place to sit out of the wind! You can find it on Strava here. I don’t particularly like climbing, but I think this route has a good balance and there’s a lovely village shop in Little Berkhamsted around halfway which is a great stop. I head out from home and join the route in North Finchley. One of my favourite bike routes is one I found on the Dirty Wknd website which is just over 60km. What are your favourite North London cycle routes/climbs? I find it quite easy to head up north out of London and ride in Hertfordshire which has some quiet lanes and pretty stunning views which make up for the hills you may come across. I’m based in London (north of the river!) but it’s only really been this year that I’ve spent a bit more time cycling out of North London into Hertfordshire with the lack of racing or time on the track.Ĭloser to home there are some quiet back roads which can be good for an easy recovery ride, but not much more. Part 1: Cycling in London Where are you based? What’s the riding like? It was in 2020 when races were cancelled as a result of the global pandemic, that I started venturing out solo on roads closer to home and enjoying a side of cycling that didn’t involve competition. ![]() This led to my first track race in April 2017 – I was hooked from there! It was there that I found out about the Women’s League at Herne Hill Velodrome and was encouraged and supported to take part by other club members. I was lucky to meet a member of Velociposse at a track session in early 2017, who invited me to join. I had been thinking about switching to cycling quite a while before I did it because I had no idea how to get into racing and was too scared to pick a cycling club to join. I had done some cycling as cross-training and I wanted to keep lifting weights, so track cycling seemed like a good choice! Track cycling was a sport that was suggested, alongside Olympic weightlifting and athletics. I had spent six years as a rower and decided I wanted to try something different when I finished my undergraduate degree. I switched over to cycling from rowing in 2016 with the intention of racing on the track. ![]() Tell us about you and how you got into cycling ![]()
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