Author: Susan Doram

I am passionate about cycling and enjoy encouraging others to ride their bicycles. I am a cycle coach and founder member and chair for Leicester Women's Velo and Founder member and club secretary for Ride on Sistas.

I love to encourage others to get active. I am an award wining personal trainer and one of Cycling UK's 100 Women in Cycling 2019.

I've been on numerous cycle tours and have encouraged others to join me. Part of my cycle touring experience has included cycling around the world for just over 2 1/2 years.

Calgary

Yesterday was a day trip to Calgary on the Greyhound. Most of our time was spent in an outdoor store, we've had to reassess our equipment. We were carrying too much and stuff that was suitable for a two week tour just was suitable for a two year one. A chance to hit the city…… Continue reading Calgary

Eek a Wolf

We saw a wolf whilst out riding in Banff. Sighting of wolves are very rare, they generally like to steer clear of humans – how lucky we're we to spot it. We were later told by someone local that it was most probably a coyote as there are only two wolves in the whole of…… Continue reading Eek a Wolf

John

Today I met John. He's bikepacking from Banff to Mexico along the Great Divide, this is his 4th time doing the route and the first time on his own. He's got an extremely light and compact set up and I was most impressed with his bike luggage as he made all of it except the…… Continue reading John

Tuesday Townie Bike Rides

Just been on a social bike ride with Kerri Dance, she's the Recreation Program Co-ordinator at Banff Town Hall. Every Tuesday lunchtime during the summer there's a Townie bike ride. It was great opportunity to learn a lot more about the surroundings area and also all about their different initiatives to get more people on…… Continue reading Tuesday Townie Bike Rides

A Bike Stand & Tool Kit

I saw this in Banff today. I was thinking that it would be cool if we had something like this in Leicester, I'm sure that nothing would happen to the tools or the track pump 😉

Bear Bells

USB charger So my Bear bell has come in handy but more as a thief deterrent rather than to alert the bears of my presence. The other night on a campsite I was woken up by my bear bells. I woke up, unzipped the tent and the bells stopped ringing, so I went back to…… Continue reading Bear Bells

It’s Bodging Time

I managed to break my chain as I was cycling into Banff, fortunately I wasn't going down hill for miles before noticing. Let's hope that I can remember how to fix it.

Mark

I met Mark a few times. He's from Germany and has been Cycle Touring for the past 6 years; he sold up everything 6 years ago. He is quite a character. I'm currently unsure as to whether to visit Mexico due to safety. So Mark's advice was that I should visit all of the other…… Continue reading Mark