Cycling – Attitude Over Ability

Cycling the Great North Trail in Scotland

Posted on 27th September 202127th September 2021 by Kat Young

This is a trip report of bikepacking a section of the Scottish part of the Great North Trail and the Great Glen Way. The Great North Trail is an off road long distance bike trail choreographed by Cycl... Read More

Outdoor books to get lost in

Posted on 8th January 202112th January 2021 by Kat Young

Like many, my motivation to write has been affected by the year that was 2020. The desire to share parts of my life with the internet waned as I tried to reconcile my life of many parts being confined... Read More

How to survive your first crit race

Posted on 22nd January 2017 by Kat Young

Preferably, don’t start in February Looking forward to my racing plans for 2017, I decided to look back at my first race in February 2016. I joined the road cycling world in the summer of 2015 ... Read More

Cycling from Oxford to the south coast

Posted on 3rd June 2016 by Kat Young

Mars bars and ponies The early hours of August bank holiday 2015 saw me and two friends from the bike workshop meet in the centre of Oxford to go for a ride. To the south coast. The route was stolen f... Read More