• One of my favourite mad female cyclists, Jacquie Phelan, set up the original WOMBATS: Women and Mountain Biking and Tea Society.

    http://www.wombats.org/

    Do we have enough off-road appetite to do an LFGSS version?

    I really want to do more off-road this year - I only ever do any at my parents' place in Devon, and even then it's pretty shambolic as I don't ride enough to know what I'm doing so generally just fall off a lot. I'd like to do more rides around London though I'm very bad at being aware of what's happening. I know Bare Necessities has just posted about some Epping Forest ones so they look good, and the Mule Bar Girls have posted very occasionally about led rides somewhere near Croydon, but apart from that I'm a bit clueless.

    If I can get to know Epping/Surrey etc trails I fully intend to start doing some night off-road rides as MTB afterworkers. Hurrah!

    Oh, and here's my wonky wheeled bike:

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