Sunday, February 28, 2016

Women's cycling in Bury St Edmunds

A week's gap between comeback rides is fine for bruised sit bones, I have found. And after two or three weekly sessions, rides on consecutive days are manageable, although painful at first on the second day.

The Breeze ladies' rides from Maglia Rosso continue, with hilly 15m circuits around Hawstead, and I've done a couple from Moreton Hall too. This week we rode to Teacups Tea Rooms in Woolpit, via Hesset and Gedding Hall, where Rolling Stone Bill Wyman lives.


It's still a novelty riding with women only - we were always in the minority during my heyday 20 years ago. Now there's a 100-strong group of female riders in Bury St Edmunds alone. Amazing. The Bury Bicycle Collective operates via a Facebook group, with frequent rides of varying distance and speed plus roller training, track days and social events.