Ride ups & ramblings

Write ups of adventures, kit and anything else fun that happened on or near bikes.

International Women’s Day 2023
Claire Sharpe Claire Sharpe

International Women’s Day 2023

Here are some of out favourite practical tips to encourage your bestie, partner or work wife to take up cycling this International Women’s Day.

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The Supermarket Slay Ride 2022
Claire Sharpe Claire Sharpe

The Supermarket Slay Ride 2022

The Supermarket Slay Ride was a huge success. Together we collected a lot of food and raised £1,036 to help combat food poverty in Bristol this Christmas!

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All Terre Gang x Alpkit ride
Claire Sharpe Claire Sharpe

All Terre Gang x Alpkit ride

We teamed up with our local Alpkit store for a ride that showed off some of our favourite riding around Bristol!

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All Retro Ride
Claire Sharpe Claire Sharpe

All Retro Ride

While we’re not huge fans of too many rules, we couldn’t help but implement a few for our retro ride. Pre 2000 mountain bikes only, and no disc brakes allowed for maximum lols.

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Torino Nice Rally - Day 5
Claire Sharpe Claire Sharpe

Torino Nice Rally - Day 5

A day of highlights - mountaintops, pristine gravel, pizza and forts. Hard to imagine it was all packed into one day!

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Torino Nice Rally - Day 4
Claire Sharpe Claire Sharpe

Torino Nice Rally - Day 4

If there are no lows on a trip the highs don’t have the same sparkle. That’s why day 4 was the best day for me. It was hard, I suffered, but the highs were oh so sparkly.

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Torino Nice Rally - Day 3
Claire Sharpe Claire Sharpe

Torino Nice Rally - Day 3

Don’t speak to me about Col f**king d’Agnel. This was when I realised I’m not built to ride tarmac.

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