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  • Everything You Need To Know About Cyclewear Sizing

    Trying to figure out about sizes of everyday clothes is bad enough, let alone cyclewear! Sportswear is notoriously difficult to fit because the fabrics stretch in all directions, so your height and general build can affect the final fit. Coincidentally, if you can’t find the right gear, you just fall out of love with cycling. 
  • Everything You Need to know about Proper Cycling Shorts

    Are you a newbie cyclist or recently fell back in love with cycling yet you thought a bib was something that babies wore? The world of cyclewear can be a bit intimidating to the fresher set of eyes–especially when you want to buy the correct gear to protect everything downstairs, so here is everything you need to know about proper Cycling Shorts. 
  • Unique Cycling Gifts Under £20

    Being presented with the intern’s beanie hat full of strips of paper he’s just spent half an hour cutting out, you’re thinking about who you’d pref...
  • Cycling Gifts for Him

    Whether dad’s just got his dusty bike out of the garage, you’re boyfriend’s outfit always has to match his bike, your brother’s always bloody muddy...
  • 7 Best Chilled Cycle Routes in the UK

    Here at Fat Lad At The Back we believe that every ride should give you something, whether that be a feeling of real achievement, some headspace or ...
  • 10 Health Benefits of Cycling Slowly

    There are lots of benefits of cycling as we all know and the health benefits of exercise are undeniable. However, there’s a fixation nowadays with ...
  • 10 Best Tips for Mindful Cycling

    The best part about mindfulness on a whole is that you don’t need to change and anyone can do it. With cycling it’s all about getting into a state of flow but learning how to get into a state of flow on a regular basis can take time. So, to begin with, its best to try a mindful ride every so often to cultivate your mindfulness practice.
  • CYCLING FITNESS WITH ADAM COPLEY: OFF-BIKE EXERCISES

    Working on your legs outside of cycling can have massive benefits to your riding. Building your endurance, and power ultimately making you a more rounded athlete. So, with the obvious being mentioned. What gym based and none gym based exercises can you do to improve your performance on the bike? Whether you ride for fun, fitness or to compete, I hope this blog will provide you with some interesting reading.
  • Cycling Fitness with Adam Copley: Is the gym actually necessary?

    Hello and welcome to the ADAM COPLEY: PERSONAL TRAINING blog. Over the coming weeks I will be introducing you to the world of cycling specific fitn...
  • 10 ways to tackle the Big Fat Bike Ride On T' Road

      Many of you are getting involved in our Big Fat Bike Ride On T' Road event on Saturday 22nd May so we thought we'd give you some top tips on how ...
  • What colour will make a cyclist the most visible on the road?

    There’s such a vast amount of debate around what colours are best to wear when on your bike cycling on the road.   Many people actively bash cyclis...
  • Cycling Fitness with Adam Copley: Nutrition Basics

    when it comes to nutrition for your cycling you really do get out what you put in and as such. It is important to correctly fuel your body for riding. This blog will cover the basics of on the bike nutrition and cover a few good foods that are perfect fuel sources for your pre, during and post ride nutrition. Let’s get started: