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  • Fat Can Stories: Stuart Hyde

    by Ellie Tolan
    After kilometre upon kilometre of climbing pain, I felt, for possibly the first time in my life, completely weightless whilst ascending the final hairpin bend. My wife cheering from the top, the relief of knowing there was no more “up” ahead of me - every cyclist knows the ecstasy of reaching the top of a hill but this was completely different. 
    Posted in FLAB Culture/Regular Series

  • Fat Can Stories: Caroline Sale

    by Ellie Tolan
    Completing this challenge was like nothing I have ever done before. I felt so inspired by myself, and by others around me. There was such a lovely feeling of camaraderie – it wasn’t a race. It was definitely a journey. 
    Posted in FLAB Culture/Regular Series

  • Fat Can Stories: John Midgley

    by Ellie Tolan
    We are back with some more Fat Can stories to share. Today we’ve got John’s telling his journey when he conquered the Way of the Roses in one day! 
    Posted in FLAB Culture/Regular Series

  • Fat Can Stories: Garry Swinburn

    by Ellie Tolan
    Let's face it, we live in a culture where being fat is 'disgusting' and 'utterly wrong'. People shame us, harass us, and mock us when we eat. We're...
    Posted in FLAB Culture/Regular Series

  • Breaking the Cycle of Female Body Negativity and Empowering Female Cyclists

    by Ellie Tolan
    Role models don’t have to be perfect or famous, they just have to be real and relatable enough to help you realise that you can do whatever you put your mind to. These women are regular folk, just like you and me, who are their own authentic selves and stand up for what they believe in, that women deserve their place within cycling and should stand up to take their space proudly. 
    Posted in FLAB Culture/Regular Series

  • Unique Cycling Gifts Under £20

    by Lydia Evans
    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...
    Posted in Cycling Tips & Advice, FLAB Culture/Regular Series

  • Top 10 Cycling Cafe's in the UK

    by Lydia Evans
    We asked our amazing community of around 50,000 people to recommend their favourite places to stop for a coffee and a cake when out cycling and the...
    Posted in FLAB Culture/Regular Series

  • Rafe's FLAB Challenge

    by Adrienne Horne
    Back by popular demand, it's Rafe's FLAB challenge! The challenge is simple, but is a great way of taking you out of your comfort zone and boostin...
    Posted in FLAB Culture/Regular Series

  • A day at the Derby Velodrome

    by Adrienne Horne
    Fancy riding your bike on a nice easy to follow route? No rain, no mud, no puddles? No cars to avoid? No dodgy right turns at junctions? No junctio...
    Posted in FLAB Culture/Regular Series

  • The British Cycle Quest

    by Adrienne Horne
    Discovering Britain (and re-discovering my passion for cycling) on ‘The British Cycle Quest’ In late 2016 after a sixteen-year hiatus I bought two ...
    Posted in FLAB Culture/Regular Series

  • TOO THIN TO BE A FAT LAD!

    by Adrienne Horne
    Dominic Irvine - Ultra-distance cyclist and FLAB rider “You shouldn’t be wearing that kit - you’re not fat enough.” If I had a pound for every time...
    Posted in FLAB Culture/Regular Series

  • What is Zwift?

    by Adrienne Horne
    As the nights are drawing in, soon it will be winter, it may be time for some of the FLAB community to dig out their old turbo trainer, put on a vi...
    Posted in FLAB Culture/Regular Series