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Fat Can Stories: Stuart Hyde - Fat Lad At The Back
Fat Can Stories: Stuart Hyde
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... Read more...
Fat Can Stories: Caroline Sale - Fat Lad At The Back
Fat Can Stories: Caroline Sale
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... Read more...
Fat Can Stories: John Midgley - Fat Lad At The Back
Fat Can Stories: John Midgley
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!  Read more...
Fat Can Stories: Garry Swinburn - Fat Lad At The Back
Fat Can Stories: Garry Swinburn
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 made fun... Read more...
Breaking the Cycle of Female Body Negativity and Empowering Female Cyclists - Fat Lad At The Back
Breaking the Cycle of Female Body Negativity and Empowering Female Cyclists
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... Read more...
Unique Cycling Gifts Under £20 - Fat Lad At The Back
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 prefer to get. Plunging your... Read more...
Top 10 Cycling Cafe's in the UK - Fat Lad At The Back
Top 10 Cycling Cafe's in the UK
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 they didn’t hold back!... Read more...
Rafe's FLAB Challenge
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 boosting your confidence! Follow Rafe's instructions below: "I first did this as a very inexperienced cyclist. My wife and I were going to a wedding that was around my max-cycling-distance from home (as the crow flies) and staying the night. I put my bike in the car and drove us there. The next morning my wife drove the car back whilst I cycled. We... Read more...
A day at the Derby Velodrome - Fat Lad At The Back
A day at the Derby Velodrome
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 junctions at... Read more...
The British Cycle Quest - Fat Lad At The Back
The British Cycle Quest
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 bicycles (Road & MTB) and almost immediately... Read more...
TOO THIN TO BE A FAT LAD! - Fat Lad At The Back
TOO THIN TO BE A FAT LAD!
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 that comment is... Read more...
What is Zwift? - Fat Lad At The Back
What is Zwift?
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... Read more...
Get your pants off! - Fat Lad At The Back
Get your pants off!
We won’t beat around the bush, if you’re still wearing pants under your padded cycling shorts you need to STOP! Whilst the thought of going pant-less might seem a bit... Read more...
Review - Ultra-Distance Cycling: An Expert Guide to Endurance Cycling - Fat Lad At The Back
Review - Ultra-Distance Cycling: An Expert Guide to Endurance Cycling
The beauty of this book is that you learn a great deal more about every day cycling than the title suggests. It's not only about Ultra Distance Cycling but covers many... Read more...
Getting back in the saddle - Fat Lad At The Back
Getting back in the saddle
So how’s it going? Have you got back on your bike since the holidays? Not easy is it? If you’re one of those impressive people who didn’t over indulge over... Read more...