Ladies Cycling Day

[uhhuhlex]

Today I intend to pop in to this event: Velo Belle: Ladies Cycling Day. I'm reserving my disdain until I see what they have to offer - I'm all for promoting women cycling, advising on safety and such like. I'm not quite so convinced that I need a £19.00 sparkly ankle cuff because I'm, ya know, a woman. I am fairly disdainful of fashion in general though, so I guess each to their own.


The ankle cuffs I will almost certainly not buy.

I'll report back on my findings - especially if I buy a rear pannier that I've been pondering for weeks.

Have you ever been to an event like this? What do you think of the idea of a 'ladies only' day?

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[uhhuhlex]

Ok, so here is my report back.

The 'Dr. Bike' was useful - they do this sort of thing fairly regularly on campus. I had a very nice man called Simon look my folder over. He tightened some screws so that it reduces wear on the joints, pumped up my front tyre a little, loosed the seat post so I can adjust it myself (and remove it if I want to). For the seat post alone it was worth the trip - riding home up the hills was much easier with the seat properly adjusted!

The display of bikes was really nice. They had everything from restored vintage to really lightweight folders. Some had some (tacky) embellishments like a leopard print seat. I was surprised at the number of folders - but once you have one you see them everywhere. I even park outside the library beside 2 or 3 other folders regularly parked there now.

There were a few stalls from the NHS, cycle to work schemes etc. I got some freebies like a water bottle, reflective keyring and one of those coin keyrings for the supermarket trolleys.

The shop bit was quite disappointing really - expensive and not particularly inspiring panniers, some locks. Didn't actually see any spangly ankle cuffs. Maybe next time. I asked the guy fixing my bike about rear panniers and he said for a folder I should try to get some small ones in case my heel hits when riding. He said they occasionally have some second hand ones in the workshop, so I am to phone and he will check for me!

As for whether the event was for women - that was the most disappointing bit. The British Cycling team had 2 or 3 athletic looking types with 3 stationary exercise bikes. Perched on these were 3 guys from the rugby team having races on a computer screen. Cool equipment - but a little off putting.