Emma’s first encounters with a road bike were in between swimming and running. Soon after competing for GB in the World Age Group Triathlon Championships in Edmonton in 2001 she saw the light and decided to focus on cycling.
After a couple of half decent UK road seasons racing for Leisure Lakes, she went out to Belgium to sample the racing there and spent two years with Lotto-Belisol Ladies team, racing alongside the likes of Sara Carrigan, Grace Verbeke, Rochelle Gilmore and Lizzie Deignan. Emma moved from Lotto-Belisol to Dutch team Redsun, then a new Belgian team of primarily developing riders, where there was less pressure, an opportunity to share her experience and help build a whole new team; a nice way to spend her final years of professional racing.
Since retiring Emma has returned to teaching. When not coercing kids to do maths, she is invariably out on two wheels. In addition to the daily commute, Emma still enjoys getting out on her road bike and having her legs ripped off on the local club rides and chain gangs. She has also developed an addiction to touring, with destinations including Iceland, Georgia and Albania, to mention just a few. There have also been rare sightings of Emma off-road on a mountain bike…
Worth a chance I suppose
Chaves not riding is a blow for my purist. He looked good value at under £10 mill for someone climbing so well in Dauphiné & Mont Ventoux...
Since retail for Rival AXS is 1470 (add 100 for a PM, subtract 100 for online prices) thats making 105 DI2 look a bit expensive. £150 more minimum....
I had many "discussions" with motorcyclists who felt entitled to use the ASLs and cycle lanes when I lived in Bristol, usually along the lines of...
With the right regulations capitalism can help us get out of our current mess....
Terrible bit of infrastructure. Left turn at the end down to the bus station too and the bike lane just ends, so often see bus drivers passing *on*...
As I said on the other thread: ...
I don't see why it would prejudice a trial as it wouldn't make much difference if the van driver collided from behind or the side (I can't see how...
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Good shout, I managed to bend a link in a chain while cycling around Horse Shoe Pass, with Di2 I will tend to shift under some load, and that gave...