Why I QUIT cycling for 17 years! 10 things you don't know about me...
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- čas přidán 10. 09. 2024
- Well helloooo, ten things you might not know about yours truly.
But don't be shy, I want one thing about you all in the comments.
Doesn't have to be a huge thing but want to get to know you, too! :)
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In the past 6 months I've lost 25 kilos, which is just what I have needed, to finally chase that dream which I had since I was a teenager. I have wanted a proper road bike since I was 14 years old, but it was not allowed. My mother decided that it was out of the question because it was "not for girls"... god forbid I'd get into something so un-ladylike! Well, this year I'm turning 49, so 35 years later, I have finally bought that much longed for road bike! I've started riding it tentatively, every second day, riding around 15K... and I am fully planning to get fit before I hit 50! (And to hopefully shed the last 5-10 kilos in the process). Your videos have been a great inspiration so far, and I've also been able to learn from them in terms of what clothing to buy, etc. Thank you for sharing all of it with the world!
Cindy that is bloody awesome!!!!!!!!!! Well done!!! Xx
Rock that 50th ,keep riding girl .
I'm a 75 year old cyclist who can't now cycle up to the top of the bank I live at the bottom of.
I used to cycle 50 miles a day to work and never found a hill that defeated me up to the age of about 65.
Don't get old.
You can unashamedly get an ebike you've earned it.
I second that ebike recommendation. I’m the same age as you and my ebike allows me to choose how much assistance I get from the battery. Cycling is still an absolute pleasure.
I agree with the ebike suggestions. I'm a mere 60 year old but at the moment, due to a ruptured disk, I'm a a little incapacitated. Hopefully I'll fully recover my but if I'm faced with a choice between ebike or no bike...ebike wins for sure.
Still dont give up, keep going for it , that is the best way to keep feel what you are !
I'm 72 and entering my sixth year training with a coach and an aggressive cycling group. I'm hanging on but it's getting harder LOL
I hadn't ridden a bike in many years, until my sister was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. I took a bike to raise money for cancer research and awareness. My first charity ride was a Livestrong Ride. I now ride to raise money for Autism Awareness and research. My son is on the spectrum and riding is very good for him. It help us connect.
Story time: One fact about and why I have a love/hate relation to biking. When I was 5 years old riding on the back of my mothers bike (too big for a kids seat) my foot got caught on the rear wheel of the bike and the spokes burned right through my shoe and halfway into my heel until touching bone. Remember the smell of burnt flesh and tearing up; so painful. Doctors (in Sweden) told my mother there was no saving my foot and they wanted to amputate the whole foot before the gangrene spread further up my leg and they had to amputate even higher up. My mother stopped them and told them she was also a nurse (in the old country; Chile where we were from) and said she would cure me, they gave her all the assistance and materials needed. For one summer I got all the attention from mother to mend my foot. I did a full recovery and ended up playing football the very next summer. -- I have a scar on my heel, my Achilles heel, sometimes still painful, and sometimes it 'cracks' open but heals nicely again. -- Now I cycle every day and never really gave it up even though it almost took my foot.
Oooooof that sounds PAINFUL!! But it still opens up???!!!!!
@@KatieKookaburra Yeah, the scar tissue is really thin, so it breaks when dry. But not often.
A fact about me: I'm terrified of riding a bike. I bought an MTB 3 years ago and only started riding it about a month ago after discovering and watch your videos and reading your ebook.
I'm still scared, but every week is better than the previous one, and I hope, one day, to get to the top of a hill feeling as happy as you.
Thanks.
Ah I love this, Katie! My fact is that I'm severely dyslexic and I left school with one GCSE at C level but now I'm doing a PhD. So to any kids out there, school isn't the be all and end all of your education, just find something you're passionate about because you never know how far that can take you!
Getting into cycling is one of the best things that I ever did. It eventually helped me, at the age of 30, to get over an eating disorder that I'd had for 15 years of my life. I'm coming on 48 now and am absolutely so grateful to finding cycling. I'm now fully recovered from the anorexia and binge eating which stopped me living my life to the full.
Katie, you were meant to be here, inspiring and helping your fellow cyclists with all of your lovely videoes. I'm so glad to have found your channel. Thank you 😊X🌱
That is SO nice! What a lovely way to start my day, so glad you overcame it too. Hope we get to ride together! :)
@@KatieKookaburra It would be an absolute pleasure to ride with you if you're ever down Bristol way again. Have yourself a lovely day X
So glad a succesful cyclist came through the same struggle I did! I crashed when I was 18 and haven't ridden a bike for the next 15 years, just started last year!
I’m a 62 year old man and been cycling all my life and constantly since 2010. After all these years, I decided to join a cycle club two days before we went into tier 4, so waiting for lockdown to end. I find your video’s and you inspirational, you have a lovely personality, keep up the good work. PS when I saw the heading “why I quit cycling” I went into panic mode 😂
60. Took up cycling again 7 years ago and touring very recently. Hope you get out of lockdown soon.
I am 54 years old but I can still remember the first time I ever rode a bike. I was about 7 and my neighbour was pushing me along, she had let go without me realising. It felt like a great achievement when I realised I could do it on my own.
As a "Trucker" for over 30 years (all local), I'm still a kid at heart. I love cycling and started training for either a 1/2 to a full century by September or October. You give me hope and inspiration to get off the couch and on the bike. Thank You Katie
I had a bad accident last year. Going down a hill at 35km/hour, skidded on some wet leaves and crashed into a barrier. Broke a rib, broke my hand , stitches in my knee and hand, but I’m happy. Because it could have been a lot worse. It’s gonna cost me £2500 to repair but Cannondale is giving me an accident replacement rate. I’m grateful to be able to ride again. I’m also grateful for your videos which inspire me. Thank you Katie!
I did running first too, then jumped on a road bike after 30 years in 2019, since then I've never looked back I love cycling so much its the gift that keeps on giving x x ❤️
Love your videos. Always so upbeat.
I rode my Raleigh Chopper into a bollard while looking down to watch my mechanical mile counter change. Dislocated my shoulder and had to walk home pushing my bike one-handed.
You’re a joy to watch and listen to. Such an inspiration as well. My husband is the real cyclist and turned me into you!! Take care, Katie!
I'm retired in Montreal after a 37 year run with a famous aero engine manufacturer based in Derby. Did a graduate apprenticship in Derby, living in digs back in 1979-1980 and that's where I was introduced to walking in the peak. I still have those Italian walking boots that I bought in Nottingham. Don't get over to the UK very much now so really enjoy seeing the beautiful country scenery in your videos. I have some fantastic memories from my days in the magical Peak as well as some brilliant pubs in the Midlands. Keep well, stay safe and Hold Fast! PS: Just made my first Zwift Drop Shop purchase ... of course it had to be a Ribble endurance bike! Keep well, stay safe and Hold Fast! John Masella
I'm a lefty from Adelaide, South Australia. I too bat or play golf right handed and kick right footed but bowl a cricket ball, play tennis or squash left handed. Loving your videos. Very inspiring.
48 year old cyclist with the ambition of being one of those super fit 70+yr olds that you see out on their bikes. Have also done the London Marathon and riden into a parked car (many years ago, whilst at art school)! 7 stitches in my chin and hours in Norwich A&E with the Norwich women's rugby team. Felt very intimidated in my torn lyrcra next to them! Ooo, also completed my life ambition of cycling LEJOG in 2019. Your videos on it were brilliant, have watched them over and over. Just completed a year of Joe Wicks and I'm in the best shape of my life. Looking forward to getting back on the bike soon. Trying to inspire the kids! Keep it up Katie.
Hey Katie, love these open and honest videos! Keep up the good work.
A few facts about me (entering into the sport of this, but possibly not 10):
- I’m a LEFTY too! Never describe myself as caggy-handed or anything like that, to me being a LEFTY is natural
- When I left school I wanted to be a Dental Surgeon, even arranged to be put on work experience at a couple of Dental surgeries - but in the mid-80s (yes that ages me) I discovered I was really good with computers, so switched to becoming a software developer.
- ART is a big part of me, these days mostly in the form of photography, but previously I’ve drawn, I’ve painted and even thrown pottery (which I really enjoyed)
- Following the ART theme, as a teenager I painted murals on my bedroom wall - even got commissioned by a few families to paint murals on their children’s bedroom walls
- As a teenager I used to cycle 50miles every day without fail - stopped cycling when I got married and settled down .. worse thing ever!
- In my late teens I was observed cycling around Halesowen Velodrome by a British coach, who’d commented on how strong I was cycling - I could of taken this further, but couldn’t see how you’d survive as a cyclist in the mid to late 80s.
- January 2020 I took up cycling again (got the bug), it was as a means of exercise to try to help me loose weight so that I could do a charity parachute jump. Apparently I was over 2stone too heavy to do the jump, so told the parachute company to take my money and I’d make the weight! I lost 3stone in weight, however due to COVID the parachute jump didn’t happen and then the jump company went out of business taking my deposit with them. Alas due to illness and work stress, some of that weight has crept back on. But as soon as I’m well again I’ll be pushing myself hard!
- For the last 8wks my heart has been in AF (Atrial Fibrillation) - my fitness level has plummeted even cycling on Zwift is tough - but I’m pushing myself, getting out of breath and being dizzy for several hours afterwards, it’s been safer riding indoors - but can’t wait to get back to normal - hate being like this!!
Anyhow enough rambling - keep up the good work!! B
Great 10 things you don't know about me Vlog, 1 ) fact, i was a cyclist and have ridden huge distances, after a couple of accidents and getting over weight i have not been on my bike, I'm following you to motivate my health and fitness. thanks for sharing
Have you ever seen the fast show? This video reminded me of "Ain't Milk Brilliant" even down to the hat and wind on the mic.
Brilliaaaaaaanntt!!
Cycling is brilliaaaaaant
I just found your channel recently... fantastic inspiration! I got hit by a lorry on a roundabout (was VERY lucky) approx ten years ago which put me off cycling until very recently... on zwift now (unlikely to get run over) but your videos have made me want to do an audax!... in the real world! 🥰
I have always been fascinated by bikes. I crashed over handle bars landed on my chin trying to ride with no hands as a kid. Mum said not allowed to ride a bike anymore. What did I do?
As a teenager borrowed a mates bike and was knocked of by a car. Gravel rash, dare not tell mum. 2 days later police knock on door. Driver got my name and reported it. Grounded!!
Move on to adulthood, in my early forties got a bike, learnt to swim front crawl, did Triathlons for circa 5 years. 2005 diagnosed with throat cancer. Recovered but got divorced which put an end to triathlons and biking. Roll on 15 years, lockdown 63 years old got back into biking again. It's never left me, still love it, keeping me sane. 120 Zwift miles last week. You Katie and U tube got me back on it.
Thank you so much. 💖
That's amazing Mark, glad you are loving it still! :)
Many things in common....LEFTY, former runner, vegan, alcohol-free cycling addict! Ran long distance all through my teens (5 and 10K's), partied HARD and ate like shit in my 20's and 30's, moved to Chicago to become a full-time musician, had a stroke 2 years ago where immediately afterwards I became vegan, basically stopped drinking (have totally stopped since last year), and went from owning 1 unused MTB to now 6 (2 road, 2 gravel, 1 fixie, and 1 MTB) bikes. Oh, and I lived in Manchester in 2004-2005 (Still miss the Curry Mile). Your channel has been HUGELY inspirational so THANK YOU for putting yourself and your amazing content out there!!! Stay healthy and safe!!
I began riding bikes when I was like 7, 1964, I took off the fenders, the chain guard,kick stand, and we rode bikes in the dirt. I got my first motorcycle when I was 16 and rode on/off rode motorcycles till last year. All through the decades I always had at least one or two bicycles and rode when the spirt moved me, but spent most of my time trying to find dirt on my motorcycle.
Last spring I realized that I was bored and disappointed with the off road experiences I could do on my motorcycle and I wanted the exercise during the spring, summer, and fall….winters I ski and hike. I dusted off my 1990’s hard tail and 1980’s road bike and started to ride bikes again. After a solid year of cycling I have lost 40lbs, dropping to a 30” waist, bought 3 new amazing bikes, 2 MTB and 1 gravel, and sold my last dual sport motorcycle.
The joy of riding a bike, the quite speed and go anywhere adventure can not be found anywhere else. When I was a kid all I wanted was a dirt trail and a bike, now an old man and that formula still works. It’s just a bike, but it is magical!
I took up cycling in 2018 after having a major heart attack. I'm loving it & your channel. Very entertaining
Predominantly plant based & new Lockdown cyclist - started cycling again in April 20 after a 20 year ish break. My new passion. Keep up the good work 👍
Thank you Katie. You are always such a positive joy to watch. I just turned 67 and ride with two prosthetic hips, with a friend who rides with two prosthetic knees. I bought my current road bike in the summer of 2018 and just turned over 10,000 miles last week. Life on two wheels is my happiness. Thank you for such uplifting content. You are and inspiration.
Have always enjoyed the freedom and feel good cycling has given me , keep turning those pedals!
Also a lefty! In the US bikes are built with the rear brake on the right hand. When I was a kid I had to stop quick, grabbed a handful of brake with my left hand (front brake) and went over the handlebars. Now I build all my bikes "moto style" - "backwards" in the US with the rear brake on the left hand, which helps make them a tiny bit more theft proof.
I've been hit by a car and broke my bike frame, crashed into a palm tree and separated my collar bone, rode up the east coast across the country and down the west coast of the US in 1980, rode up Mt Washington at 57yrs old, plan to keep on riding for as long as I can. I do enjoy your videos, you are easy to relate to, keep it up!
Following u for a long time, find u practical and inspirational. 63 yrs old currently recovering from tkr and looking forward to being able to cycle again
Nice video. I once cycled an ex-post office bike from London to Barcelona then Berlin then back to London. Wild camped every night, rode in suede boots and cut off denim shorts, no sun cream, no Lycra but so much fun. Now I have carbon bikes, posh shoes, computers and Lycra but I miss those rough and ready rides! Stay safe.
I was injuries by being blown up in Iraq, I suffered spinal injuries. I used to love running, ran loads in the Army. Now I walk (snow slip, stretched hamstring, nearly better). I am planning on getting a Brompton (I need a bike I can take everywhere), not biked in 20 years. I also went to uní in Sheffield. I love your honest videos, very inspirational.
The number one reason I watch your videos is to LISTEN to your videos. As a “New” Englander (Vermont) I find your accent, combined with your pure enthusiasm, truly relaxing and most enjoyable.
I was a club cyclist for a few years in Bramley, Leeds and then got heavily into running and triathlon...this morphed into distance swimming and now I'm back to cycling! I am training to build up to my first 200km Audax this year, fingers crossed they can open up again soon... I saw your non-pseudonym name in an article on Everesting in Cycling Plus this month; you will always be Katie Kookaburra to me though! :)
I’m recovering from a recent heart attack and just want to say thanks - you have inspired me to push on, I’ve ordered a bike and when I’m ready will start getting fit! Keep it up I love your channel and content!
Good stuff Katie. I’m a lefty that does a lot with her right hand too. Woop, woop welcome to the party. Lol I think we have a lot in common. I’m a vegan and go out of my way to eat organic fruits and veggies. If I remember correctly you said your tall too. I’m 6’1 and realized that playing basketball is not great for my knees which is why I started biking. If I don’t get hit by a car, it feels like a more sustainable way to stay in shape.
I pretty much built a career out of my love for bicycles. I’m so blessed. 🙌🏾
I went on a 700 mile self supported bicycle ride from Atlanta, Ga to Virginia Beach, Va.
I love your content my brand is based off of connecting people through bikes to influence a culture and mindset shift. By showing bicycle lifestyle and various uses we utilize social media and entertainment to retain and encourage diverse riders.
We are building a digital platform that actively promotes a healthy, sustainable and fun lifestyle through bicycle content and “bicycle influencers.” Keep creating great content. 🚴🏾♀️🚴🏾♀️🚴🏾♀️🚴🏾♀️🚴🏾♀️
I paralysed my right arm in a motorbike crash in 96, ripped some nerves apart, yes life changing and couldn't be repaired fully but I always managed to cycle, hence why I love your channel and cycling. Not many people know about it. But now you do
Wow Lee!! That determination to keep riding is awesome. Is it still painful now? Good for you :)
@@KatieKookaburra hi Katie, no pain at all. The accident just made me determined. It shaped me, my life. Thank you
All cyclists from time to time suffer loss of mojo, but you’ve still got yours.💪
It only takes a few good rides and the accompanying dopamine and serotonin hits for it to come back though.
You’ll be a cyclist for life I’m sure.
Lovely channel and a lovely lady.👍
Me too! I quit cycling when my bike chain jammed and I went flying over the handlebars into the tarmac in my 20's (on a Saturday morning bacon run to the local butchers when we still had local shops, it even had sawdust on the floor!). Blood pouring out my elbow, luckily it was one of the few times I wore a helmet so noggin was unhurt, just a bit shaken. I just left the bike to rust and rot, never to be ridden again. Then I had a quarter life crisis around 35 and decided to get my first ever road bike. Severely punished in the foo foo area on the first club run by the horrendous saddles that come with these sorts of bikes, but recovered enough to get a much more padded saddle and rediscover the joys of cycling. Last year saw my love of cycling reach a new peak during lockdown and I even got a second hand carbon bike to replace the alloy metal one I got ten years ago. Really enjoyed the video Katie, was ace to get to know you a bit better. Warmest wishes from north London, Martina x
Hello ! First, sorry for my rather bad english, I’m from Belgium and french speaking.
You can imagine I like cycling and that’s why l’m following you on CZcams. I never was a sort of "world champion", but all my life, from kid up to now, I own a bike(and sometime two). I also use your channel as a kind of interesting "english lessons" for me🙂.
As a kid I also was a lefty, but the school force me to change and now I can do a lot of things with my two hands... finally not that bad.
Don’t change yourself, you look to be a "bonne personne" as we say in french. Cheers.
Baybee you are cute. I am a cyclist and this is why I watched this video. As for me, I am transgender(Male to female.), it is not my whole life but a part of it. A lot of people don’t know this but, I have made to decision to start a social non medical transition to live life full time as a woman(It is all for the betterment of my health and well being that I have to do so.). I have been making changes with things that are gradual so that the people at work and those around me can get used to a different me( So far, so good.). What has surprised me most is all the unexpected positive feedback from people I see from my day to day life, I mean obviously I didn’t tell them about it but, nothing negative has really come my way and I am gradually being received as a woman(And the world didn’t end like I have thought it would from years ago.). Life is good and I see that I will more effectively live a healthier life.
Hang in there and keep living YOUR life with your own style. I’m not transgender but a firm believer in following your intuition, heart and making life work for you. Stay the path, remember yesterday, don’t fret too much about tomorrow and live today. Good luck 🍀
Hi Katie, I’ve met you yesterday. I mean met your channel when the GCN App featured this video. Since then I’ve watched more than thirty of your videos :)
It was nice to see the ten facts about you with no information whatsoever of who you are and where you coming from. But your honest and natural way of speaking made me a fan immediately. Keep up the good vibes.
I respect Katie ‘Pure’ Kookaburra :)
I'm a lefty as well and use my right hand for racketsports/golf. I bought a Boardman ADV8.9 for xmas after riding my 30 year old rigid Saracen Eiger Extreme all summer.
oh it feels so good to share :)
I"m a lefty too and like you, I do a lot of things with my right hand as well, more ambidexterous I guess. I've been biking for 21 years. Ten years ago, I started hiking too. Now, planning an attempt to hike the Appalacian Trail. Also started mixing (DJ) Techno/Electronic music when I was 50. I fell in love with the beat and still love it today.
You are a great role model Katie, thank you for your bit! A silly fact about me: though I am mostly a very social person, union organizing couriers here in Toronto, and otherwise a generally well adjusted straight edge vegan cyclist, when I have precious alone time at my laptop (nerd alert) I am absolutely obsessed with ancient British archeology.
I’m a lefty, also ran in to the back of a car aged 7 (whilst trying to fly a kite)… the owner was not understanding at all and turned me black and blue. I’ve stuck to bikes since… need to go back to Arran as I only did half of it. Love your content and the honesty, it’s inspired a few of us to get off our arses and go.
Yess!!!!! I am not the only one out there who writes with the left hand and does everything else with the right hand.
Thank you for sharing this Katie 🙏
I started riding my bike regularly when I could no longer walk for exercise due to painful plantar fasciitis. I was also diagnosed as diabetic and needed a pleasurable form of exercise. I have been riding regularly for over a year now and have been able to lose about 15 kg. I want to lose more and now I'm inspired to try more of a plant based way of eating. Katie you have inspired me to continue to blossom as a bicyclist. Thank you for your content. I enjoy watching how much your life has changed over the years because of your love for cycling.
I haven't jumped of any scaffolding but I did nearly die in an agricultural accident (tipped a tractor over) when I was 13. Spent life working and a mix of riding motorcycles, hill walking, cycling and wild camping. My wife once said "if you had a fad on nothing there would be a magazine on it". Can never have too many hobbies I say. Keep on cycling Katie, I'm retired now so I've got an ebike and my hard tail lives on zwift these days 💪💪
I started to ride bikes at 69 I’m 73 now own 4 bikes and loving it out every day any weather and I’m a lefty as well love your videos
I too am a lefty and an avid cyclist who started with bike touring firstly in what you might call the lake district in Ontario Canada and then my first big tour was age 19 flying with my bike and kit to British Columbia on to Vancouver Island south to north and on to Calgary thru the Rocky Mountains solo. After that I was hooked on Biking Holidays, repeating the BC tour the next year and slowly gearing up and saving for a European Bike adventure a couple of years later. Then Flying to Amsterdam in 1980 where I hooked up with a bunch of Dutch cyclists that I had met and bonded with in Canada giving me a short tour in northern Holland. Took some time to tour some European cities by Eurorail and then on the train up to Stavanger Norway with my bike also solo and rode from there bike packing thru Scandinavia, Germany, Netherlands and ending up in a Yorkshire hospital with an athletic injury from a very uncomfortable Brooks hard leather saddle, I'll leave the injury to your imagination... not pleasant. After a fortnight in hospital continued my adventure thru the midlands and lake district up into Scotland. I could not get over the Deja Vu I had in Scotland really feeling that I had somehow been there before. I found the landscapes staggeringly beautiful riding thru the Lochs and Moors. Your videos bring out the beauty there so well and triggers my memories of people and beautiful nature there. A few years passed after getting back to Canada and I decided the California coast was my next adventure riding from Oregon thru the Redwood forests onto the golden rocky shores of Northern Cali, thru San Francisco and on to So-Cal. An amazing bike holiday! Over the past 20 years or so I've been riding Mountain Bike still taking bike holidays in places like Moab Utah, Fruita Colorado and still loving British Columbia with its thousands of trail rides that always thrill me with amazing landscapes and more adrenaline and heart pumping climbs then I can handle. I too have incredible gratitude for the time I've been given in the saddle of the many bikes and styles I've ridden. The past couple of years I have been humbled by a chronic health issue that has made riding and nordic skiing less enjoyable but have recently had surgery and really just need to feel the sun and wind, maybe a bit of rain on my face while off riding some of my local trails.
While still recuperating I discovered your channel and have really enjoyed your content immensely, especially your obvious gratitude and love of nature. Thank-you Katie!
Excellent video as always. Plenty of crashes over the years. Broken both shoulders both thumbs left ankle, still get out in my mountain bike and road bike too. I also commute to work on a hybrid to my local hospital where I’m a staff nurse. Keep your videos coming Katie 👍
I never learned to ride a bike as a child...at least not beyond training wheels due to a very loving, but also very overprotective mother. At 16 I bought a friends old Schwinn banana seat bike and tried to learn to ride. I ended up wrapped up in barbed wire about three weeks later after losing control of that little fixed gear bike. Forty-five years later, after having had a strong desire to ride again for months, I finally bought my first new bike. I now have a road, cross and MTB sitting in my living room and cannot ever see myself without riding in my life. It has made all of the difference in my mental and physical health, more so than anything else ever had. If you are contemplating getting a bicycle and riding...don't hesitate...just get out and do it. Thx.
Thanks for posting. Learn to ride a bike when I was 4 yrs old, Toured north Netherlands in my 20's, and still do hill climbs on me bike when I can.
I am just glad you haven't quit cycling. Lefty too (and swing righty for golf clubs, etc.). I stopped in May after 7 yrs of ~5-8K miles/yr and can't seem to get started again. Before age 15 (when I started to drive) I rode my bmx bike everywhere - it was freedom. And, it was the reason I went back to it 8 years ago.
I love riding bikes too! Mountain, gravel and even a little road. Great content - thanks for sharing!
I took up cycling after being diagnosed with pre diebetes. It took 2 years to get my A1C back to a normal range! I still go cycling every two days and go for longer rides. Really enjoy my cycling days. Always looking forward for the views.
I'm glad you carried on riding. You're an inspiration
This we have in common: I didn't get serious about cycling until I couldn't run anymore. I did lots of 10 k's and a couple marathons. Then in 2014, at the age of 66, I had a hip replacement and had to quit. Three years later, some friends told me their daughter was going to cycle across the country from Denver to Maine, and I thought, "If she can do that, maybe cycling will be a sport for me, too." So at 69 I bought a nice, new Trek Emonda, and got back into some serious training. It was a life changer for me. Thanks for sharing!
Ooo... here’s something fun: I started track cycling at our local Velodrome 3 years ago... when I was 57! Then began racing there. Massive fun! Every time I do a “flying 200m” I feel like I’m 15 again! The track is only 200m so the bank is close to 40* = extra special enjoyment!! Can hardly wait until we can race again ( I’m only cat C but oh, the thrill)! Never too late to pick up the skills. I’d give my eye teeth to ride at Manchester!
hear in ireland i decided to take up cycling again in 2017 and take part in the ring of kerry cycle, three weeks into my training while out cycling one morning i was hit by a car at a roundabout and broke both hands, it was tracksuit bottoms for the next six weeks, and after that lots of hand exercises, but i did it the next year 2018, it was extra special, keep up the good work Katie,
Katie thanks for motivating , inspiring, making us think, laugh, learn and for sharing who you are with us!! Bought my first road bike - used at the age of 60- didn’t have a clue how to shift gears or where to even put my hands but I had a good friend who had a great light carbon road bike I would ride on Sunday’s with on my old Trek heavy mountain/hybrid bike and I wanted to be able to keep up with him and ride farther than 20-30 miles . Two summers ago I did a 3 day 300 mile charity ride to raise money for ALS with a friend from Boston to Connecticut with about 5,000 feet of climbing each day (coming from flat Fort Lauderdale Florida it was a challenge ) but I love long distance riding, staying active and you’re a part of it !!
My little facts:
I’m a fairly new lockdown cyclist and as well as being in the bike, I like getting into the hills for hiking, rock climbing and winter mountaineering.
I’m working towards my first 100km using the routes for my local sportive, the Welsh Wild West, to give me ideas.
I get very excited when I see a tiny can of coke in the shops. 150ml is the perfect portion size for me
Fact about me , I think you're fab and i did a half marathon once ached for days after never again , now enjoy cycling at a nice steady pace. Great vid.👍
Stumbled across one of your videos in December 2018. It gave me the inspiration to try cycling. Rode London to Paris in September 2019 with the RBL.
45 year old proud lefty Dane, playing golf and football like a right handed just like you. Creative a bit mad and with a desire to always learn new stuff.
Plying handball on a contract before injuries spoiled it. Started cycling May 2020 after not doing it for 25 years. You and a couple off others has been a great inspiration to me. I Can feel myself again and the kilos has gone down the drain. At first it was a Road bike, then MTB and now i have build a Gravel bike i love riding. All the best to You Katie you seems to be a genuine good person.
I'm an arborist and took a large tree branch to the ribs my first year. Cracked ribs are SO painful! Good on you for finishing that ride!
Hi, I live in Kansas and have been watching your vids for about a year. It would seem that we have very little in common but for our mutual interest in wellness and being left handed. Weirdly, like you, I write with my left hand and do most other things with my right. I’m glad that you do your occasional expose’ videos, it’s great to learn a little bit more about the people you watch. Keep up the good work!
Hey Jon, any questions more than happy to do more videos likes this! :)
I'm 49 years old. Never sat on a road bike until the start of lockdown last year... I loved it straight away. Have cycled over 7000 kms since then and joined a club. Been following you for all your adventures and tips and tricks. Love them! Also 5 stone lighter than I was 2 years ago.
After Uni in London, decided to move to Connecticut in America with a plan to use my Economics degree to “take over America”, worked in Finance for 6 months was miserable and saw no future for myself since no one in middle or upper management were Black so I quit, started tutoring HighSchool kids and then became a teacher. Eventually studied and got my masters in early childhood education that decision was the best thing I could have done. After graduating moved to Botswana and taught 5th Formers Economic, calculus and English, moved back to the US and began on a path of unique experiences that couldn’t be duplicated by anyone. Now I live in Houston, TX, cycle daily, eat plant-based and live a tropical lifestyle. Keep up the great content Katie, it’s greatly appreciated.
cycled from 14 to 40 mostly to and from Newcastle Uni .An accident resulted in a gap of 21 years but am back, due to the gym being closed, on a electric mountain bike which I have adapted. So I sit upright can now do 60 miles it has got me out and about after so long and am still supper fit your blogs I find very positive thanks
Fun fact about me. I donated a kidney to my daughter just over 4 years ago.
I have Polycystic Kidney Disease. God bless people like you!
I'm american and I watch your videos because I like cycling but really I just love your accent.
63 here and still riding better than ever. While in college, I was riding my bike and a car ran a stop sign. Threw me across two lanes of the street. As I was flying through the air backwards, I saw my right leg flopping around as it shouldn't have. Broke both bones in my lower right leg. Put me in the hospital for 9 days. Moms know best as they say, yep Mom had bought me a helmet a week earlier. Im certain it saved my life, as my head hit the pavement really hard. Now this was in the 70s when no one wore helmets.
Moral of the story, always wear your helmet!, Do not trust that cross traffic will stop. For years I always have waved to the drivers of cars at intersections. They think im just being friendly, I am! But mostly I am trying to get their attention. Finally, Moms know best.
Ride on Katie Ride On!
I also rode into a parked Robin Reliant using my brothers Peugeot talisman because I could not pull the brake levers...things were sore down there for a while after...
I dreamed of having a road bike for at least 6 years. I rode my trekking bike for many years and I was sure that I'm too heavy for a road bike with my weight of almost 110 kg. I thought, one have to be sporty and lightweght and I should not even dare to think about it. Last year two things happened: I made the first time in my life almost 200 km in a day with a trekking bicycle and I discovered this channel. I recognize, that every woman can ride a road bike, so I bought one in November 2020. Surely my biggest motivation was to ride faster and made 200 km in 13,5 hours, but you, Katie, show me, that everyone can ride a road bike. I'm very happy in my decision. The first 1000 km are done, I'm waiting for the summer and believe, it will be gorgeous!
Greetings from Germany,
Ekaterina
I ride a bike (commute in town ~1200 miles (1931km) a year) to keep in shape for backpacking (wilderness travel). I've been doing both for 42 years.
I did camp America aswell AND missed my graduation too! Best decision ever, had such a amazing summer! x
I built two of my four bikes by my self from, spokes, rims, hubs, cranks, everything. These bikes are 20 and 30 years old but all are Campa equipped and still in good condition. I like new Carbon bikes but also my old bikes very much.
Hi Katie,
When I was almost 16, I lived in a small village called South Cerney in Gloucestershire. A beautiful little place with a small river running through it, complete with the picturesque arch bridge. One day me and a few friends managed to get a hold of a few large bottles of cider, got a little merry and then the obvious happened. Stupidity 😂. Someone bet me I couldn't jump the river! So red rag to a bull I accepted the challenge. Started my run, all good, took off from the raised bank....... next thing I remember I was lying down face first in the river. I tried to stand, found I couldn't. My leg just gave way below me. They all laughed their heads off thinking I was clowning around. Turns out I hit the only rock for miles around and broke my leg in three places. Three separate bones no less. I honestly never felt a thing, at least not until the next day when I woke up from anaesthetic after the operation to repair the damage. As a result I have one leg 1/4" shorter than the other. Spent 6 more the in plaster and 3 further months on crutches because of muscle wastage. To cut a long story short, that's why I took up cycling at the age of 56. A friend was doing a cycling event called the Etape Caledonia in the beautiful Scottish Highlands, and he said, "I don't think you would manage it." 😂 Challenge accepted. Bought a half decent road bike, trained like a maniac and ended up beating him! 64 now, and still cycling, still love it, and more to the point, still won't be told I can't 😂😂😂. Take care out there kid. Love your videos xx
I did camp America too! Love getting to know you more. Thanks for sharing ❤️🚴🏻♀️I agree 100% about the no drinking.
That is an *excellent* tree!
I am leftie too but I play guitar right-handed, and my Dad was the same, my Mum was also primarily left-handed but ambidextrous for most tasks.
Hi Katie. I am also a lefty and write left handed. I think like a lefty as well. I do many things righthanded as I decided to learn to do things with my right hand: fire a rifle and pistol, power tools, right handed (computer) mouse and more. Thanks for asking!
I studied in Sheffield, my wife did English at Sheffield Uni. Oh, and I had a red Raleigh Chopper in the 70s. That’s how old!
I studied in Sheffield and had a red Raleigh too! :)
@@KatieKookaburra ...and her name is Katie, well Kathryn really but Katie to some
OK! something about me, I'm also Katie, VEGAN for nearly 30 years right now :) I was very sporty when young girl, I won some medals in past. But it was so long ago. Now I'm back to my sport and fitness after many many decades. I do yoga mostly, but few months ago I bought Bianchi first road bike and I'm trying to train myself as I absolutely LOVE cycling. I am absolutely beginner and not in the cycling community yet, I'm from Poland, living in Scotland. I'm looking forward to meet some people and be with the cycling community. Thanks Katie for being supportive. Love love, Kat, x
Cycling on holiday two years ago in North Wales, first morning, RTA with a lorry. Waited two hours for an ambulance. Multiple cracked ribs, punctured lung and broken scapula. Now have three titanium plates holding my ribs together. Helmet saved my life. Lorry didn’t give way, he entered a mini roundabout that I was already on, hit me square on. My first time with a broken bone at 56. Also played at the Albert Hall when I was 15.
I was a runner too, but not long distance. I was a track and field athlete. I play volleyball and a health and fitness enthusiast. Believe in clean eating. Hell lot of broken bones and joints (right ankle, left knee, right wrist, left shoulder, MCL tear on left). leg). Love cycling. 2 bike in my garage, a road and a mountain. Plan to buy a lot more.
Great seeing someone else who has given up the booze. :) I stopped Aug 2012, very good decision. Keep up the good work :)
I was a sprinter (running) and horse rider as a kid, I lost my nerve horse riding as I got older. Bought my first roadbike last year at 48yrs old, fallen in
love with cycling, love challenge of hills. Vegan 4 years 🌱
Hey Katie. Just seen this. Great video. I'm a lefty too😂 I raced downhill mtbs in the 90s when I wasn't playing basketball. 👍🇮🇪 life is good.
I had pretty bad depression for 20 years , got rid of it 3 years ago using plant medicine, I'm now a kambo practioner, love my life to bits , dont drink , quit smoking, and apart from the odd bit of free range chicken I dont eat meat, also gave up driving, started riding my bike everyday, which Is how I found your channel as I've been looking at bike reviews . Thankyou.🙏🐸💚 great videos .
Fact: I completed for Scotland in my younger days in Athletics. I was a reasonable standard sprinter. Still training at 60 but now enjoy riding my road bike, less pain and more pleasure! Guess I'm a cyclist who runs now.
That’s mega Andy!!! Not doing any running with you then.
I'm Steve and 51 years ago rode my first bike race aged 12. It was a10mile timetrial completed in 32minutes, on an old 5 gear sports bike. Wish I was that fast now, currently 9 weeks into a broken hip socket after an off in January! Stay safe everyone.
Fact about me - I’m a big geek and play dungeons and dragons every Sunday with my dnd crew. Never too old for dnd!!
I'm a Yorkshire lass but lived in NYC for 8 yrs. First time I ever clipped in to my new bike, I got van-doored on Second Ave.
Oooof hope it wasn’t too bad!!!
Been riding since my first ACL Op 25 years ago. Started with MTB, but now mainly road (easier on the knees), but the odd off road adventure is fun.
Remain competitive in spirit, even when my body can’t quite keep up. Cycling most days to keep me sane during lockdown (mostly on the turbo).
Looking forward to the lighter nights and getting outside more
I am not a cyclist yet, but hopefully when lockdown is over and bike shops open up, I can find a bike I love.
I am an injured runner looking for other ways I can move my body besides running. Currently I am walking and waiting for my ankle and shin to heal. I found out about your channel from a running video as she said your fruit bars were banging. I had to check them out and stayed for the content.
Hi Katie, I love to walk and love my bike as well. My hubby bought me my first road bike in 2017 as a wedding anniversary and since than I have been exploring new routes and join some clubs to keep me motivated. At the beginning of the pandemic I did a couple of virtual challenges and I enjoyed it so much! Take care