Easi-Breeze

Easi-Breeze is a ladies cycling group, based in Easingwold, and set up in July 2016. We are now into our 9th year, and the group is still going strong, having recovered from a very quiet couple of years during the pandemic. There are now six trained leaders, four of us lead mostly on roads, Mandy, Caroline, Gillian and Claire. Jill is the Breeze into the Forest leader at Dalby and Sutton Bank, and Jane also leads in the forest and is a mountain bike leader. During the summer we run a Tuesday evening beginners/improvers group, cycling up to 15-20 miles and taking in some local hills as well. The more advanced cyclists ride on a Thursday morning, and another variable day, generally between 25-45 miles with a cafe stop, and venturing further afield with more hills! We have designed our own kit, illustrated above, and taken on long distance rides and sportives. This group runs through the autumn and into winter, depending on the weather. We hope to be able to offer some weekend rides as well if the demand is there. In 2017 there was a 2 day Tour du Dales, and a three day Coast to Coast in 2018, both of which required preparation and training. We have also done two to three day 'camps', based in both the Dales and the Lake district The group has ridden in local sportives, notably the Yorkshire Lass where we have had ladies in all the distances, and the ride for Marianne from Pocklington, both ladies only sportives. Not bad for a group who started with a 6 mile loop around Easingwold!