Tom is another of our early adopters – he has been with us since we first opened.

Tom is signed up to take part in two big cycling events in the next few months –  first, he’s going to ride l’Etape du Tour, an amazing cycling experience which recreates a stage of the Tour de France while the Tour is on.  It’s a monumental effort – 130km in the Alps, including two climbs of well over 1000m each.  And later this summer, Tom’s taking part in the inaugural Ride London 100 mile ride. 

These are big hard rides in anyone’s book, but the extraordinary part is that Tom only took up cycling a year ago.  He actually bought his first bike 18 months ago, but it was a truly stationary bike for the first 6 months, sitting neglected in his living room.  Since then, though, Tom has been catching up big time, starting off by commuting to work, and then turning his attention to increasingly ambitious cycling events.

Tom heard about Cyclebeat from a work colleague, and figured that riding at Cyclebeat would be a great way of preparing for all of his cycling events.  And sure enough, his cycling has been transformed.  As Tom explains, “Fitness has definitely improved as has the strength in my legs. I feel like I can push myself harder for longer.”

You’ll have to get up early to ride with Tom – he’s at it first thing, preferring to frequent morning rides with Andy, Paddy and Laura.  And he may be new to this cycling lark, but now he’s soaring, from the living room to the Alps in an amazing year.

That’s Tom’s Cyclebeat story – what’s yours?  It doesn’t need to be a big cycling event – whatever your goal is, we want to hear about how you’re going to Cyclebeat it.  Just email us and tell all.