Global Category: Cycling

A Cycling Guide to Cork City

A foodie paradise, a cultural powerhouse, and a community overflowing with character and charm, Cork is a beautiful city – charming and pretty, as the song goes. It’s also an ideal spot to traverse in the saddle, as the entire city is compact enough that…

A Beginner’s Guide To Cyclocross In Ireland

Cycling is a wonderful way of getting from A to B…until someone’s forgotten to build a road between them. And that, readers, is where cyclocross comes in. While the discipline has been around for decades – first used as a winter training regime by elite…

By The Book – Catching Up With Rising Star Lara Gillespie

A Senior National Road Race title, a raft of National Track golds, podiums at Junior World and European level, and a European U23 silver medallist; Lara Gillespie has a resumé – and a trophy cabinet – that could put entire clubs to shame. What’s more,…

Five Reasons Ireland Needs A Velodrome

All lined up and nowhere to ride? That’s the story for Irish track cyclists, in the absence of an indoor velodrome here in Ireland. While a handful of outdoor tracks are dotted around the country – Orangefield, Sundrive, Kanturk – we’re still without an indoor…

Defying The Odds #3 – Richael Timothy | The We Love Cycling Ireland Podcast

Battles on and off the bike are the focus of our podcast series Defying The Odds, in which we meet individuals who’ve encountered challenges and pedalled through. From elite level competitors to everyday enthusiasts, our guests are united by their spirit in taking a route…

“I don’t put limitations on myself anymore” — Irish Women’s Elite Road Race Champion Imogen Cotter

“I always had imposter syndrome, because I came to cycling so late. You set a limitation in your mind – but once you get past that… even last weekend in London, people were introducing me saying, ‘This is Imogen, she’s Irish national champion.’ And I’d…

A Guide to Cycling through the Capital on Dublin Bikes

Ireland’s capital is packed with things to see and do and what better way to experience all that Dublin has to offer than by bike. And, with Dublin Bikes, exploring the big smoke has never been easier. Launched in 2009, Dublin Bikes now has 26…

An Interview with Cork-based Social Enterprise Cycle Sense

While fans of the Olympics might know Skibbereen as rowing country, that’s not the only thing going on in the West Cork town. For the past 14 years, life on two wheels has been the focus of Cycle Sense, a social enterprise founded by local…

“There are people interested in watching people suffer” – WeLoveCycling catches up with Imogen Cotter.

We’ve been keeping a regular eye on Imogen Cotter, the Clare-born cyclist who moved to Belgium in 2018 to pursue her professional cycling dreams. It’s almost exactly a year since Imogen gave us an insight into her motivations, her goals and her training in Belgium…