Oscar & Charlie | Road to Paris
Oscar Kelly and his guide, Charlie Harding compete together in Para-triathlon. We’re proud to be supporting them on their journey to the Paralympics in Paris in August 2024. In this blog post we’ve delved into their background as athletes and...
Dragon Ride 2023 - Taming the Dragon!
Our International Sales Manager, Stuart, is no stranger to a cycling challenge, but a few weeks ago he took on perhaps his biggest one-day cycling challenge to date: the Dragon Ride. Here’s how he got on… Over the years I’ve...
A couple of weeks ago, four members of the Hiplok team took on RideLondon in honour of our charity, British Blind Sport. Ash, our Planning and Operations Manager, explains how the day went… HITTING THE SNOOZE BUTTON With an 8:25...
Winning GOLD At ThunderCross Fixed Gear criterium!
NORTH LONDON THUNDERCATS Long-term friends of Hiplok, the North London ThunderCats Black Metal Bicycle Club (NLTCBMBC for short) are a cycling team based in London, specialising in fixed gear criterium racing and pizza eating. They are also the brains behind...
PARIS TO NICE - THE RACE TO THE SUN
As a keen road cyclist, I’m always on the search for what could be my next cycling challenge. For several years I’d tried to enlist my friends on various long-distance multi-day rides with very mixed results! Nonetheless, this time last...
Family friendly e-biking around the isle of bute
From riding the length of Wales with our Founder, Ben Smith, to family friendly e-biking round an island in Scotland, here our Marketing Manager, Kay Lawrie-Stiven extols the virtues of a little extra leg power. Family friendly e-biking trip round...
Lon Las Cymru – the length of Wales ‘off-road’
Hiplok Co-Founder, Ben Smith, gives us a run-down of his latest cycling adventure in Wales… A good friend of mine, Geoff Davis, had wanted to ride the length of Wales for some time. Over a beer one evening last year,...
Winter Cycling: KATIE KOOKABURRA
Hiplok athlete Katie Kookaburra rides road, gravel and MTB and loves nothing more than a long day in the mountains and the weather doesn’t stop her. Here, she talks about her winter cycling training, goals and tips on keeping riding...
Hiplok Rider: Jess Morgan - The Long Ride Home
Words and Images by Jess Morgan. The romance around travelling home is universal. Something about leaving the bustle of the city behind for the comfort and quiet of home – a place where food is plentiful and the mundanities of...