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LIVE PANEL: Velociposse present: Women’s Racing Intro Night

This is a LIVE recording of Velociposse's Women’s Racing Intro Night held at Look mum no hands! 49 Old St. EC1V 9HX on Thursday 1st August. Racing is great fun but it can be tricky to get into. Listen to Road, Track and Fixed Crit riders – they share about they got into racing, why they enjoy that particular discipline and how you can get involved. We want more women to race! Absorb some racing knowledge and advice. Velociposse is a women’s cycling club based in London https://www.velociposse.cc https://www.instagram.com/velociposse/ ~ The Panel ~ Host Biola Babawale (Velociposse) Road: Anneleen Bosma (Team LDN) and Rosi Digne-Malcolm (Velociposse) Road crits: Honor Elliott (VC Londres) and Miriam Bullock (East London Velo) Fixed crits: Caz Cunningham (NLTCBMBC) and Nelsy Casallas (Velociposse) Track – sprint: Yewande Adesida (SES) and Hannah Cadman (VC Londres) Track – endurance: Marta Cooper (Brixton CC) and Denise Dierauer (Velociposse) ~ Intro Track ~ Evangelion - A Cruel Angel's Thesis: Bike Horn Cover www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUamHEvVQy0Sounds ~ Work handles ~ Look mum no hands! www.lookmumnohands.com/ London Bike Kitchen www.lbk.org.uk/ ~ Our personal handles ~ Alex Davis twitter.com/Singyamatokun Jenni Gwiazdowski twitter.com/money_melon ~ Follow us ~ Twitter twitter.com/WheelSuckersPod Instagram www.instagram.com/wheelsuckerspod/

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