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Estelle Pickard is a lawyer on sabbatical. She recently started a ladies specific cycling apparel brand Dirt Diva and will be providing a regular column for Full Sus on the trials and tribulations of finding her way as a woman on a mountain bike. Follow her on Twitter and Instagram: @hellodirtdiv.
ESTELLE PICKARD recently went on an island holiday where she encountered a different type of “mountain bike”. Recently I was fortunate enough to travel to an island which has no motorised transport. You either get a lift via horse cart, you rent a bicycle or you walk. It’s a tiny […]
ESTELLE PICKARD reiterates the value of a humble bicycle in todays society. I think people greatly underestimate the importance of the role of bicycles in society. They’re nothing short of miracles to a lot of people. Last year I wrote to tell you how bicycles assisted in the emancipation of […]
Dirt Diva, Estelle Pickard delves a little deeper into what makes cyclists tick and why you should always trust your I have a friend, who I often approach for advice, and he often tells me: “Moenie iets wat lekker is sleg maak nie.” And it’s mostly not what I want […]
As for me and my bike, we’re done with 2016! It’s 31 December 2016, and I’m writing this from a sun lounger next to the pool. Yesterday I planned a riding date at Hemel and Aarde trails with my husband. When he woke me this morning to go riding I […]
There is one thing I don’t like about mountain biking – I can’t ride as much as I want to. For various reasons, the two main ones being safety and time constraints. For those very same reasons, I’m very much a weekend warrior, but that can’t keep me from staying […]
This year is fast approaching its end and I have to wonder what do I have to show for it? Fearing that I might not like the answer I find myself quickly hopping to the next thought. When I finally force myself to think about this, the truth is I […]
Estelle Pickard recently met an inspirational group of women: the Untamed Cycling ladies. They work to get women on their bikes and Estelle knows you’ll love to read about their tours. Somewhere between the crevices of Table Mountain there are three untamed adventurers that I feel the world should know […]
Molly Fitz-Patrick has decided not to ride the Houw Hoek MTB Tour. So what now for Molly’s Challenge? And what has she learnt from her six months as a mountain biker? I started to get a really uneasy feeling in my stomach whenever my thoughts went in that direction. I’ve […]
As the Houw Hoek Tour draws closer, Molly Fitz-Patrick is discovering that there are far more challenges to overcome than simply riding on the mountain, never mind training. Starting mountain biking is a challenge on its own. Starting it with the pressure of doing a stage race several months later […]
It’s almost four months into Molly Fitz-Patrick’s challenge, and she’s starting to get a bit worried, yes even more worried than before… But at least she’s now set-up correctly on her brand new bike. Things have definitely happened but at the same time nothing has happened. I’ve only ridden a […]
