“I brake for cake”

This was a sticker on my friend’s bike, it sat alongside “Will go further for a burger”. These are sentences that will be forever etched into my memory. You didn’t just ride bikes together, you washed them en masse while someone popped the kettle on after the Sunday morning ride, you sat in the car next to rattling, jostling frames on the way to a “big ride”, and you celebrated those who unexpectedly produced flasks of sugar loaded instant coffee as heros.

Cycling gave and continues to give me some of my very best memories, and my most important lessons. It gave me a sense of community and belonging and it changed my life for the better in every way. It was special to be invited into the HopeWMN community on this day.