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Wild Women Wanted

Wild Women Wanted

  Reilly’s Wild Women is a bike packing overnighter on 7/8 May 2022 for women interested in trying out adventure cycling in a safe and supported environment. A circular route setting...

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Gravle bike with flat handlebars in the foreground.  Canary Wharf skyline is in the background.

Do we need women's specific bikes?

        Flick back through the history books of women’s liberation and the humble bicycle looms large. It granted freedom and independence to Victorian ladyfolk who pedalled fearlessly...

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Touch up that bike you have been lusting after at Bespoke.

Touch up that bike you have been lusting after .....

After Covid-induced delays, Bespoked #10, the UK handmade bicycle show was back in October at the Harrogate Convention Centre. If artisan, custom-built, hand-crafted bikes and kit are your thing, then...

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Argentina to Alaska

Argentina to Alaska

  Reilly Ambassador Phoebe Heveron is embarking on an epic bike adventure from the southernmost tip of Argentina all the way up the west coast to Alaska. She will be sending...

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An Introduction to Adventure Cycling

An Introduction to Adventure Cycling

On a blustery Saturday night in a room above a pub in Hove, Reilly Ambassador Elaine Burroughs and fellow wanderer Helen Kellar are imparting their wisdom and extensive bike packing...

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Flanders Gravel 2021 – By Reilly Ambassador Elaine Burroughs

Flanders Gravel 2021 – By Reilly Ambassador Elaine Burroughs

          When you hear how great the inaugural anything was, it’s usually a few years later and you are there with all the other newbs hearing...

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Mark Reilly Legacy Frameset

Mark Reilly Legacy Frameset

To honour his life-long passion for bikes, Reilly Cycleworks has created the Legacy frameset. This limited-edition, hand built steel road frame is crafted in Reynolds 753 tubing with stainless polished...

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“I get up every day and I want to ride my bike” Lael Wilcox

“I get up every day and I want to ride my bike” Lael Wilcox

Emily Chappell in conversation with Lael Wilcox. I had researched both women prior to the event and although I was in awe of their endurance stats, I didn’t really understand...

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Elaine Burroughs, my life on a bike

Elaine Burroughs, my life on a bike

By her own admission Elaine Burroughs suffers from Obsessive Cycling Disorder.  The affliction started in her late 30’s when a friend took her mountain biking and although she fell off...

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Stockist of the Week - Cycle Art Bicycle Outfitters in Prudhoe, Northumberland

Stockist of the Week - Cycle Art Bicycle Outfitters in Prudhoe, Northumberland

I speak to Chris Bush of Cycle Art, Prudhoe, about how Reillys fit into their product line-up; "Reilly’s geometry is really forward-thinking and the extra small frames are perfect for women. The...

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