Rider Profiles Archives • Le Loop

Bea Underwood

“I had pretty good base fitness but had never done anything on this scale”

“For my first tour, at age 20, I certainly wasn’t what you might consider a serious cyclist!”

“I promise you will not regret it!”

“The Mountains Week was a big step up and one I loved!”

“I had an original Raleigh Racer as a youngster (35 years ago!!) (but) I hadn’t really been on a bike for 15 years.”

“Before I signed up for Le Loop the first time, I had a road bike but I didn’t use it regularly.”

“When I got the confirmation I’d got my place to ride the Grand Loop, I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry!”

“I started riding (and squeezing into lycra!) at the grand old age of 50, essentially to keep fit”

“I have always defined myself as academic rather than sporty, so to have someone refer to me as an athlete still gives me goosebumps.”

“As a seasoned roadie, Le Loop allowed me to realise one of my few two-wheeled ambitions.”