Gapped Cycling

Dylan van Baarle rode into the history books on Sunday when he won the fastest edition of Paris-Roubaix by completing the 257.2-kilometre cobbled classic at an average speed of 45.8km/h. It was the nature of Van Baarle’s win, though, that impressed more than the speed of the flying Dutchman who secured the biggest one-day race in British team Ineos Grenadiers’s history. Me & Rob go into it all!

Like Sarah before, and Rashid bhai who was on during Episode 1, Shams has helped create a club that has been the reason for literally hundreds of Muslims getting into cycling. They offer a host of rides throughout the year, both nationally and internationally, training people up from novice to expert within a matter of months. Their flagship offering is the 3 cities, whereby they travel from Londo...

Inspiring and enabling Muslim  women to cycle - That's their moto, and they're not wrong!   Cycle Sisters started in 2016 when they set up their first Muslim women’s community cycle group in Waltham Forest in East London - since then their work has been recognised as being ground-breaking and hugely successful in supporting large numbers of Muslim women to cycle.   Cycle Sisters was started by Sar...

Ramadhaan Mubarak to you all!   This is a fab episode where we hear from several in the community with regards to riding in Ramadhaan. One thing is mentioned over and over, take it easy and ride within yourself. There is no prize for killing yourself during this month, but do get out & enjoy it!

Rhianna has already been on an impressive journey. Her recent achievements become even more astounding when you consider that she had only been in the sport for a year when she placed 4th in the 500m individual time trial and 5th in the sprint at the National Youth and Junior Track Cycling Championships in 2019, her first national level competition.   Off he bike Rhianna is studying Sports Coachin...

It was incredible to get Sumayyah on the pod! A true pioneer of the sport, racing World Cups across Europe, with little support other than her family. Sumayyah goes into detail about her upbringing and how that allowed her to reach such a high level in the sport, including some of the sacrifices her family had to take for her to get to where she is.   Unfortunately, Sumayyah has taken a little bre...

Super chuffed to have on a professional cyclist, Henrietta, talking all things racing. She goes into her pathway here in the UK, working her way up through British Cycling, before then making the switch to Europe at the tender age of 18. She talks about the challenges and the resilience it takes to make it. Super insightful and well worth the listen!

Ever thought about doing a degree in sports science, or even gaining a PhD in cycling!? Well we have someone on doing just that. Rob is a PhD student at Loughborough university, researching intermittent exercise in cyclists. Although he won’t admit it, he is at the cutting edge of research currently in the world of exercise physiology.  We break up this episode in to two parts. First Rob talks abo...

Every top athlete in the world, cycling or non has a coach. Increasingly, amateurs are turning to coaches to become the best version of themselves. Coaches can offer objectivity and accountability to oneself and their goals. Today we have Henry from 2020cycling, a qualified coach to talk about the need for a coach and what they can offer. Henry has raced at a high level here in the UK and in Europ...

With Ramadaan just around the corner, it's no better time to introduce you all to Zahir, founder of the Fasted 500 cycling challenge! A cycling challenge based in the month of Ramadaan, to encourage Muslims to keep fit & active during the month. In its inception last year, over a hundred people took part from all over the world, this year I imagine far more of you will take part! Let's hear all ab...

The CAGE Unity Bike Ride is an opportunity for the various Muslim Cycling clubs to come together and work towards a common cause, which is to support the work of CAGE.  CAGE is an advocacy group, which challenges the government and its policies when it comes to bills that are in conflict with the Muslim community. Azad bhai goes into some of the projects CAGE is working on, including the big one c...

Salaam! I was fortunate to sit down and talk with Safiya Al Sayegh here in the UAE. She is the current UAE National Road and Timetrial champion. She also races professionally with the World Tour Team UAE Team ADQ with the likes of Marta Bastianelli, former world champ. She initially rejected the opportunity to become a professional, wanting to focus on her graphic design degree, but with persisten...

Riding to Hajj remains the pinnacle of any Muslim Cyclists career, we speak to some of the first to ever do it from London, Abdul Wahid.  He touches upon the challenges, the elations & the intentions of the ride. He also touches on Al Imaan CC, and their calendar of events for 2022. Check them out on - https://alimaan.cc/

I was very fortunate to join the Riders of Shaam on their journey to Luxembourg back in 2017. That trip remains one of my most memorable for a number of reasons, most notably the brotherhood amongst the participents. Here we sit down with Wazir & Amin, to talk about their journey and challenges, making it all happen!

Hello & Welcome to the Gapped podcast, where we hear from the movers and shakers from the Muslim Cycling Community. There is no better place to start than with Rashid Ali from Team MC. Here he goes into depth about his upcoming Bangladesh Tour. He also reveals more about the Team MC calendar, be sure to check it out on - https://muslimcharity.org.uk/teammc