Testimonials

What do you like about LBOYB: The ability to combine fitness, fun & friendship. I have met so many wonderful women thanks to the club.

I spent the weekend with like-minded people in lovely surroundings doing the things I love. Cycling, sharing, eating. I purposely didn’t look or listen to any news and came home refreshed.

Loved the cycling, camaraderie, meals, fresh air & spectacular scenery. Appreciated the safe driving and transportation of bikes and the ‘leave your woes behind’ atmosphere.

I put my bike to rest after my school days and that was over 30 years ago but thanks to LBOYB I got riding again with a lovely group of women. This was the start of many hilarious trips away with the girls. The Great Vic Bike Ride along the Great Ocean Road, Ballarat, Daylesford and Round the Bay in a Day. It took many smaller cycling trips and lots of great coffee stops to build up to the bigger trips but along the way I’ve shared a lot of laughs, sweat and thankfully no tears. Whether you’re a seasoned rider or a novice I highly recommend LBOYB. They’ll sort you out and help you get the most out of cycling.

I would like to thank you for the chance to start cycling again after years of not owning a bike let alone riding. I found that with your experience and enthusiasm and most important making the rides fun and at our own pace gave me confidence to ride again. The coffee stop was an important part of the program and a great time to share stories with the group. I have been riding short distances along the beach bike tracks but would like to be a part of a ‘cycling group’ as it a great feeling to be with women who share this enjoyment but still call it ‘fun’.

I found the course informative, motivating and an inspiring way to get one back on your bike. It gives you confidence to get out there and have a pedal! The instructor was encouraging, patient, positive and a great mentor to teach bike skills. Overall I would highly recommend this course to inspire anyone who wants to get back on their bike. The instructor was a fantastic, positive, patient teacher, who provided me with numerous cycling skills and encouraged me to get back on my bike-what a role model!

This course was exactly what I needed and I truly hope the local council will continue to encourage the Community to bond together, by encouraging participation in this type of event, it’s a fast changing and hectic pace of life these days due to mobiles, the internet and computers.  I have recently moved into the City of Kingston for a sea change and felt quite isolated in my new environment.

Although,  I love the freedom of working remotely from home,  I find I have little communication with the outside world and  broader community, hence it is important to me to get out and participate in group activities when I can. I had not ridden for over twenty years and I was curious about the advert in the Leader Newspaper.

I enjoyed the basics on the first session right through till the end of the final lesson. From learning quickly about our fellow riders, how to maintain our bicycles, seat heights, changing tyres, etc , etc., weaving in and out of witches hats, left and right hand signaling and turns, sharp breaking and how to avoid obstacles such as cars along with various other snippets of information only an experienced rider would know.

Your experience in how to tackle the Nepean Hwy, and enjoying the bike paths that hug the shoreline from Mordialloc to Rickets Point (Who would have thought I’d be having a cuppa with twelve women at Rickets Point on a Wednesday morning).Then a final lesson where you let your ducklings cruise from Mordialloc to the Patterson River what a joyful ride that was so much satisfaction achieving a 20 km ride..WOW Im a cyclist now.

I now love the freedom of hopping on my bike and clearing my brain with a ride and look forward to joining the other lovely lively ladies I met for a social ride and chat soon.

Thanks to LBOYB I got back on a bike for the first time in 30 years. I am now riding merrily along local bike tracks and loving it. The instructors are great fun and make it easy for me to gain confidence riding my bike.

Thanks Narelle and Karen for all your hard work, you both do a great job.  I would like to add that I have now done 2 trips away with the new business and have loved them both.  Highly organised, fabulous accommodation, excellent food and terrific value for money.  I also felt that the various skill levels were more than catered for.

The general ‘chatter’ of the girls who’ve I’ve spoken with have all felt the same way and looking forward to more fun adventures.

Thanks again

If you want to have fun and enjoy a great bike ride LBOYB is the group to take you. I have done quite a few bike rides with them over the years and it has been so much fun at a steady  pace with stops for drinks, coffee, lunch or loo. You can cover 30-40 Kim’s without knowing how far you have travelled. They are all passionate bike riders and it shows.

I loved the 3 week course. It was a good pace, especially with the road introduction, then the ride home along Station St today. Trying out the bike paths is interesting too. I hope you are given more grants to continue the introduction programs!
(And 6 months later wrote:)
I joined LBOYB cycling classes with the aim to improve my cycling fitness, endurance and manage riding in heavy traffic. I learned that and so much more, including bike maintenance and equipment advice, road and trail riding tips, effective use of the ‘mysterious’ bike gears and discovered new bike trails!  I’m now riding regularly with the lovely ladies I met in the class, having lots of laughs and conversation whilst easily covering 40-50km!  We do it ‘in style’ following interesting bike trails, with a nice café for coffee or lunch, as our half way incentive, then return!

Getting out with like minded people who enjoy cycling; making new friendships, the camaraderie; going to different places & enjoying coffee & chats.

What do you like about LBOYB: The variety of ride destinations and length of rides and rides scheduled on different days of the week.