Mindful Miles | Lucy Sturgess Cycling

Come along for a peaceful local spin through the Leicestershire countryside in my brand new Giant Tugby jersey. I’m riding my much-loved Liv Langma Advanced Pro 1 — and I’ll tell you why I’m so obsessed with this bike! Midway, I stop for some classy olives and focaccia (because cycling deserves style too).

If you’re into mindful miles, beautiful roads, and a bit of bike chat, hit play and ride along with me 💜🚴‍♀️

📍Route: Local Leicestershire loop
🚲 Bike: Liv Langma Advanced Pro 1
🍴 Mid-ride snack: Olives + Focaccia
👕 Kit: Giant Tugby Jersey

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[Applause] Hi everybody. So, it’s good to be back. I am out for a little roll today. So, I’m calling this ride Mindful Miles and it’s because I’ve just got a load of stuff going on in the background and it’s kind of wiped my energy. So, it can be really consuming family stuff. So, it’s taken quite a lot to get out again. Um, but I have decided I’m going to go for a roll. It’s a really hot day. We’re in the middle of a heat wave in the UK. Um, so I think a lot of people won’t even be riding, but I got two bottles topped up with electrolytes. Um, and I’m going to go for an easy roll around the lanes. I’m going to ride into the wind and then I’m going to get a headwind back. Also, can we just take a moment? New giant tugy jersey. Absolutely love it. Haven’t had a new kit for a while. I try and be quite selective about the new kit that I have. I like to be sustainable. So, yeah. I don’t like I’ve got lots of kit already. although some of it could do with a bit of a refresh. Um but yeah, when I saw this jersey I was like I need one of those and I love it. It’s really nice quality. I’m on a bit of a go slow anyway. Um I’ve only been one and a half miles from my house so not little shaky spot and luckily the wind is blowing from the east at the moment which means I can ride it well you get a tailwind home. I can ride them anytime obviously um over that sort of sort of direction. Some really nice lanes over there. Lovely little villages. So I’m looking forward to that. I’ve got a little cafe in mind. So, yeah, let’s roll. Mindful miles. Love it. I tell you what, this bike when it’s sunny, you just get such a lovely glimmer. I absolutely love the paint finish. It’s like glowing a It’s got it’s it’s like gray, but it’s got an undertone of gold. Absolutely love it. And I’ve been really enjoying this bike. So, this is actually the third Langmar I’ve got. The first Langma I had was like probably 10 years ago and um it had rim brakes and obviously things have moved on a bit now. Most new bikes have disc brakes. Um so this is the latest Langma and um I just have to say from the one I had previously just a little bit stiffer, a little bit lighter, handles really well, like very very responsive. Although the differences are subtle, you can tell the difference. And I just think for an all round bike, the Langma’s awesome. So, in that range, you’ve got the Langma, the MV Live, and the Avail um in their road bike range. So, if you are looking for a more relaxed fit, probably the Avail is the best one for you, like Sportif kind of stuff, like everyday kind of thing. If you’re needing a more relaxed fit, the Langler’s quite nice cuz it’s quite a it’s a compromise of a lot of things. It climbs really well. Um, and this is the bike that the pro riders, the live pro riders ride as well. Um, at one point Marian Voss was on a um a Langma. If it’s good enough for her, it’s good enough for me. Um, not her current bike at the moment. Um, yeah. So, I’ve been really really pleased with it. So, yeah, I do I do love the Liv the Liv range and I’m very lucky um to have this bike from Giant Tugby. Thank you very much. So, yeah, I’ve just been super pleased. Electronic gears. Um, nice group set. So, yeah, no complaints from me. In fact, uh, a lot better than that. Right, let’s get on. [Music] Some nice houses in this village. [Music] [Music] I always find with this as well, it’s actually quite hard going out and it can feel hard when you start, but when you just start moving, things kind of lift and you start to feel a bit better. So, I’m really glad that I’ve got out today. Also, new kit helps. New kit just makes you feel so good. I got matching socks on as well. Matching glasses, matching socks. So, I’m all synced. What more do you need? So, it’s not a bad little spot for a cafe stop here. So, this used to be a cafe. Um, and I just asked for the menu and it’s kind of like alakart. So, it’s not really mid ride stop business. Um, but I’m just going to have a lemonade and relax and yeah, just chill for a bit. So, all good. Okay. So, opted for lemonade. This is going down really nicely. Bread and for capture. How posh. You have a fancy cafe swap, isn’t it? Not just not not just your greasy spoon over here, guys. [Music] Okay. Bread and olives. [Music] I love olives. One of my favorite things. Bread’s really good. Lots of it. But might not make it home now. This couch is really good. Right. Nicely salted. Some oil, basamic, olives. Michael Miles. This is what it’s about. Okay. Had a nice little stop. I mean, that’s kind of lunch. Olives and catcher. Really, really nice. Now, took all my might to uh get myself up, but I’m going to go ride home. Lovely little spot. [Music] It is time for a very steady chilled paced roll home. Mindful miles. [Music] I’m with B now. It’s hot, but there’s a nice breeze. And I’ve just been thinking I’ve got two really nice trips coming up. Uh the Wolf Way, which I mentioned recently. Um so that’s going to be good fun. I think it’s going to be similar to the Rebellion way that we did and similar group dynamics, although no Sarah this time. Um, and then I’m going to be doing two weeks later in the year and I’m planning to go to the outer heedes which I’m really looking forward to. And one of the main things for that is just going to be disconnect switch off like steady miles, ride and camp, take my Kindle, read. I’d love to camp on the beach. That’s like one of my bucket list things to do. Bivby on the beach. So yeah, if you’ve done that before, hit me up. Tell me about it. give me your recommendations. So yeah, I’m really excited for that. Um I’ve got a nice tailwind home now. This ride is proper chilled. This is just what I needed. Like chilled miles out, nice little coffee stop. Well, lemonade fat and olive stop. It turned out to be rather fancy. Um but that was fine. We did that. The fat and olives. They were lovely. Really, really nice. Um maybe more of a dinner location or fancy lunch with the girls kind of shindig. Um but yeah, it’s been good for me today. I’m enjoying being out. Um yeah, so let’s roll. Sometimes solo rides are good, aren’t they? No agenda. Just hitting the road, doing whatever I fancy, how far I want to go. So yeah, and I will aim to get out tomorrow. I don’t know what the plan is there. I quite like to do a bit of a longer ride. So maybe that’s on the cards. We shall see. Let’s see. Well, mindful miles. There you go. Thank you for joining me for another video. I promise we’ll be back on the bike packing adventures very soon. Some very exciting trips coming up. So yeah, thanks again for watching and see you next time, guys. Take care.