A New Cycling Club

We have had links with the Obama family for many years.  It began with our association with Tim Fox at Kogelo Tours and his long time friend Roy Obama.  Roy is a cousin of the former US President and became our guide when we visited schools in the early years of our...

Cycling – our second club

The lifting of COVID restrictions and re-opening of schools has meant that we’ve been able to open our second cycling club in Kenya. This latest project is for pupils at St Stephen’s Namasoli School near to Martha’s Guest House in Mundeku village.  It’s the school...

Cycling in the slums – a force for good

Imagine being a young person living in the slums of Nairobi …   “My house is a rental room of 5 metres by 5 metres. The walls are mud, the floor mud and four iron sheets on top for a roof. The house has one door and one window. The house has no running water, no...

Blood, Sweat and Gears

The cry of “bump, bump, bump” and “knees up” are still vivid memories of our bike ride around the base of Mount Kenya.  “Bump, bump, bump” was the call along our line of riders as we came across the triple bumps in the road designed to slow motorists, but a hazard to...

Looking for an adventure – attention all cyclists

Life in the Kibera slums is tough by anyone’s standards.  There is little income, few activities and many temptations – drugs, glue, gangs, crime, prostitution … The Kibera Cycling Club offers a chance to escape from this, to make new friends and learn skills that...

St Albans CycleFest – fun for all the family

With the help of Oaklands College we are organising the first St Albans CycleFest on Sunday 16th September 2018, from 10am to 3pm, to raise funds to buy more bikes, tools and equipment for our cycling project in the Kibera slums of Nairobi. The event takes place at...