Biola Babawale's guest appearances

Biola Babawale

Tough Girl Podcast

Ride For Unity Podcast - Cycling Chats

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Having only started cycling in 2018, Biola immersed herself in the community, showing great enthusiasm for her own progression and that of other women too.    She is the chair of Velociposse, a club for women and non-binary people in London.    Biola is relentless in her energy to push the club forward and increase diversity, collaborating with the Women of Colour Cycling Collective.   New episodes of the Tough Girl Podcast go live every Tuesday at 7am UK time - Hit the subscribe button so you don’t miss out.    The Tough Girl Podcast is sponsorship and ad free thanks to the monthly financial support of patrons.    Support the mission to increase the amount of female role models in the media. Visit www.patreon.com/toughgirlpodcast and subscribe - super quick and easy to do and it makes a massive difference. Thank you.   Show notes  Who is Biola Being based in Brixton, South London Being a cycling club for ALL women  Her passion for all types of riding Her love for cycling and the community Friends, fitness and having fun Her childhood and growing up in Brixton Going to the BMX track at 5 years old Teenage years and her fitness journey  Getting into running and starting to take training more seriously Getting into weight training and commuting on the bike Getting her mum to go to the gym at 63 Working out with other people and being encouraged Moving from running into cycling The Power of Community and joining the Velociposse Club Advice for joining a cycling club Her first race experience in January 2019 Dealing with being dropped Making friends through racing  Breaking down the informational barriers Why there is no such thing as a typical racer Why Biola races Sharing passions and encouraging others to give it ago Bikes…. Commuting to work  Her journey with Velociposse and becoming the chairperson. Knowing her strengths  A higher order ask Regent Park Laps on Saturdays Final words of advice     Social Media   Instagram: @biolasarah     Velociposse - A cycling club for all women, all trans, and all non-binary people in London.     Website - www.velociposse.cc    Instagram: @velociposse

Having only started cycling in 2018, Biola immersed herself in the community, showing great enthusiasm for her own progression and that of other women too.    She is the chair of Velociposse, a club for women and non-binary people in London.    Biola is relentless in her energy to push the club forward and increase diversity, collaborating with the Women of Colour Cycling Collective.   New episodes of the Tough Girl Podcast go live every Tuesday at 7am UK time - Hit the subscribe button so you don’t miss out.    The Tough Girl Podcast is sponsorship and ad free thanks to the monthly financial support of patrons.    Support the mission to increase the amount of female role models in the media. Visit <a href="http://www.patreon.com/toughgirlpodcast" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">www.patreon.com/toughgirlpodcast</a> and subscribe - super quick and easy to do and it makes a massive difference. Thank you.   Show notes <ul> <li>Who is Biola</li> <li>Being based in Brixton, South London</li> <li>Being a cycling club for ALL women </li> <li>Her passion for all types of riding</li> <li>Her love for cycling and the community</li> <li>Friends, fitness and having fun</li> <li>Her childhood and growing up in Brixton</li> <li>Going to the BMX track at 5 years old</li> <li>Teenage years and her fitness journey </li> <li>Getting into running and starting to take training more seriously</li> <li>Getting into weight training and commuting on the bike</li> <li>Getting her mum to go to the gym at 63</li> <li>Working out with other people and being encouraged</li> <li>Moving from running into cycling</li> <li>The Power of Community and joining the Velociposse Club</li> <li>Advice for joining a cycling club</li> <li>Her first race experience in January 2019</li> <li>Dealing with being dropped</li> <li>Making friends through racing </li> <li>Breaking down the informational barriers</li> <li>Why there is no such thing as a typical racer</li> <li>Why Biola races</li> <li>Sharing passions and encouraging others to give it ago</li> <li>Bikes….</li> <li>Commuting to work </li> <li>Her journey with Velociposse and becoming the chairperson.</li> <li>Knowing her strengths </li> <li>A higher order ask</li> <li>Regent Park Laps on Saturdays</li> <li>Final words of advice </li> </ul>   Social Media   Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/biolasarah/?hl=en" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">@biolasarah</a>     Velociposse - A cycling club for all women, all trans, and all non-binary people in London.     Website - <a href="https://www.velociposse.cc/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">www.velociposse.cc</a>    Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/velociposse/?hl=en" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">@velociposse</a>

Biola Babawale - Chairperson and ride leader for Velociposse Club.  A cycling club for all women, all trans, and all non-binary people in London.

In this episode recorded on the 10th July 2020 I chatted with proud South Londoner Biola Babawale. Biola holds down a pretty demanding role within the Financial Services sector and in her spare time is the Chair of the awesome all Women's cycling club Velociposse whose kit is to die for if you've not seen it! In addition she is an integral part of the brilliantly nurturing Women of Colour Cycling Group who have ambitious plans to promote Women's cycling in the UK and beyond. More recently Biola has been snapped up by Velocio apparel to represent them as an ambassador. In this chat we had a real laugh. We covered waking up at silly o'clock to ride, breaking down barriers, the cool nickname she has for her bike and of course why she ❤'s cycling! Find out more via her Instagram @biolasarah 🤟🏿