We had at least one woman riding every day, whatever the weather, following Billie's routes for the whole year!
We had over 400 riders take part all over the UK !
We had riders taking part in USA, Spain, Italy, New Zealand, South Africa and India!
Together we rode over 107,000 miles!
We made a lot of new friends!
Many women have started or rekindled their interest in cycling to keep fit
Although our average daily qualifying mileage didn't quite match Billie's record, we did just about everything else we set out to do and we had a lot of fun doing it!
So well done and thankyou to everyone who took part!
Thursday 31st December 2015 was the last day of the Tribute rides.
A few more rides reports have come in and are show in detail on the link below. In total 80 ladies took part in the Grand Finale with events in Regent's Park London, Sheffield, Suffolk, Norfolk, Manchester, Cheshire, Warwickshire, Yorkshire, Buckinghamshire, the Isle of Wight, Northamptonshire, Hampshire, Northumberland and even Florida USA.
More than 1480 miles miles were ridden on the day.
Grand Finale Video Regent's Park 31st December 2015 Click the bottom right hand corner to see the video in full screen mode. Also check the settings to watch in HD!
Make sure we have captured all your tribute rides! Please send your reports as quickly as possible preferably by an email with photo attachments to ride@tributetobillie.co.uk even if you have already posted it on Facebook, Twitter or your club site. If we have missed one of your rides please let us know! We still have a few more of your reports and photos to load on the website. Watch this space for more updates!
The 2015 Billie Fleming Tribute Ride
....it started with a short obituary tweet from cycling weekly with a link to an article written by Dave Barter about Billie Fleming: The Keep-Fit Girl, who cycled the most miles in a single year. I read on, feeling intrigued to know more & later compelled to ride her route.
The wonders of social media meant I was quickly in contact with Dave - he shared his sources and much of his research with me; that turned my ideas into a plan for The Billie Fleming Tribute Ride.
Dave's research was for his book The Year now published & dedicated to Billie ;-) You have been part of the story making the tribute ride happen. I thought you might like the herstory!
