Jools Walker

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Jools Walker
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  • Cyclist
  • tv presenter
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Jools Walker is an English bicyclist, TV presenter and author. Her first book, Back in the Frame, [1] was published by Little, Brown Book Group in May 2019 and she is represented by Bell Lomax Moreton. [2]

Contents

Early life

Walker grew up in Canning Town, east London with the first bike she owned being a 'metallic green trike'. [3] Later, she started riding a BMX her older brother restored and taught her to ride. [4] However, she says that the 'disgusting comments' she got riding her bike to school made her cycle less and less, eventually stopping in her late teens. [5]

Career

Walker started her blog Velo-City Girl in 2010 after purchasing 'the bike of my dreams', a Pashley Princess using the Cycle to Work scheme her employer, the University of East London, offered. [6] In 2012 she joined cycle clothing firm Vulpine as the operation's manager [7] and started presenting on ITV4's The Cycle Show, [8] with Walker leading on features including the annual vintage cycling festival, l'Eroica festival [9] as well as appearing on the BBC's Newsnight , on a feature on cycling culture. [10] She was featured in the online edition of La Fuga, the cycling industry periodical, in one of their 'Industry Portrait' features. [11] In 2015 she was highlighted as one of Bike Biz's '100 Women of the Year. [12]

In 2018 she started work with the London Bike Kitchen on a regular Women of Colour cycling meet-up [13] after realising that one of the barriers for her to starting cycling again was not seeing 'anyone I identified with'. [14] She now speaks regularly of the need for more diversity in cycling at all levels and of the barriers that keep prevent Women of Colour from accessing cycling. [15]

Cycling and health

In 2016 Walker suffered a stroke [16] and Back in the Frame describes Walker's life with depression. [17] She described its description of her experiences in an interview with The Guardian , saying:, "I’m not trying to be the poster child for what cycling can do for you, but in my book I try to use the experiences that I’ve had on and off a bike, and turn it all into a positive. [18] ” In May 2019 an extract from Back in the Frame was published in The Daily Telegraph . [19]

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References

  1. ↑ Walker, Jools (5 February 2019). Back in the Frame. Little, Brown. ISBN   9780751570786.
  2. ↑ "Jools Walker (a.k.a Lady Vélo)". Bell Lomax Moreton Agency Limited. 7 June 2017. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  3. ↑ "Jools Walker: Why I Ride..." Casquette. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  4. ↑ "The Cycle Revolution". Velo City Girl. 2 March 2010. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  5. ↑ Wilder, Robyn (11 May 2019). "Meet the blogger powering a cycle revolution". The Observer. ISSN   0029-7712 . Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  6. ↑ Back in the Frame with Jools Walker , retrieved 18 June 2019
  7. ↑ "Jools Walker aka Lady Velo". Momentum Mag. 9 September 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  8. ↑ "Jools Walker | Five Minutes With Interview". Total Women's Cycling. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  9. ↑ Fullcircle (16 July 2014), Eroica - Cycle Show ITV 15 Jul 2014 , retrieved 18 June 2019
  10. ↑ "Remarkable Women Who Ride: Jools Walker". Evans Cycles. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  11. ↑ "Industry Portrait: Jools Walker aka 'Lady Velo'". La Fuga. 18 February 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  12. ↑ "BikeBiz Women of the Year 2015: Part Two". BikeBiz. 13 February 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  13. ↑ hands!, Look mum no. "Women of colour cycling meetup | Look mum no hands!". www.lookmumnohands.com. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  14. ↑ Richardson, Hollie (23 May 2019). "Cycling for women and how to get back on your bike". Stylist. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  15. ↑ "Jools Walker on women and cycling". Sustrans. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  16. ↑ "Jools Walker: Why I Ride..." Casquette. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  17. ↑ "Jools Walker talks cycling and depression | Cycling UK". www.cyclinguk.org. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  18. ↑ Wilder, Robyn (11 May 2019). "Meet the blogger powering a cycle revolution". The Observer. ISSN   0029-7712 . Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  19. ↑ Walker, Jools (16 May 2019). "'Cycling is not just for the white, Lycra-clad middle class'". The Telegraph. ISSN   0307-1235 . Retrieved 26 June 2019.
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