Your Cycling Academy

Grainne taught my 4 year old to cycle a 2 wheel bike with no stabilisers in one session!! Highly recommend this lady, she's super with kids and very skillful, too.

I was keen for my 7 yr old daughter to learn the rules of the road because I wanted her to learn to cycle in busy Dublin traffic. Grainne was a great coach and taught her how to indicate, pay attention to the lights and avoid potholes. She was great with the kids, they enjoyed the session very much.

Gráinne is amazing with kids and has great advice for children and parents alike. My children aged 6 and 8 attended a session on cycling safely and it was much fun and really useful. Gráinne also has good advice on checking if your child’s bike is safe (e.g. brakes). I would highly recommend her.

In my youth and as an early adult I was very active, fit and competed in a variety of sports at all levels. As I got older and had children I became a spectator rather than partaker. Now, in my 50’s I feel I have my time back. I started cycling but found I struggled to improve my distance beyond 20km. I struggled up hills and would speed on flat road. My first one to one with Grainne she did a full assessment of what I wanted to achieve and how to cycled to achieve this. She guided and advised throughout the session. On our second one to one I realized the advantage of having a coach and am now on the Bronze Monthly Package. Grainne is passionate about cycling, encouraging and motivating, bringing it to all abilities and ages. I cannot recommend her enough.

Having taken last season of to study and work I was a little bit skeptical when I asked Grainne to coach me this season. I never doubted her ability as a coach it was that she is my sister. I knew she understood my quirks and was delighted that she worked with me in developing goals for 2020 and had me race ready for the start of the season. Covid-19 threw my plans off and we readjusted my goals and training program. Grainne is very flexible in her coaching approach and has ensured my training over the summer months has maintained my fitness and stamina. I am now looking forward to starting my winter block again soon.

Grainne demonstrated not only her cycling professionalism when she took on the role as the Equine Academy fitness trainer, she also demonstrated structure, patience and adaptability in her motivation of the squad as a team and as individuals. The students training with Grainne developed skills and achievements beyond their expectations and were fortunate to have had this opportunity.

Grianne was given the task of whipping those of us on the equine Academy into shape for a gym and cycling session a week. After finding out that none of us really knew what we were doing she carefully took us through the basics of riding a bike and Road safety before taking us out into the real world! I gained confidence and ended up able to go on longer rides and busier roads.