TandemWoW cycling print celebrating two amazing women with an incredible story of strength and endurance. Here is their story:
"Our names are Catherine Dixon (Cat) and Rachael Marsden (Raz) together we are TandemWoW and we have just broken the world record for being the fastest women to ride around the world on a tandem.
Our journey took us through 25 countries and into 5 continents covering 18,263 miles. We were unsupported which meant that we carried all our own kit. We experienced extreme weather – getting soaked in monsoon rains in India and South East Asia, avoiding the bush fires in Australia in temperatures pushing 50 degrees centigrade and riding hard to return to the UK just before the lockdown as coronavirus was sweeping across Europe. In fact we caught the second to last passenger ferry back to the UK on the day of the travel ban in France – making it back in the nick of time.
We road for 263 days 8 hours and 7 minutes – this is the fastest ever on a tandem and we beat the current men’s record of 281 days 22 hours by over 17 days. We raised over £38,000 for two charities, the Motor Neurone Disease Association and Oxfam. £5 from each purcase will go to these charities.
We are both in our 50s. We believe that you are never too old to get on your bike and follow your dreams. We have sort to raise awareness of women’s cycling particularly for older women
We met a few years ago at a charity cycling event – London to Paris. We started riding together, taking on bigger challenges including the Etape du Tour (stage of the Tour de France in the alps) and Liège Bastogne Liège. Cat has always had the ambition to ride around the world and we said – well why not and why not on a tandem and let’s try to do it the fastest ever and break the world record– so we did!
We have social media accounts FB - TandemWoW, Twitter TandemWoW, Instagram- TandemWoW"
£5 from each print sold will go to MND Association and Oxfam charities.
Giclée print using fade resistant archival inks. Printed on ‘Museum Heritage’ a 310gsm acid free Fine Art Paper.
Comes in three sizes, unframed and unmounted.