Sarah Llewellyn

Sarah Llewellyn is a cyclist from the UK who has lived in San Francisco for many years. She says “When my husband and I moved from London to San Francisco in 1997, we told our families we’d be gone between three and five years. But more than 25 years later, we’re still here! The Bay Area has so much natural beauty and so much to offer in terms of outdoor activities that we have never stopped reminding ourselves how lucky we are to live here.

I’m also fortunate to work as a freelance translator (French into English) so have lots of flexibility with my work schedule and am the first to admit that I typically fit work around cycling, rather than the other way around.

I nearly always ride during the week because weekends tend to be very busy. I typically choose routes with very little traffic but not so remote that if, heaven forbid, something were to happen, there wouldn’t be someone passing by to help. Actually, solo riding among women is very common here.”