what is the route today? getting ready for a six mile ride through tower hamlets. whether it is organising bike ride timings around prayers or advice on how to cycle in modest clothing, cycle sisters say their aim is to get more muslim women biking. it's been phenomenal in terms of what it has kind of given me. health, fitness, mental well—being. generally, when you see any kind of representation of anyone on a bicycle it's so far away from the norm of a muslim woman on a bicycle, so we're trying to break that and encourage more muslim women to be on bicycles. so you are wearing things very typical of cyclists, the yellow viz jacket, high vizjacket, the helmet, but you are also in an abaya, traditional islamic clothing. how easy is it to cycle in an abaya? it is ok, although it is not ok if it's not the right type. so if it has got too much