Adna learnt to ride age 17 and has been making up for lost time ever since.  

In 2021 she co-founded Queens of Pain, a women-led cycling group in Edinburgh; she feels privileged to ride regularly with a community of amazing people of all shapes, ages and identities. The group has now also set up a new workshop (with Alpkit and School of Rocks) to introduce people to bikepacking.

"Cycling gave me freedom. Sometimes this has been literal... Other times, it was the mental freedom to use my body in new ways, after growing up thinking I am bad at doing sports."