Tag: Big B
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Cameron Highlands – Preview
Big Chase and SG-Glen at the height of the Highlands Va Va Voom The roar of a finely tuned motorcycle motions to my side. As we both pause at the junction, the rider enquires about my bike. I turn to return the compliment and from learning a thing or two about motorcycling, particularly about BMW touring-bikes, we talk…
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Keep on Kovers
Caution: These are seriously good accessories. Something Different It’s like something out a Dumas novel; first there was one, now there are four. The Speedplay cleat has grown in popularity amongst the Baroudeurs, essentially because they are a different approach to the cleat mechanism. A review is in the works, but for now we’ll be…
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A Baroudeur Evening
Thursday 16 October 2014 – Come meet the Baroudeurs! An informal early-evening celebration to welcome new/potential members and old-timers, significant others and first-time roadies, all will be welcome. It’ll be a chance to meet some of you for the first time, for others to catch up, chat over a table rather than side by side at 20mph;…
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The Ride of the Falling Leaves – BBR
Baroudeur Big Ride: No drop, rolling hills! In honour of Lombaridia which officially was raced last week in Italy, and won beautifully by Dan Martin, the Baroudeurs will roll out in the the lovely roads of Kent – ‘The Garden of England’. This Sunday – An open ride. No membership needed. Just lots of good cycling…
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French Class – Pauline Ferrand-Prevot
Pauline, celebrating with her team, and styling it with French-tricolour socks Lessons in the art of becoming Women’s World Champion! Who was my favourite to win the Women’s Elite Road Race Championships in Ponferrada last weekend? Marianne Vos, straight up! Ask any Baroudeur, and Vos was, and is the favourite. After all, she is twice the previous…
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The World Champs Weekend
Reach for your bottle and raise a toast to the Champions! Yes, it’s here, the World Road Race Championships! Even if you’re not a cycling fan, you would’ve heard about the individual time-trials, on Wednesday, with Bradley Wiggins doing us proud and winning gold! A triumph, especially when against the heart and engine of…
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Going Long
Congratulations to the first group of riders to make the ‘Baroudeur Big Ride’ and extend themselves to the distance of 73miles: Paola, Andrew, Rupert, Mark, and with Jonny and Muz joining us at the Hill. What was created to be a tribute-ride for the ToB and the Vuelta, inadvertadely the group set a new…
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Why Stop Dreaming?
When they don’t Down Under! Last year The Sun Chasers laid down some serious rubber for children’s charities around the world. The result? A mind-numbing $193,000 AUD (£104,154) was raised on this one ride. Inspiring! Fellow Baroudeur, Craig Shipton and the growing team of 25000Spins are once again organising this ride of the Great Ocean Road. With over 100 cycling participants…
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SKS Race Blade Long
NOTE, THERE IS AN UPDATE AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS REVIEW. IN SHORT, DO NOT PURCHASE THE CURRENT MODEL. Once in a while you learn a thing or two from riding your bicycle. Things like the value of family, friends and life’s little wonders – you know what I mean. There’s also the minor lesson of what to do when the…
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ToB and Vuelta BBR
Sunday 14 September: Casual (No-Drop) / Rolling Hills Meet Up Spot Roehampton Cafe, Richmond Park @ 0830. Riding to Box Hill. It will be all together, for a Medium-Box Ride at 66 miles, with the option of a Long Box at 73 miles. Average pace will be around 15-18mph. Then, all meeting at the top for refreshments. What you…
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A Jersey Is Born
“Here’s a quick story about the development of the SBCC jersey design and a book review all rolled into one!” – Singapore Baroudeurs, Glenn Jeffries. London to Singapore Shortly after returning from a ride and uploading to Strava, it became apparent to Disco that the random group of riders in Singapore with whom he had…
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The Escape Artist
Race Ready It is said that when it matters, “arrive early”. This couldn’t be more apt than for a cycle race. With senses are required to reach dizzy heights later on for that mean-hour of speed on the track; a great way to get ready is to relax in the sunshine with a cup of tea and a team…
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Fizik R1 and R3
Ladies first The ladies R3 is Fizik’s top model for La Donna. As the number suggests, it seems the ladies model isn’t to be taken seriously compared to the Men’s top model, R1. This may be an unfortunate observation, but we are assured that the shoe is designed to not just look striking, but…
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You Me Bike Ride Now
Quite simply, the sweetest five words you could say to a cyclist. Add a few more people to this and it becomes a party well worth celebrating. Welcome to a ride with the Baroudeurs! Please note, the rides are currently only for Road Cycling. Like all good parties, there are some basic ground rules for group riding…
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The Price of a Bike
Let me explain. It’s a racing bike* It’s built from very lightweight steel, alloy or carbon fibre and is extremely stiff – through the middle, down the frame – so there’s no flex. On bikes that are not designed to go very fast, there is always flex, on all but the strongest of mountain bikes. This…