Tag: lbcc
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Remember November
Go riding in November! We are delighted to turn the page on the club calendar and welcome November 2017. The London Baroudeurs calendar is designed to celebrate team achievements and motivate members each day. This month we look to those short days when the conversation is just as important as the bike ride. When…
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Right on Time – Part 1
One of the three Baroudeur teams contesting the ToC Team Time Trial Every second counts They say that a time trial is a race of truth. It’s a tall order riding as an individual (ITT), but racing for a team (TTT) raises many more challenges and some very good reasons to chase the clock. We…
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Urban Hill Climb 2017
And breathe My Year 2017 was my first year of racing and I can tell you first hand that I’ve learned more than I anticipated. I am nothing short of amateur and my racing record isn’t one to brag about but after a crash during the Full Gas criterium series at Lee Valley in June,…
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Exchanging Places
“What do you think you should do?” – Peter, Police Officer with Exchanging Places Safely behind the wheel and behind the bars No Room for Error Riding through the ‘Bush’, my cycling eyes clock onto a lorry slap bang in the middle of the green. Covered in Met-Police colours, surrounded by officers in cycling gear…
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Balance
Tom ‘Gecko’ rocketing up the infamous Urban Hill Climb Hello October! We are delighted to turn the page on the calendar and welcome October 2017. The London Baroudeurs calendar is designed to celebrate team achievements and motivate members each day. This month we look to the next generation of Baroudeurs and how we can encourage…
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Rupert ‘Zulu’
Zulu Warrior Cycling name? Zulu. I think it’s because I like riding in the heat. Why do you ride your bike? Pushing my limits and escaping the grind. Favourite place to ride? Somewhere warm and sunny, Majorca, South Africa and England on a lovely summers day. Switchbacks galore Up or down mountains? Down, but working hard on getting…
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Pulling the Trigger – Tour of Ayrshire
Slick and smiles. Pulling the Trigger – Tour of Ayrshire I once heard cycling referred to as meditation at gun point. 5K into the Tour of Ayrshire and I’m ready to pull the trigger. Muscles need heat to perform at this speed and if Kilmarnock is lacking anything this morning, it is heat. The initial…
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A Road Bike Is Your Lover
Go riding in September! We are delighted to turn the page on the calendar and welcome September 2017. The London Baroudeurs calendar is designed to celebrate team achievements and motivate members each day. This month we look to those great days of when we can simply jump on our bikes and ride to nowhere. When…
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Pedal Me to the Moon
Is there anything more fun than this? What can possibly be more exciting than riding around the city under your own steam? By bike, skates, or scooter, they can be the most rewarding modes of transport available. Everything else just doesn’t seem to work the way it ought to. But how do you get people…
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La Vuelta 2017 – The Rematch?
It’s here – 3 weeks of pro-cycling Grand Tour (GT) finale. Potentially a rematch, but with some climbs at 30% and with a bus load of General Classification (GC) contenders, anything can happen. It can only be La Vuelta. The Stars Home team, Movistar gain Landa for next year, but no Quintana, nor Valverde in…
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Steve ‘Beethoven’
Slicing Swain’s Lane – UHC 2017 Cycling name? Beethoven. Why do you ride your bike? It gives me the freedom to express myself in which ever way I see fit. It’s my companion; my gateway to adventure and exploration. It’s my source of meditation and how I choose to free my mind. SPACE Favourite place…
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The Cyclists Guide to the Galaxy. Almost.
Sunday mornings are bliss And Breathe Rain or shine the London Baroudeurs have regularly trained at Regent’s and Richmond Parks. Enjoying everything from an early morning spin before work, to welcoming newcomers, or simply keeping the company of good friends for a steady chat-laps. The Royal Parks have been good to us, and we’re pleased…
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Ride Up Grades
Hello August! We are delighted to turn the page on the calendar and welcome August 2017. The London Baroudeurs calendar is designed to celebrate team achievements and motivate members each day. This month we look to the next generation of Baroudeurs and how we can encourage each other to make a lasting legacy. It can…
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Will ‘WVW’
WVW on his way to Edinburgh and back! Cycling name? WVW. Why do you ride your bike? To stay fit and have fun. I tried a lot of different ways of keeping healthy but found them all too boring (running is the worst), riding a bike is not only fun, it’s social and challenging. What…
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Grant ‘Papa G’
Papa G and Didi the infamous El Diablo Cycling name? Papa G. I obviously had no involvement in it. It’s on account of me being a…. and having loads of kids. It could be worse. Cycling history? Used to take old BMX’s apart and put them back together with my mate Shane as a teenager…
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I say shut up legs. Do what I tell you to do.
Hello June! We are delighted to turn the page on the calendar and welcome June 2017. The London Baroudeurs calendar is designed to celebrate team achievements and motivate members for the year ahead. This month’s contributor is a hero whose energy transcends all sports – the man who literally formulated the art of the modern…
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Bike Fitting – Swift
Mr Bionic getting hooked up at Swift This is a series of bike fit reviews from members of the club. We hope it will give sound and independent insight so you can enjoy more time on the bike. Fourth in this series we ask Kostas of his experience of the Retul fitting at Swift Cycles,…
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Non-Stop Windsor (with 2 stops)
10 Sweet B’s space That Sunday Rhythm The Club’s WhatsApp group suggests a non-stop Windsor ride for Sunday Morning, setting off from Richmond Park at 8am. A smattering of interest is shown and the forecast promises that rain will clear before departure. The thought of having Sunday afternoon off to sit in the sun is…
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The Tour of Ayrshire, Part 1
space “But I would walk 500 miles (and I would walk 500 more) Just to be the man who walks a thousand miles To fall down at your door – Da da da da (da da da da) Da da da da (da da da da) Da da da dun diddle un diddle un diddle…
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Giro 2017 – Week 1 Video Round up
Described as the most beautiful of all the Grand Tours – Il Giro (image by La Bicicleta News) Pink makes a statement It is suggested, but not substantiated, that ‘blue’ was originally the traditional colour chosen for baby girls, and ‘pink’ was the popular choice for baby boys. Perhaps this goes a long way to…
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The Shoe Set To Change Them All – Part 1
This floor is yours – Jack Lee makes custom moulds for the best fit possible in a cycling shoe Start Dancing Think custom cycling shoes and one name comes to the fore – Adam ‘Hanseeno’ Hansen. At the time of writing, he is racing in the 100th edition of the Giro d’Italia, and on his…