Category: Features
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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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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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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…
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Herts for Heroes
The team and the results A Favourite Test “North. Swains?” is Baroudeurs shorthand for a 90km route out of North West London via the infamous Swains Lane and interminable A1000 out onto the country lanes of Hertfordshire. It involves the kind of punchy, gnarly mixed profile riding that belies its modest miles and makes this…
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One More Tom
The hardest and the most beautiful Classics Race on the pro-calendar – the Paris-Roubaix, and Tom’s won it 4 times. Here comes the Boonen In the early days there was nowhere to watch live pro-racing . We had very little in the way of choice. So, in the springtime, we’d ride to a little known…
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International Women’s Day 2017
Smoke and Arriba, giving it a ‘V’ for the weekend! “Let me tell you what I think of bicycling. I think it has done more to emancipate women than anything else in the world. It gives women a feeling of freedom and self-reliance. I stand and rejoice every time I see a woman ride by…
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Livin’ La Vida Vuelta
Tom’s looking for something ‘proper’ – we like his style. Livin’ What better way to take comfort from these cold winter nights, than to take a fond look at some of our favourite summer adventures? Tom, the ‘Gecko‘, takes us on a breathtaking endeavour through ‘la Vuelta’ to remind us that there is a glowing…
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An Interview with Glenn Jeffrey | Faber Cycles
At the breakfast table with Glenn of Faber Cycles The London Baroudeurs hooked up with Faber Cycles very own founder, Glenn Jeffrey in New Zealand. An award winning architect, orignally from Lincolnshire, England and a Baroudeur formerly based in Singapore, he now lends his creativity to crafting custom painted performance bicycles and more. Here’s the…
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Recover
Recover, and make time for your summer “Every time you work out, balance your system with some recovery so you don’t degrade your performance through burnout or injury.” – Mark Divine, former Navy SEAL It’s summer. There’s three Grand Tours coming; the holidays, and the Olympics. And, don’t forget, the Ride London and the Tour…
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Gripping Independence – Nipa’s Story
space Our resident cycling Viking and film maker recently went over to Bangladesh to document the work of Nipa, a young lady inspired to help cyclists get a better grip on their rides through her entreprenerurial talents. The intro says Nipa has set up her own business making motorcycle grips – they’re actually for all…
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Annual Awards 2015
The annual LBCC awards are an exclusive and glamorous event at the best of times – how much more so, when hosted by the Olympic Velodrome and preceded by flying laps as a warm up act. The prize categories are already well-established (though subject to amendment without notice) and the system of nomination is as…
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Welcome to the Pleasuredome…
Annual Awards 2015. This year’s London Baroudeurs’ Annual Awards were held in the hallowed ground of London’s Olympic Velodrome.
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No BSBS: the LBS for me
A few years ago, after a another depressing experience at a well-known high-street bike supermarket franchise outlet, I realised that there were a set of behaviours typical to salesmen in bike shops of this type that were consistent and predictable enough to be considered a Syndrome; specifically, Bike Shop Bloke Syndrome (BSBS). The defining signs…
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O Man, it’s Merckx!
London Baroudeurs recently found themselves guests of the august and venerable Anglo-Omani Society, in a grand townhouse just off London’s Piccadilly. We were there to learn about the 2016 Tour of Oman from its General Director of Information and External Relations, Mr Saif Subaa Al Rashidi; and to meet the Belgian friend he’d brought along. O Man,…
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Slovak Queen – Nicole-Frybortova
*image via Nicole Frybortova There are kings and there are queens in cycling. We now have a Slovak World Champion, but a lesser known accomplishment is the Slovak queen of Artisitc Cycling, Nicole Frybortova. Originally of Czech descent, she now rides as…
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Simba to King
It’s fair to say that when Peter Sagan came on the scene it was like watching a lion cub trying to find his bearings. A lion, yes, but still a cub finding his place in a very crowded world of pro-cycling giants. Not that Sagan wasn’t winning any races, nor making people turn in awe – he’d been racing…
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Don’t call it a Comeback
After all, Taylor Phinney’s been here for years. And doing very well at that. Taylor caught our eyes several years ago now. It wasn’t just his cycling heritage – both his parents were very successful pro-cyclitsts, which can at times cast a shadow over a child’s own journey; instead, it continues to be Taylor’s quirky personality, fun-loving…
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The Rebel in Red
The Belgian Swagger The Stage The 2015 Giro will be remembered for Bertie Contador’s opening bid for the GT Double (if not triple – Giro | Le Tour | La Veulta). There’s no doubting that even when isolated, the dancing Spaniard is a formidable sportsman. However, for me the Giro will be remembered for it’s audacious…
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Going Through Hell
Getting to the other side A mere four months after sitting anxiously in front of three laptops and a tablet waiting for the clock to strike 10:00:01am… the day had arrived. It was ‘H-Day’! A Quiet Sunday At The Track While it was not my first trip to the Lee Valley Velodrome, something…
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Echappee
One of the most celebrated giants of the ‘echappee’ – the art of breaking-away, is Eddy Merckx. As a professional, he was unmistakably brilliant, yet brutal at his job. They called him The Cannibal. Image posted by Blacksheep Cycling The Man. The Legend. The Cannibal. Eddy Merckx recently turned 70 and the widespread recognition of his…