Tag: baroudeur
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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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Fly6 – The Review
The pair have captured the imagination of the cycling community. When Kingsley Fiegert was attacked from behind whilst riding his bicycle, he got thinking: this isn’t right, there’s got to be something I can do about this. Partnering up with Andrew Hagen, they put their minds together and came up with the briliant idea of making an all in…
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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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Darwin 2014 – SBCC Down Under
SLEEP And so the sleepy contingent of six SBCC members boarded flight 3K161 bound for Darwin. Sleeping on the flight saw several innovative solutions to the problem of being over 6ft tall and getting one’s head down. Chris adopted the foetal position, curled up into a ball and not a whimper was heard the entire…
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From Yorkshire with Love
Yorkshire loves Le Tour. Le Tour loves Yorkhsire. And we love them both! This is a different kind of gallery. A day in the life of the fans… Ash and Max get up to Yorkshire nice and early for the first stage. It’s a popular day, and Max proves to be a worthy competitor for Marcel…
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The Feel Good BBR
Le Tour has been sensational so far, and this weekend sees the Women’s Elite ride ‘La Course‘. A crit-race on the Champs El’ysees in Paris! In honour of the Women’s Stage and the Le Tour, the following week we will be holding our Baroudeur Big Ride (BBR). The Baroudeur Big Ride is our friendly-paced club ride…
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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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Le Tour Big Ride
In honour of Le Tour, we will be riding the Baroudeur Big Ride (BBR) this weekend. The Baroudeur Big Ride is our friendly-paced club ride from London to Surrey. It’s a great way to explore and see what you can achieve on a bike with people, and there’s cake on top of Box Hill too! …
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vive le tour 101
And it’s here, the 101st Le Tour. We’re in Yorkshire, and wishing everyone a very happy and safe race! Let’s go… Vive Le Tour!
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The Longest Day
60 miles later and still the game-face is on It’s amazing: the day starts north of the city, out into Hertfordshire then back, to west London for some pop-up velodrome racing. It could only be a day in the life of Mr. Chronos! We kick off at the bottom of Swains Lane. Meeting up with…
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Ridiculous
“Those ridiculous men, with their ridiculous legs and their racing machines!” But first some tea… It’s just what the doctor ordered: a leisurely commute to the track, followed by a cup of tea; with plenty of time to prepare for the race, and a catch up with friends. There’s even time to check out groovy brake lights…