Tag: london
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Life Paint
Fizz This Fizz. That’s the sound of a life being saved. I heard it, or should I say, saw it take place on an ad to help save lives. Nothing unusual about that, except it comes from a car manufacturer, Volvo. Nice, if not no surprise, there. Tonight, maybe one more cyclist will be safer, and…
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Audax-cious
Audax Spotting – but not as you know it You’re right, ‘Audax-cious’ is a funny word. It is in fact a combination of two very genuine words: ‘Audax’ and ‘Audacious!’ The latter you know as a way of rising to a challenge. The former is an organised cycling event where people prove themselves to be ‘Audax’ (audacious)…
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The Fourth Grand Tour
The Big Deal As we quickly approach April, with all the order, and mayhem, that comes with clock-changes; we also welcome back the ‘Flanders Fields’ that signals Pro racing in the northern hemisphere. Described as the ‘Fourth Grand Tour’, in that there’s a race almost every other day, just like a GT of the Giro, Tour…
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Milano Sanremo 2015
Milano-Sanremo 1992, Sean Kelly nips Moreno Argentin to the line The Risk of Being Alive One day it’s cold, dark and wet. You wake up the next day, and it’s the same. In fact it goes on like this week after week, and month after month. You risk it and go out for a ride…
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My Cornwall
Let’s Get Out There For any bike rider who has spent time in London will appreciate the monotony of lapping Regents and Richmond park, along with the excitement that sells up inside you at the mere prospect of being able to get out into the countryside…New countryside no less! One catch, London to…
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Is the answer right under our feet?
Underground? Overground? Wombling free! Today, the Guardian online came with an appealing proposal that is fast gaining momentum: the future of London cycling and pedestrian travel to appear on the Underline! Star Trek never had it so good, and for many Londoners, I don’t think we saw this coming either. Nonetheless, it’s an interesting thought…
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Castelli Nanoflex
January Morning Rules There’s no better excuse for buying some new items of kit than finding yourself in the middle of the Cornish countryside on a beautifully cold, crisp, sunny January morning with your bike in the boot of your car and realising you have forgotten to pack a number of integral pieces of…
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The Icemen Cometh
Keeping the Winter at bay Riding to King’s Lynn is an fascinating journey. A mix of: suburbs; sharp-climbs through north London; open roads, seemingly used only by cyclists; quintessential English villages; emptiness and gales that want to knock you off your bike. Add to this freezing conditions that create snowflakes to your eyelashes. Icing up your…
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Bootie Power
With or without your Booties When in doubt, bling it out! There are booties, and there are ‘booties’. Before you reach for your phone and call out “discrimination”, just bear in mind we’re talking about what’s on your feet, not your behind. Velotoze is a new kind of bootie. Firstly, there’s no zip, nor velcro in…
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It never happened
Ouch! That’s gonna hurt. John pulls over and discovers he’s lost metres, forgot to record them, on his bike computer. The disaster isn’t physical; it’s virtual. Justified Self It’s something that happens often and isn’t confined to cycling only. Debbie recently acquired a Garmin which she used on the Berlin Skate marathon. The monitoring chip distributed…
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Baroudeurs in Roubaix
Our Christmas party and 5th Year Anniversary had lots of surprises. One of them included this: A special thanks to all the London Baroudeurs and the Cowbells. Great work, everyone!
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Biblical Herts and Heroes
Weather Bomb, ba-bomb, bomb, bomb It’s Sunday; there’s 6 of us; it’s a little wet; how bad can it get? Pretty bad from what I recall. Meeting up with DC was the easy part, but clearly the communication needs some tweaking. Daddy Cool rolls up in his blue-fixie, only to discover that I’m on gears, with mudguards.…
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Access your city
I drove the car on the weekend and loved it. It shrunk the distance to our destination, kept us together, keeping warm, and was convenient for getting us back from the party. So what’s the problem with having a car in London? Perhaps there isn’t one, but there is a growing concern about sharing the…
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We Noel a good party
We want to say a big thank you for everyone making it to the Baroudeur Christmas/5th Year anniversary party. It was a terrific night celebrating both team and individual accomplishment. A special thanks to everyone’s significant others, Baroudeurs who were here in spirit, and to Look Mum No Hands for hosting the party. This is…
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December BBR
It’s here. The final BBR of 2014. Sunday 14 December at 0800. Be there, or be another victim of the Sunday morning lie-in! Don’t let riding alone drive you up the wall Come and join us on a Baroudeur Big Ride, an open invite, sociably paced with a stop for cake. The next Baroudeur Big Ride…
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Gimme hope Joanna
The bicycle make me happy, that I get on school fast, and I go home faster, and I clean, and I can do my homework’s and I can do everything. So, explains the young boy called Simphiwe in the video. He is a delighted lad, having received a new bicycle from the cycling charity, Qhubeka. Put your…
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Fly my pretties fly
The very latest Fly6. An initial look at the new device. It’s a Light, but not like you know it If you’ve been skirting around the cycling websites you would have come across the impressive offering by Fly6. A rear facing camera and light all in one. Within months, the creators, Andrew and Kingsley have taken…
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May the Orfos be with you
Great innovations often occur out of frustration that a solution does not currently exist. So what do we do? Do we sit around and wait for someone to come up with an idea, and risk it falling short, leading to even more frustrating experiences? Or do we do something about it? When it comes to…
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Falling Leaves BBR 2014
Besides the excellent autumn conditions, we had plenty to smile about: the monthly BBR rolling around; our first BBR to Kent and conditions barely mild enough to get away with a short sleeve jersey (SSJ). Hence the funky overstocks on display, but more so, because of the terrific company. The biggest BBR turnout yet, and how suitable…
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Last Orders
David Millar, a popular cycling ambassador and former British road race champion leaves pro cycling after celebrating a 17-year career. Not all of it was illustrious. Millar served a two year ban, from 2004, for taking performance enhancing drugs. Thanks to his vocal anti-doping campaigning and a second chance return through a ‘clean team’ approach via Garmin-Cervelo,…