Tag: race

  • Hernan ‘Buzz’

    Hernan ‘Buzz’

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    Lowell
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    The smile, the enthusiasim, the Buzz Cycling name? SPARTACUS, TORO and Buzz.  I prefer Toro, but Buzz is a super hero, so is not so bad, but Toro is more me – Spanish! Why do you ride your bike? I used to run, a lot… I did some triathlons (sprint distances).  I ran so much…

  • Right on Time – Part 2

    Right on Time – Part 2

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    Debbie
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    The cycling factory – warming up for the TTT Time for some action In the second installment of the Team Time Trial (TTT) we talk with Baroudeurs, Steve and Lowell about their training and race day memories at the inaugural TTT of the Tour of Cambridgeshire: Right on Time with Steve ‘Bison’ He can climb…

  • Kostas “Honey Badger”

    Kostas “Honey Badger”

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    Lowell
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    That’s Honey Badger Passion right there Cycling name? ‘Ratle’. I don’t how on earth Lowell et al. came up with this but I like the Honey Badger. (Actually, you can thank Ben) Why do you ride your bike? Cycling is freedom.  It’s just me and a road.  I can go to places that I would…

  • Argus Race – South Africa

    Argus Race – South Africa

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    Lowell
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    Words by Rupert Wertheimer Day 1 I started my South African adventure with a gentle acclimatization ride ** to Simon’s Town and back to get myself familiarized with the geography of Cape Town (CT) and get the legs spinning again. It’s a pretty flat 50k reach out and back down the Eastern side of the…

  • Race against the wind

    Race against the wind

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    Lowell
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     He tells us he’s grimacing, but we all know he’s laughing Straight outta Oz All day I’ve been thinking about tonight. Focused on what I was doing at the time, but with an awareness that I had a date with something both frightening, yet exhilarating later on. After a ghastly wet morning, followed by crazy windy weather, I…

  • Bear Aero

    Bear Aero

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    Lowell
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      Let’s do this again! What’s in a name? Take the term ‘aero’ for instance. For those of you who remember the Rowntree commercials, of perfectly formed chocolate bubbles rising deliciously, you’ll recall happy days.  In cycling terms, the phrase ‘aero’ can throw up a lot more weightier elements. The Truth With Alex Dowsett set to take on the celebrated ‘hour record’ before Sir Bradley Wiggins,…

  • What makes a Classic, a Classic?

    What makes a Classic, a Classic?

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    Lowell
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     The Family Baroudeur at Roubaix – images by Rob ‘Crazy Legs’ and Denis ‘The Gunner’ It’s that time of year again! The Monuments are rolling by this spring. E3, done, Gent-Wevelgem, completed, Sanremo, sorted.  Flanders, fulfilled. What could possibly wrap up the Classics Season in style? Pars-Roubaix, naturally. Last week I was asked why did I…

  • The Rush Hour

    The Rush Hour

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    Lowell
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      From Jupiter to London We’ve been coming to watch the races at the London Nocturne  for as long as we can remember.  The only thing I forgot was how popular it has become, and the effort it takes to find each other, but we always do! Smithfields Market is the home of the London Nocturne.  A technical…

  • A Night At The Races

    A Night At The Races

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    Lowell
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        Tuesday nights are racing nights at Hillingdon and the Baroudeurs are coming to the party. I can only imagine that it must be a pretty strange spectacle – a race track in suburban London. For many would-be racers coming in from town, or further afield, it can mean: navigating through the busy streets of Ealing,…