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Billy in Bristol

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Mar 25, 2004
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The 12.77 Challenge : June 5th London Velodrome

After 13 plus years, and £659K raised in donations for good causes through staging Cycling and other experience days, the GB Cyclists have asked the athlete purpose project Legacy 300 to help publicise Tour De 4 in Glasgow this September 7th 2025 and we have sent details out to our database of over 2,000 corporate cyclists and if you know of nay that might be keen please email david@legacy300.com so I can forward details.

We then got requests to do a day in London for those who wanted to support the charities but couldn't get to Glasgow, so we are doing a day on the 5th June.

On the day you will be hosted by a GB Medallist from Paris,, but at the end of the 75 minute coaching and riding session your flying lap challenge is to also try and beat the time set by Chris Hoy in Beijing when he won the 200 metre sprint gold, the time of 12.77 (adjusted to the 250 metres you will be doing).

Fundraising gives you time bonuses to help Beat the Medallist, and gives donors the chance to win prizes and get discounts on athlete experiences. Entry fees vary (only 16 people per session its not a mass event) but fundraising reduces it down to zero.
 






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Todd Warrior
Sep 16, 2005
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Billy in Bristol

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Mar 25, 2004
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Bristol
Billy in Bristol said:
The 12.77 Challenge : June 5th London Velodrome

After 13 plus years, and £659K raised in donations for good causes through staging Cycling and other experience days, the GB Cyclists have asked the athlete purpose project Legacy 300 to help publicise Tour De 4 in Glasgow this September 7th 2025 and we have sent details out to our database of over 2,000 corporate cyclists and if you know of nay that might be keen please email david@legacy300.com so I can forward details.

We then got requests to do a day in London for those who wanted to support the charities but couldn't get to Glasgow, so we are doing a day on the 5th June.

On the day you will be hosted by a GB Medallist from Paris,, but at the end of the 75 minute coaching and riding session your flying lap challenge is to also try and beat the time set by Chris Hoy in Beijing when he won the 200 metre sprint gold, the time of 12.77 (adjusted to the 250 metres you will be doing).

Fundraising gives you time bonuses to help Beat the Medallist, and gives donors the chance to win prizes and get discounts on athlete experiences. Entry fees vary (only 16 people per session its not a mass event) but fundraising reduces it down to zero.
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Only four spaces left, been a slog to get this far. Thanks for all your support.
 




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Pogue Mahone

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Apr 30, 2011
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Last competitive day in the Giro today, to cap off a week that has had some monumental and hugely enjoyable mountain stages.

Today promises to be the best of the lot. Can Del Toro hold on and be the first Mexican to win a Grand Tour? Will Carapaz have another crushing attack in him to escape and reel back the time? Has Simon Yates got anything left?

The coverage on TNT has been superb, and today’s live coverage has just started. Adam Blythe just took a selfie with Wout Van Aert whilst doing his live walkabout …

I am not leaving the sofa today.
 
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Beach Hut

Beach Hut

Brighton Bhuna Boy
Jul 5, 2003
72,702
Living In a Box
Stonkingly brutal from Yates, simply stunning
 




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Scappa

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Jul 5, 2017
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Hoping for some advice. About 4 years ago I moved from a moderately physical production based job to a more office based role and became increasingly sedentary. Last spring my plan was to get back into distance walking and maybe do the couch to 5k program. As it turns out, I managed to repeatedly sprain both ankles on the walk to work due to the state of the pavements on the route, which curtailed those plans. My weight has ballooned and I've been struggling with pain in my feet and ankles.

Fast forward to late April/early May and I finally got around to getting someone to service the old bike that I’ve had since my mid teens - and hadn’t ridden for probably 18-20 years. Since then I’ve accrued something like 700km through rides after work and the odd longer trip at weekends and found myself really enjoying being being back in the saddle and getting outdoors early in the mornings after a night shift.

While the bike I have is perfectly fine for a short commute and the odd 20k on the flat, I’m rapidly coming to the conclusion that riding longer distances over more challenging terrain would be far more pleasurable on something much lighter (it weighs a ton!), with all the gears available (middle crank only) and effective brakes. To that end I’ve fallen down the youtube bike review rabbit hole and my research suggests that a gravel bike would probably be the best fit for what I envision as my use case - mainly roads and cycle routes with some light off-roading, and mounting points for some bikepacking gear.

Does anyone have experience of using - or otherwise have strong opinions regarding - Ribble (looking at the CGR and Gravel models), Kinesis (the G2), Sonder (Camino)? Is a single 11-12 speed groupset sufficient, or would something like a 2x10 be more appropriate for roads and bridleways over the downs? Other recommendations?
 


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AlbionRich

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Aug 6, 2024
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Hello, and welcome to the world of n+1 bike ownership. I hope you have deep pockets 🙂

I bought a basic Ribble CGR-AL just before Christmas and really like it. It's only an alloy frame (obviously!) but carbon or titanium versions are available, and it has 10 speed Tiagra (2x), which is perfectly adequate (I went for Tiagra as the parts - chain, etc - should be cheaper to replace, but a 500 version was available). I only got it as a winter bike, keeping my lovely Cervelo safe from muck and potholes. It's considerably heavier and quite a bit slower than the Cervelo, but then it would be. If you're offroading, it doesn't make too much difference - round here it's mainly the river towpath or Richmond Park, so you're dodging pedestrians all the time. It's definitely worth a look. Also, I got it in a sale, so maybe wait until September, if you can, to see if the price drops?

Oh, also, as it's Ribble, you have to get it online and therefore set it up yourself. No fancy bike fits, I'm afraid, but it's pretty straightforward, just a bit of fiddling with saddle height and handlebar angles.

Good luck, and have fun!
 








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