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  • Jude’s Gold

    Jude’s Gold

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                              Jude’s first race at Hillingdon this morning, 8-10 year olds. Being Barouderus, he won it! Under his smile and clear eyes, is the accomplishment of a brave young heart.  Riding to the track, Jude passes an assessment test with flying colours.  His…

  • Benjamin Brutalis

    Benjamin Brutalis

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    Intervals.  The idea is to ride at 80% for 40 seconds.  Then 20 seconds off.  10 times.  For 3 sets.  Oh, and there’s sprint intervals if you want to mix it up too: roll down, race up, repeat!   That’s the idea.  Crazy as it sounds it is very rewarding, just not right now.  Rupert…

  • Bristol Belles

    Bristol Belles

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    Take a moment, lean on a wall, feel the sun on your face, and breathe.  Welcome to Bristol!. Bedminster is still sleeping.  This southern district of the city is a quirky neighbourhood with an eclectic mix that boasts wardens, vets and artists as some of it’s residents.   As we roll down from the house,…

  • Seize the Mountain

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      Looking like the French National Champ.  As well as a worthy GC contender; with his team in the background, and his Directeur Sportif alongside, consulting tactics, is our very own Baroudeur from Down-Under, Craig Shipton. In the summer of 2009, Craig decided to ride from London to Athens, and created 25000spins.  He now organises…

  • Park Life

    Park Life

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    Captain, Stu – on the Sufferfest, Daddy Cool, Jack, Rupert, Finn, Liz, and the Disco-Badger out today for intervals in the park at 05.45.  Crazy?  Sad?  Or sick?  Whatever we were feeling, we were feeling great by breakfast time, with the sun out to greet us.  Very Barouder-us!

  • The Big Baroudeur Rides Again

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    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 other people, and there’s cake on top of Box Hill too!   It’s all happening this Sunday (9 March), Richmond Park, by the Roehampton Gate Cafe at…

  • Garden of Delights

    Garden of Delights

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      For over 400 years the county of Kent has been aptly known as the ‘Garden of England’.  Although I know one or two Yorkshire-men who would argue this. NuStu is on ‘easy Sunday’ mode and isn’t in the mood to fuss.  He’s on hand today and invites us round to his neighbourhood side of…

  • Crash Bang Wallop

    Crash Bang Wallop

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      It’s simply unavoidable, riding a bike is both a pleasure and a potential risk.  At one point or another you’re going to be in an accident.  Hopefully it won’t be too bad, but when you happen upon a road accident, it’s worth thinking about what to do next. Dave, does what he does best…

  • Sun Chasers

    Sun Chasers

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    Congratulations to friends Down-Under, Craig Shipton and the growing team of 25000Spins.  Well done on your Big Charity Ride of the Great Ocean Road! Raising a whopping $193,000 AUD (£104,154) and counting, for children charities on this one ride is phenomenal. A lot of people were on their first long-haul and the turn out looks amazing.  A…

  • The Armstrong Lie – A Review

    The Armstrong Lie – A Review

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      Welcome to the party: We were there, in 2009, on Mount Ventoux.  It was the penultimate stage of the Tour de France (Tdf).  This was the day Lance Armstrong had to go all out to secure a spot on the podium.  It wasn’t what he’d planned for his come back, but it was good…

  • Velocio, The Wise Cyclist

    Velocio, The Wise Cyclist

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      Paul de Vivie, also known as the writer ‘Velocio’, was an outspoken advocate of the geared-bicycle we all know and love today.  Velocio, was also a French cycling evangelist who often penned his beautiful rides, and his wise words continue to encourage us with our early-morning-weekday stints on the push-bike. Tingling from top to…

  • Valentine’s Ride

    Valentine’s Ride

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      A hot date The Baroudeur Big Ride is like a hot date that keeps coming back for more. Created for new riders, seasoned athletes, or simply the curious; the BBR is a great way of enjoying a chilled Sunday on your bicycle.  February’s BBR is the first of many for 2014.  It brings together a cheery…

  • You Me Bike Ride Now

    You Me Bike Ride Now

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    Quite simply, the sweetest five words you could say to a cyclist.  Add a few more people to this and it becomes a party well worth celebrating.  Welcome to a ride with the Baroudeurs! Please note, the rides are currently only for Road Cycling. Like all good parties, there are some basic ground rules for group riding…

  • London to Bristol to Surf

    London to Bristol to Surf

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  • 95 Miles and No Queen

    95 Miles and No Queen

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    “This rain, I’m bored of it now,” says Steve, and I nod in agreement. Tough, lean and at 6 foot 3, my physio, Steve, would make an awesome rider.  He just looks like he’d smash it on a bike.  That’s what I’d like to think.  As I sit there waiting for him to return with…

  • London Baroudeurs Membership

    London Baroudeurs Membership

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    Why join the Baroudeurs? The London Baroudeurs (LBCC) aims to actively support people who love the thrill of riding a bicycle.  We do this by organising rides and events that celebrate individual and team achievements. LBCC is an encouraging community of people, and as such, most, if not all members know each other by name.…

  • WHY THE BIKE HATE?

    WHY THE BIKE HATE?

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     We all know the premise: angry drivers honking, passing aggressively close, shouting from rolled down windows and worse, often with no apparent cause. The defining feature of these encounters is the face looking out from the car wearing a twisted mask of hate. Why? What’s happening? True, some cyclists are d*cks, Cyclists are just people…

  • Baroudeurs aren’t always liked

    Baroudeurs aren’t always liked

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    “Baroudeurs aren’t always liked.  ‘Again!’ the peloton says to itself when they attack.  It is the Baroudeur who hand out the leg ache.  Deadly accelerations are their standard. There is no set format for a Baroudeur.  Neither a true sprinter, nor a true climber, nor exactly a rouleur, the Baroudeur is all those at once.…

  • 100 Things to do when it’s raining

    100 Things to do when it’s raining

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        – Ride a century around Regent’s Park. The outer-circle of this Royal Park is said to be 2.8 miles.  Even on busy workdays, it’s still possible to put down some decent mileage in the quiet season.  Supposedly 19 laps will get you a simulated ride to Brighton; just without the worry of a…

  • Champion of Cows

    Champion of Cows

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    Jude – Oxford – Cows – London With determination and sheer ‘Ox-Power’, our Jude, at the mighty age of 8 years, rides from the university city of Oxford, to the very centre of our fine capital in London.  A total 62 miles! Early on a sleepy Sunday morning our hero climbs upon the statue of…

  • Cross, but not angry birds

    Cross, but not angry birds

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    It’s September.  The leaves are brown, whilst the mud underneath is soaked like a squishy upside-down cake.  So what do you do?   As for Ben and Jude, they successfully introduce what their rugged bikes to what they were created for – off-off-road cycling!                      …