Winter Training
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The off season has always been the time to take stock and make plans for the upcoming season; we’re no different so we thought we would put together this little blog to share our tips. Whether you are training for a marathon, building up for an assault on your local road bike cycling races or just want to get slim for next summer you have come to the right place.
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19 May 11 Best Road Bike For £300 – Racing Bikes for Under Three Hundred Pounds

It used to be that it was almost impossible to get a half decent road bike for hundred three hundred quid, but if you’ve got £300 for a new bike you’ll be okay. Below are some of the best value bikes out there. They’ve got some good reviews and are good value for money.

So have a look through those below and see if any seem like a good fit for you.
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19 May 11 Best Road Bike Under £800 – Eight Hundred Pound Racing Bikes

You’ll read dozens of reviews of the best road bikes for under a grand but it’s much harder to find a decent review of what the best road bike under £800 is. Well we’ve tried to compile what we think are the best buys are for eight hundred pounds. There’s a few bargains here that are really amazing value for money.

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07 Sep 10 What’s the Best Mountain Bike Baggy Shorts? Men’s & Women’s Casual Cycling Shorts

Most of us don’t want to look like a cross between a gymnast and a power ranger when we’re out riding out mountain bike. We’re looking for something more casual but still effective. Maybe padded maybe not but definately more baggy than you’re usual lycra cycling shorts.

Here are some best value, best quality baggy mountain bike shorts

Men’s

Endura Hummvee Baggy Shorts £44.99

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05 Sep 10 What is the best road bike for under £1500 – Racing Bikes for Fifteen Hundred Pounds

At a grand road bikes start getting pretty tasty but if you can find the extra five hundred pound to get up to £1500 you’ll get a huge amount more bike for your money. You’ll start to see some of the top of the range groupsets like Dura-ace and start to find bikes from some of the more expensive frame manufacturers start becoming an option.

Focus Cayo Team Replica 2011

Verenti Rhigos.03

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03 Sep 10 What’s the Best Road Bike for Under £500 – Five Hundred Quid Racing Bikes

Want to get into the world of road cycling? Well £500 is the entry point for most decent road bikes. You’ll not get the lightweight parts of a more expensive bike but you will get a well made bike from some of the top brands and manufacturers.

What follows below is some of the best regarded five hundred pound bikes and links to where you can find out more about buying them.
Felt Z100 2011
Jamis Ventura Sport
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02 Sep 10 What’s the best Road Bike For Under £2000 – £2k Bikes

If you’ve got two grand to spend on a road bike you’ve got a great selection of bikes to choose from, but that’s the problem so many bikes out there for £2000 it’s hard to choose.

Here’s a few of the best out there that have had top reviews and do the job brilliantly.

Opera Canova 2010

Not the best known brand but full carbon from the people behind Pinarello and full campag groupset. An Italian masterpiece.
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02 Sep 10 The Best Winter Training Bike – Ultimate Set Up

If you’ve spent a small fortune on your much loved carbon road bike the chances are you’re not going to want to take it out in the terrible weather we get every winter. It’ll ruin the drive train so you’ll need a new groupset and there’s nothing worse than seeing a beautiful racing machine covered in salt, grim and mud.

So it’s not surprising a lot of people have started creating their own winter bikes set up for the worst the weather can throw at them. Retailers and manufacturers not surprisingly have caught up with this and started producing their owen specialist winter bikes.
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29 Jun 10 Tour De France TDF 2010 Stage 20 – Route & Live Streaming Video

Date Sunday, July 25
Distance 105 km
Longjumeau → Champs-Elysées

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Live Streams
It’s hard to predict where live streams are going to be available before the race starts but normally I visit http://www.cyclingfans.com/ http://www.procyclinglive.com/livestream/ or http://www.steephill.tv/ and one of the three normally has a usable stream

27 Jun 10 Tour De France TDF 2010 Stage 19 – Route & Live Streaming Video

Date Saturday, July 24
Distance 51 km
Individual Time Trial Bordeaux → Pauillac

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Live Streams
It’s hard to predict where live streams are going to be available before the race starts but normally I visit http://www.cyclingfans.com/ http://www.procyclinglive.com/livestream/ or http://www.steephill.tv/ and one of the three normally has a usable stream

26 Jun 10 Tour De France TDF 2010 Stage 15 – Route & Live Streaming Video

Date Monday, July 19
Distance 187 km
Pamiers → Bagneres-de-Luchon

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Live Streams
It’s hard to predict where live streams are going to be available before the race starts but normally I visit http://www.cyclingfans.com/ http://www.procyclinglive.com/livestream/ or http://www.steephill.tv/ and one of the three normally has a usable stream





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