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WCR Grand Tour Update – It’s A Wrap! (Nearly)
Simon (right) passing through his home town of Bailieborough on the Irish leg of his trip. The last few metaphorical pages of the final metaphorical chapter of the biblically proportioned metaphorical...
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European Hardcourt Bike Polo Championships Paris 2012
Call Me Daddy, crowned 2012 European Hardcourt Bike Polo Champions in Paris recently. We have news for fans of cracked teeth, scuffed elbows, grazed knees and Brooks England. Late in July, just before...
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The quadrennial bout of painful withdrawal symptoms, associated with the sudden absence of an orgy of sport in which to wallow when the Olympics finish, will be familiar to many readers. To this end,...
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Three Kings.
2012 European and World Champions! Polo, Greg & Will of Call Me Daddy. (Photo Caroline Pauleau) Call Me Daddy have achieved an unprecedented Double. The recently crowned European Bike Polo...
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Urban Cyclocross, Anyone?
City folk simply prefer a gritty, unmuddy urban backdrop for their Cyclocross. Photo Damian Talese. We’ve talked about Cyclocross before, and the notable surge in popularity of cyclocross-specific...
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The 2012 South American Bike Polo Championships!
If we knew the Spanish for “Colombia all up in dis!”, we might have used it as our caption. We have Bike Polo news. Last weekend, Underdogs from São Paulo in Brazil were crowned the 2012 South...
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The Pendle Witches Vintage Velo.
Photo courtesy of Rick from cyclesportphotos.com Sean McAdam has been in touch with us recently with photos from this year’s Pendle Witches Vintage Velo ride. The PWVV is cosy charity sportive...
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Juliana Buhring Is Back!
We’ve seen this signpost before! WCR racer Juliana made it to the other side in one piece. When Yorkshire’s Mike Hall made it over the finish line in first place earlier this year, the media frenzy...
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2013′s Endurance Speed Touring Calendar Is Filling Up.
On your own. This year’s Transcontinental will demand much independent thinking of its riders. If you were one of the thousands who avidly followed the heroics of Mike Hall et al last year in their...
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The 1934 Oppy End-To-End Tribute Ride.
Sir Hubert Opperman getting the knots in. Photo bicyclehistory.com.au Scott Dickson will be known to regular readers of the Brooks Blog as one of a trio of Tasmanian tourers who like doing things the...
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Brooks – All Things To (Almost) All Cyclists.
Strong beer. The Retro Ronde is just one of a host of events Brooks is sponsoring this year. As a matter of policy, at Brooks we set aside time and money each year in our dedication as enthusiastic...
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Retro Ronde Seeking 2013′s Ravissantste Renner.
The sort of thing we expect, and are gratified, to see a Flemish Hardman doing. Riders on the European continent are spoilt for choice these days when it comes to paying homage to simpler (yet probably...
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Brooks At The London Nocturne 2013.
Photographer Liz Seabrook kindly joined us at Smithfield Market in London over the weekend for the I.G. Markets Nocturne. The Nocturne is the only cycle racing event in the world at which...
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Brooks At The Anjou Vélo Vintage.
Participants from as far away as Japan and the U.S. gathered in Anjou at the weekend for the third edition of the Vélo Vintage retro biking festival. The towns of Angers and Saumur split the work...
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PEdALED & Brooks Join Forces For The World’s Bike Messengers.
The sight of a Team Pro, B17 or Flyer bolted to the seatpost of a veteran courier’s work bike is one of the most telling tributes that can be paid to a Brooks saddle. Perhaps no other breed of cyclist...
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The 2013 EHBPC In Krakow.
Brooks was “on board” again last weekend when Europe’s elite Hardcourt Bike Polo teams gathered in Krakow to find out which trio is currently the best at scoring more goals than whichever other trio...
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The 2013 Cycle Messenger World Championships.
Spoke On The Water? The tyre in the sky? Bear with us… Regular readers will already have gathered from our recent bulletins on the subject that Lausanne, Switzerland is host of this year’s CMWC. Like...
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The Transcontinental Race Is Underway.
Who will photograph the photographers? The TCR tracking car heading for Turkey. Although self praise is famously no praise, our record in helping people out with their cycling related adventures is...
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More News from The Transcontinental Race!
Women’s circumnavigation world record holder Juliana Buhring en route in the TCR. Kristof Allegaert continues to force the pace in the Transcontinental Race this week. He has already reached Bulgaria,...
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The Transcontinental Race Continues.
Veteran of last year’s WCR Grand Tour Richard Dunnett reaches the Transcontinental finish line. Richard Dunnett spent a sleepless two days over the weekend racing through Serbia and Bulgaria to...
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