Tag: cycling
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A Lovely Day To Be Out On A Mountain Bike
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The Helmet Debate
I have a confession to make. On my daily commute, cycling on my Brompton from King’s Cross Station to work, I don’t wear a cycling helmet. Come to that, I don’t particularly “do” high-vis either. I realise to some I must be dicing with death by behaving so recklessly. Part of my reasoning is that…
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Tour of Britain 2014 – Stage 8 (London)
A good day yesterday at the Tour of Britain watching first the time trial, and later a 10 lap circuit race around town. Lots of opportunities for photos, and I took them! For all my photos, head over to Flickr. And for something a little different, here are some of my photos along with some…
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Cyclists’ Traits
Hyperlapse Bike Commute from Adam Bowie on Vimeo. [A hyperlapse of my ride home from work on my Brompton. Made taping an iPod Touch to the handlebars of my bike] It’s a relatively common thing to categorise cyclists into different “tribes.” But after many years cycling, including cycling as part of my regular commute for…
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RideLondon Women’s Grand Prix
A good criterium race in Central London was won on Saturday by Giorgia Bronzini of Wiggle Honda who just managed to pass World Champion (and all round cycling superstar) Marianne Vos who had to make do with 2nd. Lizzie Armistead got third, with Laura Trott, Eileen Roe and Hannah Barnes all in the mix. See…
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Published!
I was chuffed that one of my photos from this year’s Tour de France in Yorkshire was used as a newspaper wraparound this week. So if you’re up in the Dales, do pick up a copy!
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Au Revoir Le Tour
The third and final stage of this year’s Tour de France in the UK was the fast(ish) and flat Cambridge to London run. And this time, I actually cycled out to meet the Tour from home. That meant carrying just a small camera, and unfortunately the proof is in the pudding. I entirely missed taking…
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Tour de France 2014 Stage 1 – Yorkshire En Fête
Depart London 5am. Arrive North Yorkshire 9.30am. Get lost a little because of road closures, and then find a nice little place to park. Then take a three mile hike onto Grinton Moor (or Cote de Griton Moor as the French both renamed and mispelled it). Realise that you really should have brought your bike…
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Pantani: The Accidental Death of a Cyclist
Photo: A blurred image taken at the 1995 Tour de France. Pantani was in the peleton somewhere, although almost certainly not in this image. See below for more. A few days ago, I was watching a stage of the Giro D’Italia live on Eurosport. It was a mountain stage – one of three stages in…
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Women’s Tour of Britain – Stage 4 – Cheshunt to Welwyn (via Hertford)
In spite of the decidedly uncertain weather prospects, I headed out to Hertford this morning for the fourth stage of the inaugural Friends Life Women’s Tour of Britain. Hertford constitutes “on my doorstep” in terms of these things, and the obvious place to go was on the climb out of Hertford. I got there unnecessarily…
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Women’s Tour of Britain – Stage 2 – Bedford
On a fairly wet Thursday, I travelled up to Bedford to see the end of the second stage of the inaugural Friends Life Women’s Tour of Britain. Such has been the paucity of strong events (and lack of equality with the men), that this is already a contender for the biggest stage race in the…
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Mud in Trent Park
Mud in Trent Park from Adam Bowie on Vimeo. Here’s a short video I shot yesterday morning to test my Sony Action Cam with the Joby Action Clamp and Locking Arm. I bought the Sony AS15 last year in a cheap deal on Amazon. In many respects, it’s highly specced compared with the Go Pro…