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We have winners! Mini Schwag Grab! 3 copies of Cyclopedia

Three chances to win a jolly good cycling read for Christmas

Right, afternoon snacks have been taken - Tunnock's Snowballs were the snack du jour – the chestnuts were taking absolutely ages on the laptop… but I digress. The random number generator has done its stuff and the fickle finger has pointed and we have three winners.

Malcolm Binns
spuriousvitriol - great name too
orionedgar

Cyclopedias will be flying their way just as soon as we've got addresses to send them to. We'll whack them in the post pront and hey might even make it to you for Christmas. Maybe

Commiserations to those that lost out, but there will be a next time.

And if your appetite for knowledge has been whetted by this competiton and our recent review which described the Cyclopedia as an informative and entertaining all you can eat buffet of cycling knowledge and trivia, why not nip along to your local bookstore and grab one for yourself anyway.

There's a ton of cycling related stuff crammed into its 440 or so pages as well as obvious stuff like the Tour de France and gears, there are entries on catholicism, sex, and Great Britain. Various legends of the sport such as Merckx and Major Taylor make an appearance as do, subject as diverse as Flancers, Sustrans, the Three Peaks and Defensive cycling.

 

road.cc's founder and first editor, nowadays to be found riding a spreadsheet. Tony's journey in cycling media started in 1997 as production editor and then deputy editor of Total Bike, acting editor of Total Mountain Bike and then seven years as editor of Cycling Plus. He launched his first cycling website - the Cycling Plus Forum at the turn of the century. In 2006 he left C+ to head up the launch team for Bike Radar which he edited until 2008, when he co-launched the multi-award winning road.cc - finally handing on the reins in 2021 to Jack Sexty. His favourite ride is his ‘commute’ - which he does most days inc weekends and he’s been cycle-commuting since 1994. His favourite bikes are titanium and have disc brakes, though he'd like to own a carbon bike one day.

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pedalismo | 13 years ago
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Book me in  3

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rwn | 13 years ago
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That would be a great stocking filler! Yes please

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effemm | 13 years ago
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Fact-tastic!

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antonio | 13 years ago
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Man, I needs to know.

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billiobob | 13 years ago
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Cyclopedia
fashioned by
Will Fotheringham
on paper media.

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pups110 | 13 years ago
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 36 I'll throw my name in the hat!

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mollylou | 13 years ago
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schwagtastic

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northernrebel | 13 years ago
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Does it start with aardvark like a proper encyclopedia?

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AleT | 13 years ago
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It's in my colour!

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xcstu | 13 years ago
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jing bells batman smells robin flew away... come on its christmas  4

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highwaymunky | 13 years ago
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Tis the season to be schwagging fla la la la la, la la, la, la!!  4

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oldspikey | 13 years ago
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 26 Geeky stuff for Xmas, nice !!  26

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martyntr | 13 years ago
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With relatives around for xmas I'll need something to read when hiding in the toilet........

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hairyairey | 13 years ago
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I will enjoy reading this, promise

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wild man | 13 years ago
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I've already dropped hints for this book, so I'll drop another here.

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withnails | 13 years ago
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Perfect for reading on the throne!

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marc | 13 years ago
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Looks great!

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doktor p | 13 years ago
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Great book! Must have at every bike loving home  26

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mfhxgram | 13 years ago
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that would be a smashing read beats shovelling snow in south wales!  2

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LWaB | 13 years ago
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I'm unlikely to get this book as a Christmas present otherwise.

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simonmb | 13 years ago
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nice. just the one for me though, three would be plain greedy

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chiefoldmist | 13 years ago
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Me please , me please *jumps up and down waving hand in the air*

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andrew_gilmer | 13 years ago
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i could do with a bit of holiday reading. count me in

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Bigpikle | 13 years ago
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oh yes - looks a good read

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wilbur | 13 years ago
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something new to read when i can't face the cold, yes please

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atlaz | 13 years ago
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The yellow will match my eyes. Or something.

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littlespikey | 13 years ago
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 3  3 Yes please, this book would be bigger than me  3  3

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Rich Price | 13 years ago
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yes pleeease

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kao | 13 years ago
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yes please!

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nickwill | 13 years ago
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Yes please!

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