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Vulpine cotton giletVulpine schwag: we have a winner!
We asked to to come on over and tell us what your favourite kind of ride is. And you did, in your hundreds! Obviously the carrot of a bag of Vulpine goodies was on hand to get your creative juices throwing. It's a carrot that can only be eaten by one lucky rabbit though. And by "carrot", "eaten" and "rabbit" we mean "prize", "won" and "reader". I think we're all glad that rather tortured metaphor is over.
Anyway, on to the prize giving. We fired up the random-o-tron and picked one lucky winner for the gilet, jersey and t-shirt. And that lucky winner is DonnyCampo! Their favourite kind of a ride? "Cornish hills, quiet roads, warm sun, with a mid-ride saffron cake and a cappucino." Sounds splendid. And next time they're perusing the cake list for saffrony sustenance, they'll be doing it in some nice new threads. Hurrah.
These are fun, these Vulpine giveaways. For that reason we'll be doing another one soon. Stay tuned!
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We promised you another Vulpine schwag and here it is! This time there's lots more top quality clothing goodies up for grabs. Our winner will be walking away wearing a Vulpine Cotton Visibility Gilet AND a Vulpine Merino Jersey AND a Vulpine Merino T-Shirt. Not bad, eh?
We're fans of Vulpine's range of stylish, performance oriented clothing round here: it's technical enough to meet the demands of almost any form of cycling, yet casual enough to work off the bike in equally demanding social environments. Even better when it's free...
Just like last time it's a comment-to-enter affair, and this time the question is...
What is your favourite kind of ride?
Answers on a comment below! We'll pick a winner at random next Wednesday. Usual schwag grab rules apply. Good luck!
To find out more about Vulpine visit their website www.vulpine.cc and for the Vulpine view on what's going to happen at the Tour next week visit their blog.
Dave is a founding father of road.cc, having previously worked on Cycling Plus and What Mountain Bike magazines back in the day. He also writes about e-bikes for our sister publication ebiketips. He's won three mountain bike bog snorkelling World Championships, and races at the back of the third cats.
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It would be good just to be able to get out the door....
One where the climbing is fast and easy. Or one where I have Chris Froome's legs.
One where the climbing is fast and easy. Or one where I have Chris Froome's legs.
A nice 6 man chain gang blasting down Route 1 in California, finished off by some climbs in the Malibu hills. Awesome.
Favourite kind of ride - FKOR? I know my cynical friend would say his FKOR does't involve a bike. Or not the kind with two wheels anyway. Whereas I, being such an angel, would have to say how I love to FK RO into the sunrise with beautiful friends. Just like everyone else.
A bright sunny ride round the hills of South gloucestershire, with my mates. in my new vulpine kit would be the very thing
the one that ends with enough points to get into the next category of racing
My favourite ride would be one that is just a little bit tougher than the last one (but achievable)preferable in a new part of the country so it ticks all the right boxes, ie, good/interesting scenery, challanges and a sense of euphoria at the end.
Cool, dry, a mix of flats and hills and NO traffic
A dry spin around the Ribble Valley, with no wind and plenty of cake stops!
sunny, long and plenty of beer stops
Early morning ride to catch sunrise over Corfe Castle.
Long solo ride out of London into the countryside - exploring, fresh air, forgetting any stress of the week past. BBQ, beers and friends to wrap it all up afterwards.
Give me hills, hills & a few more hill!
Fast, yet effortless. Smooth, yet exciting. I don't care where, so long as I am smiling as I step off.
An ideal ride for me is one that I'm not getting soaked or battling a fierce headwind! I'll let you know when I have one of those this year.
A warm sunny day in the French countryside... & to go hard on the climbs
Just setting off on one of my local routes and then just turning off onto any new tracks I find and seeing where i end up
Rolling hills, quiet lanes, afternoon sun, good pub stop. Lovely.
One with the kids, my 2 year old daughter in the Safe-T-Seat in front of me saying "I'm on cycle ride"
Any ride in which my son and I return home and he's still wanting to sprint past the old man!
A day out back home on Mull flying round the single track roads and over the Dervaig hairpins! Definitely followed by some beer or cider with barbeque and mates. Yaldy.
Only a PB will do.
Tasty - mines a medium well done
Long ride around the Derbyshire hills
One when i come back with skin and bones undamaged !!
(currently nursing broken wrist and gashed elbow, not to mention the road rash on knee and shoulder)
Starting with a tail wind, ending with a pint and with smooth tarmac and cake in between.
Brittany where cyclists are respected.
Today's ride is the best, whichever day it is.
A bloody big hill and a stop for a cup of tea :]
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