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Cotswolds

The Cotswold Audaxes

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June 23, 2013 - 08:00

Beacon RCC's Cotswold Audax is a great day's riding for cyclists of all ambition levels. Hundreds of riders enjoy the warm welcome and camaraderie of this well-established annual promotion. There are three audax distances designed to cater for differing abilities: ■212km... more

Cotswold Cycling Breaks

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General Lord Edward Somerset was an important man. One of Wellington’s favourite Generals, he even managed to combine his military career with one as an MP. Those talents, maybe aided by his family heritage, earned him a monument which you can visit near the family home at Badminton, high on the Cotswold Edge at Hawkesbury Upton. The highest part of our day’s ride.

Stratford Wheel Heroes 100 mile &100k

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June 2, 2013 - 08:00

This year our event is taking place on Sunday 2nd June 2013, once again we will be running rides over 100 miles and 100k across the fantastic riding country surrounding Stratford upon Avon. NEW for 2013 This year we are offering an extra challenge – The Super Heroes 150 miles a time... more

Super Heroes 150 mile Sportive

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June 2, 2013 - 07:00

The Super Heroes 150 miles is a time restricted (12 hour) fully supported, signed and timed sportive. This year our event is taking place on Sunday 2nd June 2013, once again we will be running rides over 100 miles and 100k across the fantastic riding country surrounding Stratford upon... more

Local bike shop campag specialist in S.Gloucestershire/ Cotswolds/ Bath/ Bristol

Hi I'm trying to find a LBS in the Cotswolds/South Glos/Bath/Bristol area that can cope with servicing my campagnolo equipped Bianchi. I've tried several bike shops and thus far none of them have done a great job. The trouble seems to be primarily with indexing the gears and adjusting the brakes as the bike inevitably comes back suffering from poor gear changes and, occasionally, with the brakes touching the rims - basic stuff you'd think! So far I've tried:

Striking Bikes (Gloucester) (a Bianchi dealer!!!) - brakes touching the rim,

Just 40 places left on Easter Monday's Cotswold Spring Classic

Shake off the Easter excess and get some early-season miles in your legs with Spring sportive

Sixth mini sportive added to Performance Cycles series

Blow off the winter cobwebs in the Cotswolds

Kids should be taught better cycling manners, says councillor

Police should be teaching children to be more courteous when cycling on pavements

Bridleway To Hell

We're happily freewheeling skittish down a rubbly farmtrack on our cyclo-cross bikes when a brace of burly mountainbikes speed past us, I think one of them might have even "hooned" as he overtook. That's enough for the red mist to descend and all of a sudden the game's afoot, we follow our spirits, crank hard three times on the pedals and follow their wheels down the rocky, rutted greasy descent, gently muttering the 'cross bike mantra of "don'tpuncture, don'tpuncture, don'tpuncture, don'tpuncture, don'tpuncture, don'tpuncture, don'tpuncture..." under our breaths all the way down. The look on the mountainbikers faces as we reach the bottom and they look round to see us right on their arses, smiling, to instantly overhaul them on the following climb with cheery, almost gay hello's makes it worth the pinball hanging on.

Which is why we do it.

Obviously.