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Retro vs modern: comparing a vintage steel racer with a modern machine on the Eroica Britannia route

We recently attended the launch for Eroica Britannia’s new Eroica Nova, a separate ride over the Eroica weekend which allows the use of modern bikes; so we tried out some of the course on modern and retro rides to see what the difference was...

Thu, Feb 22, 2018 14:02
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Eroica Britannia weekend will now include the Eroica Nova sportive, where modern bikes are allowed

The usual Eroica rules state that participants must use a bike built pre-1987; however the addition of the new Nova event to run alongside the ‘Classic’ rides allow entrants to use any bike over the 80 mile course

Thu, Feb 22, 2018 12:41
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Video: Learn the history of the bicycle in under 70 seconds

Beautiful and accurate animation brings more than 200 years of bicycle nostalgia in seconds of video

Sun, Mar 30, 2014 12:04
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L’Eroica: a good old-fashioned bike ride

From the road.cc archives: Mat heads off to Italy for the world famous vintage bike sportive, and loves it

Tue, Oct 16, 2012 11:59
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