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Brompton World Championship & Brompton Treble challenge comes to Goodwood

Fast folder-riders to flock to Sussex circuit
by John Stevenson
Tue, Jan 14, 2014 13:01
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Folding bike maker Brompton has announced that the Brompton World Championships will again place at the Orbital Cycling Festival at Goodwood on the weekend of July 26-27.

And there’s not just the race for the coveted title of world’s greatest Bromptoneer to contend for, the Bromptonites are staging two other events in addition to the 15km championship race round the Goodwood circuit.

As in the last couple of years, the Brompton Treble challenge also includes the Brompton Sprint and a non-competitive 42km Brompton Marathon.

The marathon includes visits to local businesses (we hope that’s a euphemism for pubs and cafes) in the picturesque West Sussex countryside.

Super-competitive riders are invited to tackle all three and compete for the title of Treble Champion.

If you need more training or practice there are more then 10 Brompton national championship events between now and July.

Here’s Brompton’s promo video to whet your appetite:

And here’s last year’s video from the event:

Everything you need to know about the Brompton World Championship and national championship events, is over on the BWC website. 

Brompton makes final 100 of European Business Awards

In other British-made folding bike company news, Brompton has made the final 100 of the 2013/14 European Business Awards and has therefore been named as a recipient of the Ruban d’Honneur as well as being chosen as one of 10 finalists in the import/export category. The 10 overall category winners are due to be announced in Athens on May 27.

Brompton managing director Will Butler-Adams said: “Recognition like the Ruban d’Honneur is a milestone for how far we’ve come, having seen exports grow to 80 percent of the business in 25 years of full time production. We are a British business but Europe is one of our most important markets."

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John has been writing about bikes and cycling for over 30 years since discovering that people were mug enough to pay him for it rather than expecting him to do an honest day's work.

He was heavily involved in the mountain bike boom of the late 1980s as a racer, team manager and race promoter, and that led to writing for Mountain Biking UK magazine shortly after its inception. He got the gig by phoning up the editor and telling him the magazine was rubbish and he could do better. Rather than telling him to get lost, MBUK editor Tym Manley called John’s bluff and the rest is history.

Since then he has worked on MTB Pro magazine and was editor of Maximum Mountain Bike and Australian Mountain Bike magazines, before switching to the web in 2000 to work for CyclingNews.com. Along with road.cc founder Tony Farrelly, John was on the launch team for BikeRadar.com and subsequently became editor in chief of Future Publishing’s group of cycling magazines and websites, including Cycling Plus, MBUK, What Mountain Bike and Procycling.

John has also written for Cyclist magazine, edited the BikeMagic website and was founding editor of TotalWomensCycling.com before handing over to someone far more representative of the site's main audience.

He joined road.cc in 2013. He lives in Cambridge where the lack of hills is more than made up for by the headwinds.

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Gkam84 | 10 years ago
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Still don't see anything about recumbents in your post....I know about the festival.

The only reason I know about it is though ICE trikes. I won't be going though, because the choice is, go for a ride out or do the recumbent racing, the time schedule doesn't leave time for both.

Even on the flyer, it has EVERY kind of cycling you can think of....except recumbent http://orbitalfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/orbital_flyer3-2.jpg

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Bikesoup replied to Gkam84 | 10 years ago
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Hello. Not really into tit for tat but surely 'We're even doing a recumbent race too.' includes recumbent ??????

That flyer was from last September..... Life moves on you know.....

Anyway, we're very close to agreeing on a format for the weekend with ICE Trikes, that will include 2 other recumbent events at Orbital. But you won't be going anyway..... Hopefully lots of other trike riders will be and we can help to get lots more bums of laid back seats, like last year 1

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Gkam84 | 10 years ago
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Where is the mention of the recumbent ride out and racing?? 20 20

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Bikesoup replied to Gkam84 | 10 years ago
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Hello,
See the post above yours..... 16
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Bikesoup | 10 years ago
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Hello,
For serious roadies there will be a 10k TT, a handicap road race with £5k prize pot (Sat PM), the Orbital 4-man Team Treble (TT + Scratch + Relay) and a keirin too. These Orbital events will be released shortly..... And we'll be doing an MTB enduro + MTB / CX Off-road sportive..... And a non-timed 'Meander' along same format as Brompton Marathon.

All race entries include entry into Orbital too (unlike last year). Parking is now free (unlike last year) and camping moved even closer to circuit too....

We're even doing a recumbent race too.

www.orbitalfestival.com - being updated constantly.

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turboprannet | 10 years ago
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this is great news - really enjoyed it last year and hope to go again in 2014

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oozaveared | 10 years ago
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My mate does this. He's a proper roadie mind but this is just so much fun. Maybe I should get a Brompton.....

Rule 12 could be invoked Though a Bromton may well represent "s" in the alternative equation.

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