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Saddle Sore? Soothing Words
from Dr Mark Porter MBE

6. April 2010

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In our quest to get more exposure and support for our Oxford to Paris Charity cycle-ride in aid of the Sobell House Hospice, we’ve put the feelers out to a number of celebs for their endorsement and a few words of advice. Some like Chris Boardman MBE, Olympic gold-medal-winning cyclist, are only too pleased to help. [...]

Chris Boardman, Olympic Cycling Legend, Supports Cycle4sobell

10. March 2010

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No one would ever have expected to see the name Chris Boardman, the legendary British Olympic gold-medal-winning cyclist and MBE, appear in the same sentence as cycle4sobell. Well, Chris has kindly taken time out from his busy schedule to salute and encourage the cycle4sobell team – further proof, if needed, of our transformation from ‘recreational’ cyclists [...]

Allez Le Allez – To the Ridgeway & Beyond

4. March 2010

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The punch in the air says it all! Perhaps it was the lure of the early Spring sunshine? Or maybe we had been spurred on by the words of the elderly gent in Wantage we had sought directions from: ‘You’ll never make it up there!” Or lastly, and most likely, it was Andy’s total inability to [...]

Smells Like Team Spirit?

2. March 2010

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Jimmy sends his best wishes to team-mate Dave on his No1 position Of course we’re doing this Oxford to Paris bike ride for charidy [sic], but this cycling lark seems to bring out the best (though some might say, the worst) in us. We started this as “Twelve (mostly) unfit and (wholly) middle-aged city cyclists attempt to ride [...]

A Phoenix Coppi rises from the Ashes

9. February 2010

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Obviously packaged by a structural engineer from the University of Life Some would call it foolhardy: buying a classic Italian bike sight-unseen on eBay. A Fausto Coppi no less. But Nick, Oxford’s own demolition expert (who has inadvertently flattened the town of Eynsham on several occasions), was adventurous enough to give it a go. Fed up with always being [...]