Charity Cycling Oxford | Cycle4Sobell

A quick reminder why

Before we set off tomorrow on our bikes to Paris, it’s a good time to reflect why we’re doing this: to raise money for the Sobell House Hospice and to honour the life of Gary Conway who sadly passed away last June. Elena Conway, his wife, says it so much better. Hi lads I would like [...]

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cycle4sobell now with added GPS

cyce4sobell GPS-enabled. “They’re more machine now than men” What we’ve come to love about this cycling malarkey are the gear and the gadgets – real boys-toys heaven. And believe me, there’s a lot of ‘must-have’ stuff that needs to be acquired to be safe/fast/flashy. But we needed more. Thankfully we still had GPS left. That’s right. We’ll be [...]

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So you think you’re good on a bike?

After a few pints at our local, most of the cycle4sobell team have a tale to tell of their daring exploits on a cycle. For the most part it’s all about chains ‘coming off’ at high speed or missed gears on tricky mountain passes (in Oxford?!) which makes the following video all the more impressive. I [...]

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James’ (No) Cycle Shame

After a long fight to keep the truth from emerging, the embarrassing details of James Finlayson’s personal situation has finally been leaked to the other members of the cycle4sobell team: he does not actually own a bike and, as far as we can ascertain, there is a high probability that he can’t ride a bike [...]

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Andy spends over £1,500 on new cycling kit

Andy leaves Summertown Cycles chuffed to bits with his new lycra purchase Well, it had to happen sooner or later. The closer we get to the big event, the more we start to question the suitability of our cycling equipment: can it get us from Oxford to Paris quickly, safely and, most importantly, in style? Andy Dawson was the [...]

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