Author: Barry Jaeger

Dan was in Italy to take part in the Novecolli Gran Fondo: Hi all, back last night from my bike race in Italy, Novecolli 2014 (Nine Hills). The most popular Gran Fondo in Italy, it was fantastic!! The race started on Sunday morning 18/5 at 6am in Cesenatico, a small seaside town on the east…

Several LVIS riders raced at the Bristol Bikefest at Ashton Court in Bristol. The organiser’s annual pact with the devil hadn’t quite been carried out properly this year as the weather wasn’t quite the usual glaring sun and dusty trails though after some initial rain, the day did largely stay dry. LVIS had three racing…

“How do you fancy a crack at the Paris-Roubaix sportive?” “Seems like it could be a laugh. Let’s do it”. 8 Months later and the team of LVIS cobbled classic specialist rouleurs, made up of Rus Crofts, Johnatan Williams and Karl Hurkett were at the starting line in Busigny. The challenge was to take on…

2013 – barely 1 degree all day, bottom bracket icicles, riders unable to feel their extremities(!) 2014 – riders getting sunburned and dehydrated What a difference a year makes! One that thing that stayed the same though is Marcus, Kirsty and the whole LVIS Audax team’s ability to produce an event that many are calling…

Marcus, Zoe and Matt B and Matt E raced in some stunning weather at the Grizzly 2014 which covers 20 miles of tough, muddy, boggy and sandy terrain. Marcus finished 8th in a field of 1,500 runners, showcasing the new LVIS athletics vest. No doubt he could have finished even higher up the leader board…

Having finally caught up on the LVIS Christmas Dinner schedule, 2014’s event took part on 1st February at Roll for the Soul, Bristol’s fantastic cycling cafe. Earlier in the day, the Champion of Champions event took place – a hill sprint up the steepest, unflooded road we could find locally. Despite weather forecasts of biblical…

If you needed any further persuasion to take part in the world-leading cakeandbikeathon, part two of the LVIS Audax video is now online [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZGMGJCK-9g] We’re taking the early odds on Marcus and his crew to sweep the Oscars. The website as ever is here: audax.lvis.org.uk Entries open on 1st January, Barry’s birthday.

2013 will be remembered for many things but most of all for the epic conditions of the fourth LVIS Audax (in contrast to sunshine the previous four times) . For the 2014 LVIS Audax, a brand spanking new website is now live here:  audax.lvis.org.uk [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQI5rZ5mtbg]

…the Cradle of the English Civil War and a crushing display of Power from the LVIS Interlopers. Having not exactly covered ourselves in glory at the Bristol Bike fest (blood yes, glory not so much), Mark was keen to represent the Northern Chapter of the Purple and Gold Vegas clan and put things right on…