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Happy Barry’s Birthday
Happy New Year to all LVIS members across the world! Don’t forget that the world renown LVIS Audax has opened for entries – get in quick before it sells out! audax.lvis.org.uk Go Vegas!
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I would ride 400k and…
Balance is the key to many things in life, not least riding a bike. However, a balanced diet has eluded Alastair and he merrily barrels around like someone who knows there’s a famine just around the corner. To try to find some balance in all things mass-related and, for the sake of his daughters, to…
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A quick cross-country spin
At 06.00hrs on 13 July a cyclist left Ealing to head north west guided solely by the power of Garmin. At the same time, another cyclist left the Cambridgeshire/Essex border to head west also glued to nothing but a Garmin. The plan was simple – they would meet at the little village of Clifton (Hertfordshire),…
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LVIS on twitter
LVIS is now on twitter via the medium of Barry’s spirit. Follow for the latest news, updates and information. LasVegasIS on twitter
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Pretty in Pink (updated with full story)
Never before in LVIS history has so much pink been worn so stylishly by so few men… The idea to race the Castelli 24 had been brewing since a rather wet and unpleasant Bikefest dampened everyone’s spirits in 2014. Little did we realise that 12 months later we would be running for cover in…
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Devon Disaster (aka a lesson in bike mechanics)
A gentle faux Rapha-esque pamphlet recounting Rus and Johnny’s latest adventure….. Click here: DevonC2C Book
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If Carling (Westmalle?) Did Cycling Weekends – a tale of Sky, cobbles and Miss Belgium
After years of being left to trail the pack over the longer climbs of the West Country Johnatan and Russell decided to try something a little more Flemmish. Perfect combination – beer and Vegas “My immediate thought that “Belgium was flat” was a long way from the truth, but it would take some riding…
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Return of the Mach
Before Enduro (pronounce it to rhyme with “fluoro”) became mountain biking’s favoured marketing buzzword, there was the Dyfi Enduro. Since 2001, in fact. Now while I’ve been aware of this event for ages, it’s never really been on my must do list. That changed thanks to the insistence of our new riding buddy Matt Jones,…
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The end for a fabulous lady
Some sad news: The inspired lady who designed the neon sign that has welcomed countless visitors to “fabulous Las Vegas” since 1959 has died. She made the design free of copywrite to allow its use by everyone, including us in our logo. No doubt, Barry has a Dark and Stormy waiting for her. http://www.burlesonstar.net/lifestyles/ci_27958893 We…
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Summer kit order
LVIS members will have spotted the new LVIS kit design on the LVIS group on facebook (if you’re not already joined, put a request in – LVIS members only) – the ‘classic’ kit has been updated as it’s been the same for 10 years now and needed a bit of freshening up. You should have…