Tag: cycling
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London Nocturne 2016
For 2016, the organisers of the London Nocturne (aka the Smithfield Nocturne), moved it from its previous course around Smithfield market, and closer into the City of London on a new circuit set between St Paul’s Cathedral, Bank tube station and the Guildhall. As a result, the course was flatter without the slight drag that…
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London Six Day Racing
Note: I began writing this last year, and then like so many posts, I left it languishing in drafts until I’d got around to processing the photos to go with it. Then I was lax about getting up to date with processing my photos. And so finally, three months later, here’s the whole piece. I…
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What Goes Around and Cyclogeography
I’ve spent the better part of my working life in the West End of London. That means lots of tourists, black cabs (you can’t really identify an Uber), buses and a general melange of people going about their very different businesses. As a cyclist, you can’t help also noting the cycle couriers. When I was…
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Paris-Roubaix 2015 – In Slow Motion
Paris Roubaix 2015 – Slowmo from Adam Bowie on Vimeo. I came across this footage which I shot at last year’s Paris-Roubaix race. The race is just over 250km and includes 27 cobbled sectors, one of which I was standing by to shoot this. I uploaded my stills of the race last year. I used…
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The Program
Right at the beginning of The Program, the BBFC certificate popped up. The film is rated 15 for “strong language, use of performing-enhancing drugs.” Quite. (And I realise, I’m not the first person to note this.) The Program is Stephen Frears’ new film about Lance Armstrong, the seven-times winner of the Tour de France, before…
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Tour of Britain 2015 – Stage 8
The Tour of Britain ended this year as it usually does, with a circuit race around central London. But there was a new circuit this year, with the race heading more into the West End than it has previously. The crowds looked good, and although it was hard to follow the race, I later learned…
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Tour of Britain 2015 – Stage 7
This year’s Tour of Britain is spread out quite a lot compared to some recent editions. It started north Wales, heading into Lancashire, then Cumbria, Scotland, Northumberland and the Peak District. Today’s stage started in Fakenham, Norfolk and would end in Ipswich in Suffolk. The profile showed the route to be effectively pan flat, and…
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Garmin Ride Out 2015
Last Thursday was National Cycle to Work Day, an attempt to get more people to discover the benefits – both financial and to their health – of riding to work instead of driving or using public transport. I use a Brompton as part of my daily commute, but last Thursday I rode the full distance…
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RideLondon
A couple of weekends ago was the now annual RideLondon cycling festival in London. There are several strands to it, including: – FreeCycle – 10 miles of closed roads around central London for families in particular to pedal around – The Brompton World Championships – The RideLondon Grand Prix – Women’s professional circuit race –…
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The Tour de France in the Pyrenees – 2015
[A ridiculously large number of photos means this page will be slow to load. Best viewed on a nice big monitor rather than your phone.] Although I’ve been to see the Tour de France a number of times, I’d never really been to see the race in the mountains before. Well, that’s not entirely true.…
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Chilled Cyclists
Today was apparently the hottest day since 2006 or something in London. I can certainly attest that it was warm. Nobody wants to be on the tube in this heat, so there were even more cyclists that usual on my ride in this morning. But I do have a little complaint. Undoubtedly there were lots…
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A Microadventure in the Fenlands
A Fenland Microadventure from Adam Bowie on Vimeo. I’ve been meaning to do one of these for ages. I can’t remember what path of serendipity sent me in the direction of Alastair Humphreys and his blog, but I’ve been reading it for quite a while now. He describes himself as an adventurer, author and motivational…
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Tour of Cambridgeshire Gran Frondo
“This is a race!” That’s what the chap on the public address tannoy kept telling us as we queued up in our pens for Sunday’s start of the UK’s first ever Gran Frondo. Technically it was a race. And those keen club riders were in a front pen which would be let off first and…