La Squadra

You weren’t hallucinating Keith!!!

Good ride but the coldest for a long time. Couldn’t take the full distance, but did enjoy the finish in Nonnas. Glad u gents made it back safely.

Here’re your pics.

There’re some website changes a-foot, following which we’ll put something more official up, but in the meantime please note the following dates for forthcoming La Squadra events:

Tuesday 28^th Feb - Rollerpaluzza at Nonnas, Sheffield. Tickets are £10 entry (either racing or spectating), and we’ve only got a few left. Full details here.

Saturday 21st April – “Call 2 Arms”. Big club ride starting & finishing at Nonnas. The emphasis on the 21st will be for people to renew their membership / new members to join. Membership renews officially on May 1st, and this club ride would be a good opportunity for all to get out together and sort their subs out for the forthcoming year. Membership will again be £30, and include benefits (details of which to follow soon). People renewing or joining will get a free bowl of pasta post-ride.

Tuesday 1^st May – Deadline for renewals.

Saturday 26^th & Sunday 27^th May – La Squadra/Rapha weekend. This will coincide with the final two stages of the Giro (Stelvio on Saturday and TT in Millan on Sunday). More details to follow about this, but get the dates put to one side so as not to miss out.

Sunday 15^th July – La Squadra Hot 100…our annual 100km sportive in the Peaks, which ties in with a big mountain stage of the tour. Details to follow.

There’re a few other things being planned for late July, August and in to September, so keep your eyes peeled for more details on these and the above.

Matt Rodgers is organising this race again this year…more details below.

Harworth & District CC, in association with Planet X Bikes, are pleased to be promoting the Ray Levers Handicapped Road Race:

Sunday April 8th 2012, Race Starts 10:00AM
Run under the rules of ‘The League International’

Torworth Circuit, Nr Blyth, Notts
Head Quarters, Blyth Cricket Club

7 x 4.7miles laps = 33 Miles
Entry fee £8.00, TLI members only, EOL £15.00

Please send Completed Entry Form and Cheque made payable to Harworth & District CC to:

Matt Rodgers
7 Osborne Road
Sheffield
S11 9AY

Closing date for applications 20th March 2012

Comprehensive list of prizes, including first 3 over the line and individual category prizes:

1st Prize – £80 Planet X Voucher
2nd Prize – £60 Planet X Voucher
3rd Prize – £40 Planet X Voucher
Individual Age Category Prizes – £30 Planet X Voucher
Strictly 1 Person / 1 Prize rule

For further information see www.hdcc.co.uk or http://www.tlicycling.org.uk/EventsCalendar_DetailsPage.aspx?SelectedDate=08/04/2012

Follow Harworth CC on Twitter @HarworthCC

10 days in Barbados and managed to ride every other day.  Setting off at 7am and doing a steady 40 mile ride until the temperature becomes too hot to handle at 35 degrees.

Riding with chilled coconut water in our bottles rather than energy drink.  Swim in the sea straight after.  See you Saturday.

Check out http://www.coralitabarbados.com/

On Tuesday 28th February there’s a Rollerpaluzza night taking place at Nonnas, Sheffield, from 6pm onwards.

In case you’re not already aware of Rollerpaluzza, it’s basically static bikes (fixed front forks, and rears on rollers), with a single speed gear, that you race, full-pelt, against the person next to you. The distance is normally 500 metres, which takes a regular human circa 45 seconds to 1 minute, however, i’ve personally witnessed some killer times at these races, so all bets are on for who takes gold.

If you hadn’t already guessed, it’s a competitive thing, meaning they’ll be heats taking place between 6pm & 9pm, followed by knockouts thereafter.

If you’ve never done this before then DO IT whilst it’s here in Sheffield. So much fun it’ll make you cry (or the sheer pain will)!!!

Tickets per person (competing or spectating…the latter is just as much fun) are £10, and include pasta and a drink. Due to space constraints places are limited, so register for yours now by emailing info@nonnas.co.uk (include full names of all people wanting to reserve tickets). The £10 payment will be taken on the night, on the door.

Places are going fast, so get yours reserved before they all disappear.

After recording 55 minutes of this amazing event i have managed to condense it to just 6m 30sec to give you an overview of a fabulous weekend of cycling, eating and drinking!  hope you like it!

Fancy participating and watching the Pro’s in the Tour Of Fanders…with Sports Tours International

Gian, Tim and myself are going, if we can get a few more we can have a Sheffield coach departure  of our own……see all the package details via the link….cost £359 per person plus £25 Tour Of Flanders Sportive – 3 nights B/B in Ghent and Coach travel..

http://www.sportstoursinternational.co.uk/cycling/tour-of-flanders

if interested let me know..they are already on a second coach so obviously very popular.

A few great pictures to get the juices flowing for your bike travel escapades for 2012 !

Check the link for further great photos.

http://www.cycling-challenge.com/ten-favourite-cycling-photos-from-2011/

We are busy sorting La Squadra calender for 2012.

Please send in  details of events you are signed up for so we can add.

At Art Basel, Berlin’s Neugerriemschneider gallery spotlighted Simon Starling’s clever bike concept, called “Carbon (Urban).” The 2006-designed bike features a chainsaw for a chain and comes equipped with chopped wood.