La Squadra

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.

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/

Fantastic video of the good old days

Move over Nick and Sandy.

Limited Stock of NEW WINTER KIT -

NEW Winter tights £90 – NEW Winter jersey £85 – Bib shorts

Winter Kit is here and looking tip top.  Great christmas present to yourself guys and girls.  Super quality ‘Made in Italy’ winter kit modeled by our very own Sandy Smith and Nick Cotton…who are not made in Italy.

We have also have a small number of bib shorts, gillets and summer jerseys.  For all enquiries and sizing chart please contact Chiara at Nonnas.

Gillet £55 – Summer jersey £55 – Bib short £65

Email – chiara.albrizio@nonnas.co.uk or call 0114 268 6166

Great day today and a great turnout by all.

Massive well done to Steve, Sandy and Polly. Awesome.

Steve, faster than every pro bar one was unreal.

The bar has been set!  20.96 for 500m.  WOW

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Set off this morning with bikes to southern Tuscany. Fantastic rolling hills and we are down where parts of Gladiator was filmed. Set off from an historic town and cycled all of 12km to stop for espresso. Four courses later, sat in the same garden listening to opera. Had an olive oil making tour too. It’s not all about the bike needs to be readdressed to ‘it’s never been about the bike’.

Mick completed the full 204km in 11:30 hrs. Set off at 5 am.

We on the other hand took a wrong turn and end up on the 75km course. Hard enough but nothing really compares to the full 204km. We were back in the village at 2pm but a least we had the fortune of enjoying the atmosphere and seeing everyone come back in.

Well done Mick.

We net Mick Shields last night and he was going for the full 204km. That’s the true spirit of this event and anyone who manages to finish it gets a full hamper. Good luck Mick and we estimate he will be riding for around 12 hrs in 30 degrees.

Pictures below upto second feed stop. It’s hot.

Our plan was to take the 135km route. Arrived at the start at 8am ready for the grand depart. What’s on show here is wonderful and as a cycling event it must be one of the best.