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The whirring of wheels, the noise of a hundred chains on sprockets, the smell of embrocation as the bunch whizzes past and the flashes of coloured jerseys. Just a few of the sights, sounds and smells of road racing that you can experience. As arguably the most glamorous sport under the umbrella of cycling most people have some idea what a road race is all about from watching the Tour de France on television. Whilst Le Tour is the epitome of bike racing there are hundreds of thousands of other road races going on all over the world that you can get involved in. Once you have joined a club and affiliated to a racing organisation you can pop over to France, Belgium or anywhere else you fancy and battle with riders of your own standard. Whilst Britain doesn't have such a rich racing heritage as somewhere like France we are still spoilt for choice. In Addiscombe's own backyard we have closed circuit road races in Crystal Palace Park, Kent League races every weekend, Eastway Circuit races every weekend and Surrey League races 3 times a week. If road racing is your thing then Addiscombe is the club to join. Whilst we aren't the fastest couriers in the bunch we go out of our way to be amongst the friendliest and the ones that want to show you the ropes. After all you may be the next Lance Armstrong and we would like you to be wearing an Addiscombe jersey when you cross that finish line with your arms held aloft...
If you are interested in Road Racing do the following 1, Come on a club run with us on a Saturday morning down to the cafe. We often get 60 or so people out so even though it is slow you will get the exhilaration of riding in a bunch. 2, Join a club. Preferably Addiscombe but definitely a club with people you can have a laugh with. 3, Get the magazine Cycling Weekly for road racing features. 4, Get the free satellite channel Eurosport to see how the professionals do it. 5, Watch some cycling videos when the weather is bad. Try "American Flyers", "A Sunday in Hell" and "Breaking Away" 6, Practice riding fast!
Pictures courtesy of Echelon Velo - the only road racing resource you need on the net
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