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LAUNCH ISSUE FREEWHEELING 1
NEW Free Cycling Magazine ISSUE 1, MARCH 09
Trusted reviews of bikes, clothing and accessories
WIN A FANTASTIC MOUNTAIN BIKE
MY BIKE ANDWHY I LOVE ITA BIKE NUT CONFESSES
COMMUTING BY TRAIN & BIKETWO READERS GIVE IT A GO TRAINING FOR THE
ETAPE DU TOUR 2009CAN IT FIT IN WITH FAMILY LIFE?
IS 2009 THE YEAR TO CHALLENGE YOURSELF?LONDON TO PARIS CHARITYRIDE PREVIEW
REVIEWED IN THIS ISSUEREVIEWED IN THIS ISSUEBIKES:
CLOTHING AND ACCESSORIES:
Great Value City bikes £250 - £450Ultra Convenient Folding Commuters £250 - £650Fast and Comfortable Sportive Road bikes £550 - £1500Women’s Bikes £250 - £500Quality Mountain Bikes £300 - £600Cool Kids bikes £100 - £300
Lightweight Spring JacketsKids helmetsStylish and comfortable bike clothing SunglassesLightweight Pumps
NEWFREE
CYCLING MAGAZINE
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“Hello and welcome to the first issue of what I hope will
become one of the most essential and popular cycling
magazines in the UK.
FreeWheeling is a real ‘first’ - the first free cycling
magazine available through your local cycle retailer. That’s
where you’ll find the best advice, choice of bikes, cycle
clothing and accessories, not to mention puncture and other
repairs!
Whether you’re an occasional leisure rider, regular cycling
commuter, family cyclist, off-roader or dedicated enthusiast
preparing for the Etape du Tour or Dragon Ride you’ll find
plenty to interest you inside FreeWheeling.
And we haven’t forgotten kids - we love to see children
and young people out riding their bikes, so we’ll be featuring
plenty of product reviews and articles covering kid’s bikes,
helmets and clothing, safe riding on and off road and lots
more.
At FreeWheeling we’re all completely nuts about cycling
and everything that goes with it: the bikes, the gear, the
sun, wind and rain too. We even love the pain of slogging up
steep hills and 100+ mile rides!
So enjoy this issue of FreeWheeling and ride on!”
Jeremy Nelson-Smith, Editor
WELCOME
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Cycling newsKeep updated on all that is pedal powered
Product newsWhat’s hot and in the world of cycling
Readers bike test£999 Boardman Road Team Carbon
Easy does it: by train & bikeWe check out the best in folding bikes
FreeWheelingLAUNCH ISSUE MARCH 2009
Editor Jeremy Nelson-Smith
Design ShentonCreative
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magazine in your cycle shop, please contact
the Editor, Jeremy Nelson-Smith:
Tel: 07828 584297
Email: [email protected]
The Editor training for The Etape du Tour 2009. See out Etape feature on page 16.
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CAN ARMSTRONG MAKEIT EIGHT TOURS?
SALES SOAR IN RECESSION
CYCLING NEWS
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NEW FAMILY FOREST BIKE TRAILS OPEN
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PRODUCT NEWS
FOLLOW ME, I’M RIGHT BEHIND YOU
EVERYTHING BUT THE KITCHEN SINK
KONA THREADS
JACK OF ALL TRADES
EARLY RIDERS
POWER TO THE PEDALS
PACK A PUNCH
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READER BIKE TEST:
Boardman RoadTeam Carbon£999
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REVIEWER: JAMES GLOVER
CYCLING CV: Over 20 years in the saddle. Long distance road specialist. Regularly competes across Europe.
CURRENT RIDE: GIANT TCR
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The Boardman road bike range, designed by Chris Boardman himself, is relatively new on the streets but is already building a reputation for offering exceptional value for money. We asked FreeWheeling reader James Glover to take the £999.99 carbon-framed Boardman Road Team for a good thrashing over his local Yorkshire roads and compare it to his own well-proven Giant TCR.
James is a veteran of the Etape du Tour 2007 (the really tough Pyreneean one), a London to Paris charity ride, two Dragon Rides and numerous other sportives, so he knows when a bike is up to the task of a fast, all-day ride over varying road surfaces. How does this fancy looking Boardman Road Team Carbon compare to his existing bike, a carbon framed Giant TCR, that has served him exceptionally well over many tough miles? Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Quisque in augue. Suspendisse dapibus eleifend augue. Sed dictum risus vitae orci. Praesent in tortor. Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. Nam elementum, leo vel ultrices blandit, mi sem molestie arcu, non faucibus libero urna quis nisi. Fusce egestas, sapien sed gravida pellentesque, enim nulla dignissim augue, laoreet tempor metus risus vitae diam. Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Aliquam egestas nisi sed risus. Sed non dui. Nam id nunc at massa fermentum laoreet. Suspendisse potenti. Vivamus sed arcu. Praesent sed risus at dolor dignissim bibendum. Aliquam tincidunt laoreet enim. Etiam eget justo ac magna tincidunt convallis. Duis ornare, neque eu suscipit luctus, ligula enim adipiscing orci, ut rhoncus mi est vel leo. Nam ipsum. Vivamus pulvinar eleifend purus. Vivamus sem arcu, rutrum at, feugiat at, egestas in, odio. Suspendisse vehicula tellus eget est. Nullam facilisis faucibus ante. Maecenas faucibus eros vel nunc. Nullam ut nunc. Suspendisse eget urna et felis dignissim venenatis.
Vestibulum sagittis, risus a fermentum molestie, tortor sem interdum lectus, sed ulricies nunc turpis sit amet libero. Integer commodo. Maecenas varius. Pellentesque cursus, nibh at adipiscing aliquet, erat sem hendrerit metus, quis consectetur sapien nisl at neque. Mauris blandit. Morbi dui est, mollis ut, volutpat eu, vulputate a, nunc. Fusce eu dui. Nunc felis. Sed elit. Duis lectus quam, rutrum nec, tincidunt sollicitudin, luctus et, magna. Cras hendrerit, purus at commodo eleifend, tortor augue pulvinar lorem, sit amet pretium tortor libero et velit. “When I first set eyes on this £999 Boardman Road, very nicely finished in black and white, I immediately thought it had great showroom appeal. I’d never ridden a Boardman so I was itching it give it a try...”
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Chris Boardman, bike designer
READERS VERDICT SPEC
VALUE
UPHILL
DOWNHILL
COMFORT
OVERALL5/5BUY IT!
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EASY DOES IT:COMMUTING BY TRAIN AND BIKE
GROUP TEST: FOLDING BIKES
Getting to work by train and bike: Joy and Rob Brown put the ‘train and bike is best’ theory to the test on a variety of folding commuter bikes.
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Using a train and bike combination is something more and more of us are considering
as the recession bites and household budgets are stretched ever thinner. FreeWheeling
readers and keen cyclists Joy Nazarri and Rob Brown have recently moved from London’s
Clapham to the wild’s of Kent. They still work in London though, so we asked them to
give the train and bike combination a go.
Here’s what Joy says about her
experience: “Moving from Clapham to
Kent was a really big deal for us, not
least because our commute changed
from 30 minutes to 90 minutes for
Rob and from 40 minutes to 70
minutes for me. So when FreeWheeling
editor Jeremy Nelson-Smith asked
us to try using the train and folding
bike combination we jumped at the
chance...”
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GROUP TEST: FOLDING BIKES
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