Call me a Romantic: A rookies’ memoir of the National Championship
So that was it, by mid summer you should have been ready. The National Championship was happening and this year was gonna take place in Athens, in the massive mountain of Parnitha, our own playground....
Summer Solstice Camp Out at Lake Doxa
Summer finally arrived after a heavy and upredictable spring season and the longest day of the year was approaching. This years bike campout was destined for the mountains of Korinth and the mystique spot of...
Report: ATH Cross 2018 at Pikionis Park
2018 is meant to be a pivotal year for cyclocross racing in Greece. After a hiatus of almost 30 years the sport is making a comeback with a National Championship announced by the Greek Cycling...
Interview: Ultra Romance visits Crete
Ultra Romance is an unprecedented figure in world cycling scene. A metalhead, fisheries laborer and model – he has traveled extensively around US on a bikepacking mission if not crusade. He is now traveling with...
Tilemachos Makropoulos: A memoir of the Red Hook Criterium Milano no9
It all started as a joke, “You know, we should do red hook!”, Sam-my teammate in Clash Racing Team- told me one evening that we had, maybe, a few too many beers…It was Sam who...
Introducing the YOLOTON: a memoir of a Pink Flamingos Adventure Cycling Club camping trip
Summer finally arrived and the Pink Flamingos Adventure Cycling Club, the rag tag gang of pedalheads gravitating around 48×17 cycles, Athens’ coolest LBS, was itching for a new adventure. Someone proposed to combine the annual...
Kym NonStop vlogg
Kym’s video of her trip to Greece. Visiting our shop, getting tipsy on Athens’ nightlife, riding Corinth to Kardamyli with Nico on track bikes, lounging by the pool, racing 1896CMRR and her expert opinion on...
Report: Mani Invitational // Mountains and Beach Podiums // The 1896 Classic Marathon Race Revival IV
On May 19th, 8 years after the first 1896CMRR, the fourth edition of the race took place in the small town of Kardmyli, Mani. The most striking difference from all the other years was obviously...
Report: ATH CROSS races at New Philly
9 months after the Ghost Lab CX event at Papagou the 48×17 CX team returned to a fresh new spot at Nea Philadelphia park to design a creative course that would offer wider gravel roads, steeper off camper...