Post by Forum Admin on Jul 7, 2008 20:57:28 GMT
I am writing to you with a request for expertise in devising a route from East London to Bedfordshire. My colleague and I are artists in the midst of an active project whose aim is to highlight the enduring existence of historical national cycling clubs, such as the Dulwich Paragon, by undertaking a journey from London to Liverpool using assistance from club members in areas along the way. At the finish, The Institute for the Art of Dissent at Home in Liverpool, there will be a Roundtable Discussion with individuals representing various viewpoints on the subject of cycling and culture, with special interest in the Clarion Cycling club. The discussion will include an historian, a performance art academic, and the current Scottish Criterium Champion, Andrew Davies.
As artists we are interested in exploring the way cycling clubs throughout history have given the working classes a sense of freedom, fellowship, and access to the wider countryside.
We are producing a routebook to commemorate the journey, complete with mini-maps and details of timings and altitude profiles. In this book we will give special credit to the clubs who have provided assistance and hopefully include a short biography of the club/individual who provided the information. Le Grand Depart is 23rd July and we roll into Liverpool on the 26th (weds - sat).
To sum up: we need some guidance as to what roads are best for cycling on road to Bedfordshire from East London. I am an experienced road cyclist and racer, whilst my colleague, Ruth, has less experience but is fit and keen. We will be on road bikes with minimal kit to carry, and hope to ride with strength making infrequent stops. If anyone from your club would be interested in accompanying us on our journey, we'd be delighted to have a Paragon representative who could lead the way from London to Bedfordshire, as well as give us a bit of anecdotal history about the area and the club, and to appear in our film documentary of the project.
If you could forward this to anyone who might be interested in taking part, we'd be very grateful.
I enclose a press release, a photo of Ruth and I, and a photo of me racing in last year's Blackpool crit (rapha cap, at the front)
Many thanks
Karen Breneman
www.karenbreneman.com
As artists we are interested in exploring the way cycling clubs throughout history have given the working classes a sense of freedom, fellowship, and access to the wider countryside.
We are producing a routebook to commemorate the journey, complete with mini-maps and details of timings and altitude profiles. In this book we will give special credit to the clubs who have provided assistance and hopefully include a short biography of the club/individual who provided the information. Le Grand Depart is 23rd July and we roll into Liverpool on the 26th (weds - sat).
To sum up: we need some guidance as to what roads are best for cycling on road to Bedfordshire from East London. I am an experienced road cyclist and racer, whilst my colleague, Ruth, has less experience but is fit and keen. We will be on road bikes with minimal kit to carry, and hope to ride with strength making infrequent stops. If anyone from your club would be interested in accompanying us on our journey, we'd be delighted to have a Paragon representative who could lead the way from London to Bedfordshire, as well as give us a bit of anecdotal history about the area and the club, and to appear in our film documentary of the project.
If you could forward this to anyone who might be interested in taking part, we'd be very grateful.
I enclose a press release, a photo of Ruth and I, and a photo of me racing in last year's Blackpool crit (rapha cap, at the front)
Many thanks
Karen Breneman
www.karenbreneman.com
