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roadcc xmas 2023Five Cool Things at Christmas 2023: Show us your cycling-related gifts for the chance to win some cycling schwag!
* Entries now closed, we'll pick winners shortly! *
It's Christmas, and back for 2023 is our festive edition of Five Cool Things. Instead of us telling you/bragging about what we've got in for review, this time it's your chance to tell us what quality cycling-related gifts you got for Christmas. Comment below to show us, email us at info [at] road.cc or comment under the social media posts before midnight on Boxing Day, and our top five will win a prize.
Funny gifts will be counted, but we draw the line at this
The judging criteria is loose and at our discretion as usual, and when we say quality, amusing gifts count too (just perhaps steer clear of submitting anything that appeared on our what not to get cyclists for Christmas list).
Winning entries from previous years include tasteful cycling art prints, vintage-style frame pumps and everyone's favourite Christmas present, road.cc socks. Try to tell us a bit of backstory behind your gift if there is one to increase your chances of being among the winners.
As mentioned already, you can send us your submissions in a number of ways: in the comments section underneath this article, via our Facebook, Twitter or Instagram pages or by emailing info [at] road.cc. We’ll be judging over Christmas and Boxing Day (deadline for entries is 11:59pm on December 26th), and the article will appear on the 27th. If you’re a winner you will receive a message of congratulations and a request for a delivery address, and we’ll post the prizes in January when our NYE hangovers have settled. That prize may be road.cc socks, but with stock running low it may be another useful thing (it'll be useful, promise).
Best of luck folks!
Arriving at road.cc in 2017 via 220 Triathlon Magazine, Jack dipped his toe in most jobs on the site and over at eBikeTips before being named the new editor of road.cc in 2020, much to his surprise. His cycling life began during his students days, when he cobbled together a few hundred quid off the back of a hard winter selling hats (long story) and bought his first road bike - a Trek 1.1 that was quickly relegated to winter steed, before it was sadly pinched a few years later. Creatively replacing it with a Trek 1.2, Jack mostly rides this bike around local cycle paths nowadays, but when he wants to get the racer out and be competitive his preferred events are time trials, sportives, triathlons and pogo sticking - the latter being another long story.
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Excellent! It's encouraging to see people win prizes!!
My crazy feet did well in my 5 year old Lake CX241's but should be even better in the new model, CX 242. Thanks Santa Spouse!
You're a winner! Email us at info [at] road.cc to arrange delivery of your prize.
My gift from Santa Claus - 256 pages pictures album "Bicycling through time". From first hobby-horse bikes to 1945. Some bikes seems very interesting. Bike for two, but only the same weight. Or something like ... Ceramic Speed gears. And all bicycles are for gravel, thinking about roads 100 years ago
You're a winner! Email us at info [at] road.cc to arrange delivery of your prize.
Am I still in time to enter?
For a Campagnolo clock, yep you got in there just in time! Email us at info [at] road.cc to arrange delivery of your prize.
Just one cycling related gift for me this year - some hex keys. As recommended by a one-time prolific poster of this parish. Kinda feels like cheating on Park Tool, but hopefully the other hex keys won't find out.
My wife got this Gettin' Squirrelly calendar from her Mum.
I'm jealous of that now.
I got given an Evil Cycling Lobby Lifetime Member Hoody with the print on the back: https://evilcyclelobby.teemill.com/product/ecl-mens-fit-hoodie-with-lifetime-member-print-on-rear/
hawkinspeter, you're a winner! Email us at info [at] road.cc to arrange delivery of your prize.
Cycle/Strava themed socks, a couple of the lost lanes books ive wanted for a while and a nice compact tool set for small jobs during rides.
You're a winner! Email us at info [at] road.cc to arrange delivery of your prize.
oh bloody hell, another spray can of Muc Off Bike.protect
The better half got me this. She loves me very much. At least the forth item over several years...
And some deep winter POC gloves awhile back.
I didn't get any cycling gifts this year
Trust me, non-cycling Santa is pretty useless.