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We have a Vulpine Schwag Grab winner!

Someone's walking off with some top Autumn gear - is it you?...

My word people like the idea of free Vulpine Schwag, over 1200 of you commented in to tell us your favourite cycling season, all bases were covered but early indications are that summer was the winner. And the winner of the Vulpine Harrington Rain Jacket, Cotton Rain Trousers, Long Sleeve Merino Alpine, and Short Sleeve Polo? Well that's…

jimbocrimbo

Who despite what his name might suggest likes cycling in the early autumn best.

Congrats to the winner, who will be getting his fancy clobber soon (well before Chrimbo) and commiserations to the 1,276 of you who lost out. Fret not though we'll have another chance to win some top quality cycling schwag coming your way… Soon.

In the meantime you can console yourself by popping over to  Vulpine to think about what might have been season?

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Dave is a founding father of road.cc, having previously worked on Cycling Plus and What Mountain Bike magazines back in the day. He also writes about e-bikes for our sister publication ebiketips. He's won three mountain bike bog snorkelling World Championships, and races at the back of the third cats.

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Leviathan | 11 years ago
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British Summer Time, just saw the last daylight on the way back from work until March. Nice stuff, I'm in. Any chance of including the 'PoshBike' 4.2kg bike?

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johan83 | 11 years ago
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Autumn – mainly for the spectacular colours of the leaves on and beside the road. Not anyone like chilly breezes especially on morning rides, but it gives you a feeling of freshness going through your whole body.

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chaingang | 11 years ago
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Spring.It's when the classics start.

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simonwright | 11 years ago
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Dark, wet, early mornings in the winter, zipping through town lit up like a Christmas tree on my fixie.

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dabhaid | 11 years ago
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Summer! Give me sunshine, blue skies and a long, long climb!

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newtonuk | 11 years ago
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I like the transition from Summer to Autumn.

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gary1968 | 11 years ago
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spring because it is still warm enough to get out there and enjoy the ride.

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mbell | 11 years ago
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Winter. Because i love technical clothing/marketing hype.  3

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cyclingbanter | 11 years ago
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easy; summer. Tuesday club rides that are still light by the end...

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700c | 11 years ago
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A mid-summer's evening ride after work, when the wind has dropped and the sun is low in the sky. A few like-minded individuals out on their bikes but no cars commuting. Catching a sunset on the return leg you hear the birds going to bed and realise there's nowhere else you'd rather be at that moment, than in the English countryside in summer.

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Goldfever4 | 11 years ago
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As much as I love the crisp, sunny November mornings, it has got to be late Spring when the sun really starts to come out. Glorious Britain...

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awalker | 11 years ago
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May- best

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debbieg | 11 years ago
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Got to be Spring for me

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sm | 11 years ago
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Autumn and short sharp hill climbs. No more pretending to like long hot metric struggles, no longer do I fear the man with the hammer. My weekly mileage has faded with the sun and a lung busting hour is plenty enough to warm my cheeks and put a smile on my face.

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hiplainsbrifter replied to CotterPin | 11 years ago
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Clearly there are three seasons on the cycling calendar: classic season, grand tour season, and cross season. I'm going to go with cross season.

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adamskelton | 11 years ago
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Spring. Once the possibility of ice disappears and it's safe to use normal tyres.

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adamskelton | 11 years ago
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Spring. Once the possibility of ice disappears and it's safe to use normal tyres.

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jockywilson | 11 years ago
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Late Autumn mornings at 6am when it's still pitch dark, but not too cold and the roads are quiet...

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gavben | 11 years ago
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The first warm day of spring, to break out the short sleeved jerseys

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Klaffy | 11 years ago
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Not so much a season as months - Feb/March. It's when the snow usually hits, you're coming out of the winter training, but spring hasn't quite come in yet. Roads are eerily silent, with just the hum of wheels, and the atmosphere is electric with anticipation. Every person has the same look on their face, and there are simply silent recognitions of why you are out on the road. It's like the first cup of coffee and breakfast at dawn on a big ride day.

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antonio | 11 years ago
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Crisp winter days with cloudless blue skies, leafless hedgerows, quiet country lanes, save for the swish of the club cyclists tyres.

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nug8321 | 11 years ago
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Spring. I'm an optimist!

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Colin Peyresourde | 11 years ago
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Winter - it's always entertaining to see which balls go first: yours and or the brass monkeys!

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bollandinho | 11 years ago
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I love the spring, because the first time I leave the office without putting my lights on is how I know that things are starting to get lovely again.

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tom_w | 11 years ago
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Mid summer - running near full fitness and not yet getting fatigued. Long nights for club rides without lights.

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Comrade | 11 years ago
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Summer. I get to wear shorts!

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scarletdave | 11 years ago
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Spring - days are getting longer. Crisp mornings. Knowing you have a few months to get your fitness up for long Summer runs.

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jasecd | 11 years ago
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Spring - it's fresh & clear and you can get the proper bike off the turbo and back on the roads. Plus you can make big performance gains in short amounts of time as your fitness returns.

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whars1 | 11 years ago
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Spring - on a crisp morning when sunrise coincides with me going over Waterloo bridge

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Chuck | 11 years ago
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I like them all as long as it's not wet. Autumn's good though for blue skies and bowling along with a tailwind making the leaves tumble along with you.

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