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RCUK 2004 Reader awards

We’ve finally counted all the votes, made some snazzy award banner thingamys for the winners, ordered the trophies and we might throw a small party at the cafe at the top of Box Hill…

Thanks for voting and see if you won a Petzl Headtorch at the bottom of this article


Best Road Bike (under £500)
1st – Giant OCR3
2nd – Specialized Allez
3rd – Trek 1000


Best Road Bike (over £1000, but under £2000)
1st – Specialized Tarmac
2nd – Condor Squadra
3rd – Klein Q Carbon


Best Road Bike (pro-level-money-no-object)
1st – Colnago C50
2nd – Trek Madone
3rd – Pegoretti (no particular model)


Best Road Product Of The Year
1st – Dura-Ace 10 speed group
2nd – Campagnolo compact drive
3rd – Giro Atmos Helmet


Best Clothing Brand
1st – Rapha
2nd – Assos
3rd – Gore


Best Online Cycling Retailer
1st – Wiggle
2nd – Parkers International
3rd – Chain Reaction


 
Best Shop
1st – Condor – London
2nd – Cycle Care – High Wycombe
3rd – Sigma Sport – Surrey


Best Mechanic and/or Sales Service
1st – Condor
2nd – Parkers International
3rd – Prendas Ciclismo


Best Cycling Cafe
1st – Top of Box Hill
2nd – Fanny’s
3rd – Saville Gardens Cafe Windsor


Best UK Event
1st – Tour of Britain
2nd – Revolution track series
3rd – Anything by the Surrey League



And those Petzl Head torch winners are:

Nick Purdue
Brian Carlisle
Andrew Barratt
Graham Collett
Ola Gustavsson
Alastair kirk
Ben Aquilina
Cressida Brown
Simon Martin
Zoe Hanson

Well done and thanks, you’ll get a parcel in the next few days…

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