Conquista - The Cycling Quarterly Issue 7 | Page 11

of the Red Hook Crit posters and, inspired by the Giro, allow yourself to drift back in
time a little as we celebrate the Lion King himself Super Mario Cippolini, who could
doubtless deliver a gallery of outrageous skinsuit shots alone. Sean Lee is back,
this time with his take on Mont Ventoux - The Brutal Giant, and James Cannon takes
you into the workshop of the Bamboo Bicycle Club with insight into their ingenious
designs. This issue’s coffee stop is our very own favourite Bold Street Coffee, whose
beans have facilitated so much of what you read in Conquista they should probably
be a sponsor. Of course there are also the aforementioned skinny dudes to stare
at too. Tino Pohlmann takes us back to last year’s Tour with some inspired images,
and we debut the talents of Dan Monaghan with shots from the inaugural Tour de
Yorkshire. Something for everyone we trust.
In other news we continue to evolve the way we work and during the early part of
2015 we agreed a few collaborations which are taking us in new and interesting
directions. In Isadore Apparel - the cycling clothing company founded by the Velits
brothers - we feel we have found a kindred spirit. A passion for the beauty of our
sport and a refusal to compromise form for function. We look forward to working
with the guys for a long time to come and have some exciting projects in the
pipeline already. Velocast - The Cycling Podcast are someone else we have great
admiration for. It’s a real pleasure to work with Scott and John to bring a series of
interviews to life throughout 2015 and you can hear some of that content on our
website under the ‘Conquista Audio’ tab. We are also profiling riders from leading
Women’s team Velocio-SRAM, so have a listen to their playlists featured on our blog
- roundly endorsed by team manager Kristy Scrymgeour who says “I won’t let them
play that rubbish in my car”.
If you haven’t yet done so please think about a digital subscription for yourself
or a friend. We strive to offer outstanding value for a modest outlay. Every issue
we set-out to limit to a sensible number of pages, but it seems each time we end
up including way more stuff than we anticipated. There’s yet more ‘overspill’ on
our blog, so please do take a look there from time to time. As ever, thank you for
reading.
Keep ‘er lit..

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