Josh Ibbett and Rich Rothwell continue a tradition of using the shortest days of the year to do long rides.
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Cent Cols Challenge Founder Phil Deeker’s tips and clothing choices for riding outside through the winter months.

It’s that time of the year again, so we thought we’d put a few ideas together for anyone in need of some inspiration.

Albion co-founder Charlie Stewart takes on the ’24’, a legendary long distance race on the UK cycling calendar.

After a two year wait, Marin de Saint-Exupéry returns to ride the Transcontinental for the third time.

Josh Ibbett looks ahead to the 2022 Tour Divide, with reflections on his 2019 attempt, his approach this year and the kit that he’ll be taking with him.

Four friends, One day, One ride.
For the second installment of Daytripping, the plan was simple.
Ride the length of Wales in a day.

We’ve teamed up with our friends Beak Brewery to bring you a long weekend of riding, beers and good times to celebrate the next installment of Daytripping.

Zoa is a new standard in outdoor clothing for cyclists, utilising the world’s best performance fabrics for both on and off bike use.

We’re joining forces with DotWatcher, the home of ultra-distance cycling, to bring the Alaskan wilderness to London for a night.

‘Dolgoch’ is a document of the friendships formed and roads shared in a wild, remote, and beautiful place.

It’s that time of the year again, so we thought we’d put a few ideas together for anyone in need of some inspiration.

The Albion Repair Kit is a set of iron-on patches for simple, quick, hassle free repairs at home or on the move.

We spend alot of time riding in colder weather here at Albion, and have developed a range of products to help you brave the elements, and even make riding in them enjoyable.

Pop-up in Deptford, London from 2nd – 4th December.
Premiere of our new film ‘Dolgoch’, free repairs, musette making, Albion x Pertex Zoa exhibition, and much more!

The East of England is a maligned area of the UK.
Unloved, from Luton to Southend, Norfolk to Bedfordshire.

A long weekend of great cycling, amazing food and workshops set on the fforest farm in the hills above Cardigan.

“It is called “Migration” because it happens during the herd migration in Kenya, more precisely in the Maasai Mara.”

With the last 12 months forcing everyone to train closer to home, India Landy found herself embracing a new relationship with her local trail – the South Downs Way.

A ride and an overnight bivy with the Pan Celtic Race team in the mountains of Snowdonia, ahead of the 2021 edition of the race this summer.

With Covid restrictions still limiting who could join him for his ‘hArdennes’ week, Phil Deeker was determined not to miss out on the rides for a second successive year.

Industry expert Charles Ross asks us to consider ’emotional durability’ in the context of conversations about sustainability.

Every winter, on his home roads in the Ardennes region of Belgium, Phil Deeker prepares again to lead the Cent Cols Challenge through the mountains of Europe.

The Albion Zoa jacket is versatile insulated jacket with hood, created for cyclists and the adventurous.

Back in August Charlie, Kendal, James and Josh rode from London, round the Isle of Wight, and back to London again in one day.

Far from Earth on Albion, cyclists have developed advanced clothing from recycled materials, giving them unparalleled comfort and performance on their rides.

Earlier this year, before governments instigated lockdown measures across the world in response to the Coronavirus pandemic, Camille McMillan was busy exploring the roads and tracks in the mountains near his home in the Ariège Pyrenees.

A few weeks ago we headed to the Welsh borders with our friends at Fairlight bicycles to put builds of their two signature models, the Strael and the Secan, to the test on the lanes, gravel tracks and mountain roads that sit in the shadow of Twmpa.

The question I’m asked most often is ‘why’?
After all these years of flogging myself round the woods I am still no closer to the answer.

We’re excited to announce that this year we’ll be partnering with FURTHER, a new frontier in adventure cycling.

The soundtrack to our film Coast to Coast is now available to stream via Spotify, and purchase via Bandcamp.

To end the year we asked Rupert Hartley, one of our founders and the man behind the Albion lens, to pick a few of his favourite photos that tell a story of our 2019.

We’re an outdoor company, ultimately. We believe that spending time outdoors, on your bike, is one of life’s greatest pleasures.

We’re heading back to the Raeburn Lab in London this November for a series of talks and workshops, as well as to retail our new A/W19 range.

It seems inappropriate to refer to the dust having settled on what was one of the wettest Road World Championships in recent memory in Yorkshire last week.

On the 7th of July 2019, with the air full of the sound of the bagpipes, a group of 100 riders rolled out of Inverness in the Scottish Highlands.
The inaugural edition of the Pan Celtic Race had begun.

At the end of June we spent a few days following the Cent Cols Challenge through the Northern Alps of France.

At the end of May we spent a few days following the first Cent Cols Challenge of the year as they headed southeast through the Apennine range in central Italy.

One of our aims at Albion is to champion the great cycling Britain has to offer.
Each season, we head to different places in the British Isles to explore local roads and test our newest clothing and equipment.

A few weeks ago as part of an event in Bristol, we put on an evening of short films to showcase some of the places and the stories that have inspired us here at Albion.

This weekend on Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th May, we’ll be heading back to the Raeburn Studio in London.

Phil Deeker’s hArdennes trip is an annual eight day riding event covering 1600 kilometres, with 29,000 metres of vertical ascent, in the Ardennes region of Northern Europe.

Albion’s Spring/Summer 2019 range is inspired by colours found on Britain’s coastline, and is designed for long rides on the warmest days.

Last weekend organisers of the Pan Celtic Race held a gathering in North Wales for riders to meet, recce some of the route, and get some training miles in ahead of the race itself in July.

We’re excited to announce a partnership with the Pan Celtic Race, a new long distance cycling race around the Celtic nations.

The Cent Cols Challenge has a near mythical aura and a fearsome reputation. Often described as one of the hardest amateur events in cycling, riders must pit themselves against the mountains of Europe’s great ranges, tackling 100 cols in just ten days.

Albion’s Autumn/Winter 2018 range is inspired by colours found in the great British outdoors, and the performance demanded of cycling clothing and equipment designed for long days in the saddle during the cold British winter.

Earlier in the summer British riders Jess Duffy and Josh Greet headed to Slovenia in Central Europe for a week of unsupported gravel riding and exploring.

On August 16th British riders Will Dunk and Tim France will fly to Kyrgyzstan to take part in the inaugural Silk Road Mountain Race, a fixed route, unsupported, single-stage 1700km cycling race through the mountains of Kyrgyzstan.

The Snowdonia National Park in North Wales is unusual for a National Park in that it has a hole in the middle, around the town of Blaenau Ffestiniog.

Collaboration between Albion and data visualisation artist Owen Powell on a unique print of the Isle of Arran, rendered using 3D Lidar data.

Heading out when it’s dark and damp is something any cyclist can relate to in winter, particularly here in Britain.

The Lake District in the North of England is one of Britain’s 15 National Parks, and is the spiritual home of the outdoor community in the UK.

In November 2017 Albion collaborated with Rouleur on a limited edition run of our waterproof rider’s pouch, inspired by the colours of their CEC.I Collection.