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Meg Elliot

'I'm in my early 20s and this is what I'm choosing to do on my Friday night' - Meet the London cyclists racing cyclo-cross on Friday nights

A man pushes a bike uphill.

The Summercross series in Herne Hill drew to a close on Friday 1st August, after four weekends of racing at the outdoor velodrome in South-London. Part hosted by the Australian apparel brand, MAAP, and part by Herne Hill Velodrome itself, the series marked a new kind of entertainment gripping the capital this summer - the out of the pub and onto the start-line, kind.

“There are no plans for world domination here. Summercross is about getting together at the Velodrome, watching or racing, sharing a bev with mates and listening to some good tunes,” Hamish Paine, MAAP’s marketing manager for the EU and UK, told Cycling Weekly.

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