#BrightonBricksBuild Create Something Cycling Related out of LEGO

#BrightonBricksBuild

Create Something Cycling Related out of LEGO

The Tour de France starts on Saturday 29th August, and I am big fan, in fact one of my favourite sporting events to watch. I have watched it for years, and before the Brits started to win (I remember the Armstrong years), in fact I first watched it when it was on Channel back in the 90s.

The Challenge

So the challenge is to make something cycling related, so you could build a LEGO bicycle, or maybe you will recreate your own LEGO Tour de France. Maybe your cyclist will be cycling up a beautiful French mountain.

What else could you build? It would be great to see what you build, and if you can share by using #brightonbricksbuild on social media and tagging us (we are on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram) or email me at nick@brightgreenpenguin.com

LEGO and Cycling

LEGO have a bit of history with the Tour de France, having done a promotional release with the German Telekom team in 2000, and had 4 different sets. You can see these sets at Brickset

And if you fancy getting your own LEGO cyclist you can get this cool figure from minifigs.me and they also do a personalised bespoke cyclist based on a photo or description here (though it is out of stock at the time of writing) and you can even get bikes from them as well

The Tour

If you are new to the sport and want to know more about what the Tour de France, check out the official Le Tour website and Cycling Weekly is a great place to get all the news you need

And lastly for the cycling fans

if you are a existing cycling fan or a newbie check are some cool cycling related people to check out

If you are going to listen to one cycling posting during the Tour de France then you need to check out The Cycling Podcast it is both fun and informative, it is relaxed and so easy to get into, well worth a listen

And if you like Top Trumps then check out Pro Cycling Trumps for their range of cards, as well as prints

If you have any cycling / Tour de France recommendations let me know