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Wheelbase BIG DEMO Weekend 2019

That was some DEMO! Thanks to everyone for rocking up in horrendous conditions, and all the brands, guides and store staff for making it happen - 162 of the world's best mountain bikes, 12 brands, 16 guides and over 500 bike washes. This year's Big Demo Weekend was wet and wild. When Saturday morning rolled around……

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Castelli SS19 Clothing

It might not seem like it here in the UK but Spring is just around the corner. But before the warmer weather arrives on our shores, many riders head south in February and March for a much needed dose of sun and an early season training camp. With warmer times ahead we can start looking……

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Introducing Smith Bike 2019

New to Wheelbase for 2019, Smith bring a highly technical offering of bike helmets and goggles to our expanding range of MTB products. The USP of the Smith helmet range is the integration of Koroyd® into the helmets. Koroyd® provides superior impact absorption, design flexibility and ventilation when compared to materials used in traditional helmet construction such……

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Specialized Wheelbase North East Demo Day

A grim winter's day couldn't deter our demo riders at this weekend's Specialized Wheelbase Demo Day. The event was fully sold out as riders turned up at Hamsterley Forest on Saturday to test out some of the world's best electric and full-suspension mountain bikes. Specialized brought some of the most popular trail bikes to test……

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Hamsterley Soil Searching Dig Day

On Saturday we were at Hamsterley Forest with Specialized and the crew from Hamsterley Trailblazers for a 'Dig Day'. Joined by over 40 ready-to-pitch-in volunteers, we spent the day repairing and building on the trails we love to ride. The idea behind the Soil Searching programme from Specialized is that we're all responsible for the……

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Fox Clothing MTB SS19

For the 2019 Spring/Summer collection Fox Head Clothing have created three distinctive lines of apparel, each one tailored to a different style of riding. Each collection provides the rider with a unique set of benefits depending on their chosen riding style. Whether you have a need for durability, versatility or mobility, one of the three collections……

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Ride the Lakes Sportive

Brought to you by WHEELBASE and Pennine Events Sunday 15th September 2019 Mintbridge Kendal - Kendal Rugby Club, Shap Road, Kendal, LA9 6NY Ride the Lakes offers big challenges and a mega day on the bike. Ride the Lakes is a challenging cycle sportive taking place on some of the the finest roads in the Lake District.……

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SPECIALIZED DEMO DAY – HAMSTERLEY FOREST

Wheelbase North East Presents SPECIALIZED DEMO EVENT - HAMSTERLEY FOREST Saturday 09 March 2019, demo rides from 9am    TEST THE WORLD'S BEST BIKES IN THE NORTH EAST’S No.1 RIDING DESTINATION ALL PRE-BOOKABLE - BOOK YOUR RIDE TODAY AT www.WHEELBASE.co.uk/DEMO Specialized is arguably the world’s best bicycle brand, founded way back in 1974 and in 2019……

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Kona Bike Shop of the Week

THAT FRIDAY FEELIN': awesome to have our Wheelbase Lake District superstore to be featured as the Kona UK & Ireland 'Bike Shop of the Week'. Kona Bikes have been a firm staff favourite with members of our Wheelbase Lake District crew for a long time now. Among our staff bikes are a Kona Honzo Carbon, a……

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Introducing SRAM AXS

AXS™ (pronounced Access) is SRAM's brand-new wireless family of components for the mountain and the road. For the Mountain SRAM EAGLE AXS™ Designed to sit above, rather than replace its existing groupsets, Eagle AXS is available in either XX1 or X01 spec. Both groupsets are based around the backbone of the Eagle 1X drivetrain with……

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