Month: July 2021

Our Wheelbase Lake District store hosted a successful Pinarello Demo Day on Saturday the 17th of July under blue skies and in fantastic mid-summer temperatures. Making the trip up from London, Pinarello UK chose the perfect weekend to showcase their premium Italian road bikes in the Lakes; attendees on the Demo Day were treated to……

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Saturday the 17th of July saw the first round of the all-new Great Northern Crit Series supported by Wheelbase taking placing under blue skies and high temperatures at the Salt Ayre circuit on the banks of the River Lune in Lancaster. The Great Northern Crit Series is a new National B Crit Series across the……

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CHAPEAU to Mark Donovan! Local lad Mark Donovan of Penrith, Cumbria has just completed his first Tour De France finishing a brilliant 45th place overall, as the second-placed Brit only 4 places behind former Tour De France winner Geraint Thomas and ahead of 4 time winner of the Tour De France Chris Froome. As Mark……

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Coming up on Tuesday the 20th of July - the 5th and final round of the popular Wheelbase Lakeland Lanequest series, and this one's a special one! To mark the 25th year of running Lanequest events Carol McNeill who started it all way back in 1995 will be re-running the original event... Celebrating 25 Years!……

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Want to go on an adventure? Fed up of the same out-and-back loops that you ride week in, week out? How about loading up your bike with everything you need to take on multiple-day rides, heading out further than you would, straight from your front door to explore new places that have been on your……

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It’s Fast Bike Friday! Today we’re taking a closer look at the Specialized Tarmac SL7 Expert road bike, a super-slick carbon aero road bike that also happens to climb like a demon. This mechanical Shimano Ultegra-equipped SL7 Expert is race-ready straight out of the box and features a pair of Specialized Roval carbon wheels too……

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We’ve got new bikes coming into stock every day at WHEELBASE, here’s just a selection of some of our latest arrivals from the World’s best brands…                                  …

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UPDATE! He's done it! Following on from our feature on his ALT TOUR we're pleased to confirm that Lachlan Morton has successfully completed his challenge! Skip to the bottom of our original report to see his final stats for this gruelling ride...   Lachlan Morton of the EF Education NIPPO pro-cycling team is in the……

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This week we’re looking at a stunning Trek Project One road bike – the Emonda SLR 9 eTap featuring the team colours of the Trek Segafredo professional cycling team. This lust-worthy ultralight road bike includes SRAM’s flagship electronic wireless groupset, featherweight Bontrager Aeolus RSL 37 carbon wheels and some great finishing kit including Bontrager Aelous……

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A quick heads up! Our Wheelbase North East and Wheelbase Yorkshire stores will closing early at 5.00pm on Friday 9th July and reopening a little later than normal at 9.30am on Saturday 10th July. Apologies for any inconvenience caused, normal service resumes thereafter! (Normal opening hours at our Lake District store - closing 5.30pm Friday……

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