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Cycle to workFor Fast Bike Friday this week we’re in full-on gravity mode with the Cube Two15 Race downhill mountain bike. Despite the rapid growth of Enduro racing and the ongoing development of versatile Enduro and Trail bikes which prove popular with the masses there’s still a demand for race-ready downhill bikes that can take on a……
Month: October 2021
BATTLE ON THE BEACH – VICTORY FOR GILES DRAKE!
Congratulations to our star Wheelbase Cabtech Castelli Team off-road racing specialist Giles Drake who recently took the win at the infamous ‘Battle on the Beach’ race in Pembrey on the South Wales coast. Despite being more used to racing cyclocross and traditional mountain bike races there’s always a glint in Giles’ eye when this annual……
NEW BIKES JUST LANDED!
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……
TREK TOP FUEL 2022 – PRODUCT LAUNCH!
Say hello to the all-new Trek Top Fuel, returning with plenty of fresh features and a new attitude! Trek have resisted the temptation to use the term ‘down-country’ but the Top Fuel is definitely that type of bike, squeezing into a gap between a full-on cross country bike on one side and a playful trail……
NATIONAL TROPHY CYCLOCROSS, ROUND 2 – WHEELBASE TEAM RACE REPORT
National Trophy Cyclocross racing rolled into Cumbria this weekend for the 2nd round of the excellent British Cycling series which sees UK venues as far and wide as Kent in the south of England to Falkirk in Scotland hosting a weekend of fast and frenetic cyclocross racing across all age groups from the under 14’s……
FAST BIKE FRIDAY – CANNONDALE SUPERSIX EVO HI-MOD DISC RED eTAP AXS
This week for Fast Bike Friday we’re focusing our camera on the stunning Cannondale SuperSix EVO Hi-Mod Disc Red eTap AXS road bike in a quirky and rather fetching metallic glitter Lavender colour set off with retro-cool tanwall tyres and featuring SRAM’s cutting edge Red eTap AXS wireless electronic 12-speed groupset. Don’t get it twisted……
NEW BIKES JUST LANDED!
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… …
PARIS-ROUBAIX FEMMES – HISTORY IS MADE!
Lizzie Deignan made history on Saturday, winning the inaugural Paris-Roubaix Femmes onboard her Trek Domane. Lizzie from Otley, Yorkshire added this historic victory to her amazing palmarès which already included a World Championships Road Race win and Olympic road race silver medal. Racing for the Trek-Segafredo Women’s professional road racing team Lizzie chose the Trek……
CROSS IS COMING! NATIONAL TROPHY CYCLO-CROSS RETURNS TO CUMBRIA
Cross is coming! To the Westmorland Showground, Cumbria on Saturday the 9th and Sunday the 10th of October. The HSBC British Cycling National Trophy Round 2 supported by Wheelbase will see two days of action packed racing on a classic cyclocross course full of tight turns, off-camber banks, steep drops, grueling climbs, barriers and after……
FAST BIKE FRIDAY – FOCUS ATLAS 6.7
Today’s Fast Bike Friday feature takes a closer look at the Atlas 6.7, a versatile mile-munching gravel bike from German brand Focus which, thanks to some clever geometry tweaks and intelligent equipment specification, is equally at home flying through tight singletrack at speed as it is taking on endless miles of gravel, fully laden with……
