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Cycle to workThis week Andrew Barlow, our top Wheelbase staffer and talented landscape photographer came blinking out of the Lake District National Park and strayed over the border to shoot a little further afield than normal. In a week before we saw the first snows and strong winds of the winter hitting the area as part of……
Month: November 2021
SRAM RIVAL ETAP AXS – PRODUCT FEATURE
Introducing a more affordable route to wireless electronic shifting… We recently got our eager mitts on SRAM’s latest road-going groupset – SRAM Rival eTap AXS; this wireless electronic groupset was launched back in April of this year, however, given the ongoing impact of Covid-19 on production and delivery times we are only now seeing this……
RORY MCGUIRE TAKES THE WIN! AT NATIONAL TROPHY CYCLOCROSS ROUND 4
The 4th round of the HSBC UK Cyclocross National Trophy Series took place at Herrington Country Park, Sunderland this past weekend (20th/21st of November) with a full schedule of age-group races taking place over the two days on an exciting new course which stayed mainly dry throughout the weekend to create fast racing conditions that……
TREK SPEED CONCEPT 2022 – PRODUCT LAUNCH!
It’s got to be Trek’s worst-ever-kept-secret! Meet the all-new Trek Speed Concept, the super-aero third-generation time trial and triathlon bike built for the exclusive pursuit of speed over distance… ...so why was the launch of this time trial bike such a badly-kept secret? We’re more used to the Trek global marketing monolith being brilliantly……
KENDAL MOUNTAIN FESTIVAL – TREK BIKE NIGHT SUPPORTED BY WHEELBASE
After limping through with a virtual festival last year, due to the Coronavirus Pandemic still causing havoc, it was great to finally come back together for the first time since November 2019 for the Kendal Mountain Festival Trek Bike Night supported by Wheelbase. The annual, unmissable off-road, two-wheeled gathering returned to its usual venue……
WHYTE 403 KID’S MOUNTAIN BIKE – PRODUCT FEATURE
Introducing the Whyte 403 kid’s mountain bike, a legit hardtail MTB that just happens to be shrunk down to child-sized proportions… As mountain biking couples begin starting a family they face the conundrum of how they can stay happy and healthy by continuing to ride. In the early years it comes down to using equipment……
FAST BIKE FRIDAY – BMC URS ONE APEX 1
Today’s Fast Bike Friday feature takes a look at this super-hot, cutting-edge gravel bike from premium Swiss bike brand BMC. The URS One Apex 1 is equal parts ‘fast and fun’ with a superlight carbon frame boasting BMC’s unique and cleverly engineered Micro Travel Technology for enhanced comfort, combined with some sophisticated angular tube-profiling which……
YOU KNOW WHERE YOU ARE WITH A TRAIL CENTRE…
...The Wheelbase Staffers head to Whinlatter trail centre in the Lake District. Intrepid landscape photographer and Wheelbase staffer Andrew Barlow has been out in the Lakes again riding his mountain bike, capturing the stunning Autumn colours and shooting some of the most beautiful vistas in the Lake District. Andrew and his fellow Wheelbase colleagues are……
BEAT THE BAD WEATHER THIS SEASON WITH SPATZWEAR
'It's raining, you're training'. We’re all too familiar with training in the rain here at Wheelbase; with stores in the Lake District, the North East and Yorkshire we know all too well that it can (sometimes) be ‘grim oop North’. Chances are though, if you’re a keen cyclist ANYWHERE in the UK and are determined……
WAHOO CRANK IT UP BREWERY TOUR! ROUND TWO REPORT
The Wahoo Wheelbase Crank It Up Brewery Tour hit the road again and headed to the Ilkley Brewery in Ilkley, Yorkshire on a rather wet Friday evening in November; following on from our successful first round in the Lake District we were keen to co-host another virtual-racing event along with Wahoo in the heartland of……
