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Eagle & Child Santa Ride

So where to start with this one, the beginning is usually a good start and not to mention it is the most wonderful ride of the year! Many will agree. So what is the Santa ride may you ask! Well, it’s an annual charity ride from the Eagle and Child Inn situated in Staveley, a……

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FAST BIKE FRIDAY – TREK PROCALIBER 9.8

For our Fast Bike Friday feature this week we’re looking at a super-light cross-country racing machine from Trek. The Procaliber 9.8 is a fast carbon fibre hardtail MTB that has been designed and produced in the pure pursuit of off-road speed and boasts a myriad of special features and shrewd componentry specifications to meet that……

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STAVELEY TO AMBLESIDE CAFE RIDE

There’s a certain point in the year here in the Lake District where despite your best intentions you can’t be out all day in the mountains; even on the very first turn of the cranks you find yourself soaked to the skin, it’s synonymous with riding in the Lakes at this time of year. To……

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FOCUS JAM2 7-SERIES

Introducing the all-new Focus Jam2 7-Series, designed specifically to make you happy!   Launched today! The Jam2 7-Series e-MTB from top German bike brand Focus is made for FUN; with the belief that E-MTBs have the ‘power’ (excuse the pun) to make people happier the designers at Focus are clear in their intent – ‘we……

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FAST BIKE FRIDAY – BMC ROADMACHINE X ONE

For Fast Bike Friday this week we’ve got something a little different, which initially needs a little explaining; the BMC Roadmachine X One is part-road-bike (the clue’s in the title after-all) and part-gravel-bike. During the unboxing and bike-build process it got our workshop technicians talking; is this a versatile road bike with some off-road capability?……

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A RIDE ON WILD BOAR FELL

Wheelbase Lake District Sales Assistant Andrew Barlow has been out riding with his camera again, capturing the classic winter colours of our surrounding countryside; with another change of scenery Andy came of of the Lake District National Park and headed out east. Situated in the Yorkshire Dales National Park Wild Boar Fell is situated on……

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