As the year comes to a close we thought it would be a good time to take a look back at some of the best ‘Fast Bike Friday’ features of 2021. Every week we publish an in-depth feature on a chosen ‘Fast Bike’ from Wheelbase HQ in the Lake District and accompany it with a……
Month: December 2021
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……
FAST BIKE FRIDAY – CUBE LITENING C:68X SL 2022
It’s Fast Bike Friday! This week we’re casting an eye over a super-slippery aero road bike that’s already proved itself in winning moves at races including the prestigious Giro d’Italia. The aero-efficient Cube Litening C:68X SL was piloted to victory on Stage 3 of this year’s Giro by Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert rider Taco van der Hoorn after……
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……
RORY MCGUIRE HAS A BAD DAY BUT CONSOLIDATES 2ND OVERALL AT NATIONAL TROPHY CYCLOCROSS ROUND 5
The weekend of the 11th and 12th of December saw the 5th and penultimate round of the National Trophy Cyclocross take place at the Cyclopark cycling centre in Crawley, Kent. With a final chance in 2021 to consolidate his high placing overall before the short Christmas break our star racer Rory McGuire came into Round……
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……
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……
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?……
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……
CANNONDALE MOTERRA NEO 4 – PRODUCT LAUNCH!
Launched today! It’s the new Cannondale Moterra Neo 4 2022 featuring a powerful Shimano STEPS EP8 motor with 630Wh battery and 150mm of front and rear travel making it more than capable of taking on some of the gnarliest, most technically demanding downhill trails out there before assisting you back to the top with ease……