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Cycle to workOur regular Fast Bike Friday feature is focusing in on the super-sleek Teammachine SLR01 Five Ultegra Di2 road bike, regarded as the ‘all-rounder’ within BMC’s extensive fleet of road bikes. The stunning Teammachine road bike shouts out cool design and precision Swiss engineering with a beautifully shaped frame-profile featuring an aerodynamic fully integrated cockpit……
Month: April 2022
GILES DRAKE TAKES 2ND PLACE AT THE DIRTY REIVER!
Last weekend saw the Dirty Reiver gravel race return to its rightful place on the calendar following the impact of Covid-19 over the last couple of years. The Dirty Reiver 200 (200km) is an off-road cycling challenge based on the Gravel Grinder format found predominantly in the mid-west of America where gravel racing was……
ROAD & GRAVEL DEMO DAY – WHEELBASE LAKE DISTRICT
Taking place on Saturday 14th May, 2022, the Wheelbase Road & Gravel Demo Day returns with an impressive range of road and gravel bikes from some of the world's best brands. Join us in the Lake District National Park for our Wheelbase Road & Gravel Bike Demo Day and enjoy riding your dream road or……
CiCLE CLASSIC CARNAGE! – RACE REPORT
The CiCLE Classic International, 25th April The Wheelbase Cabtech Castelli team headed to Rutland and Melton in the East Midlands for the infamous CiCLE Classic International road race on Sunday the 24th of April. This grueling race is the UK’s only international single day road race which always attracts a super-competitive field of the very……
WHEELBASE BIG DEMO DAY – HAMSTERLEY FOREST
Still basking in the post-event collective glory of our Big Demo Weekend in the Lake District during March it was time for the Wheelbase crew and some of the world’s best Mountain Bike and e-MTB brands to come together again for our Big Demo Day – Hamsterley. This event is a chance for riders……
CANNONDALE TOPSTONE NEO SL 1 – LONG-TERM TEST
A while back our friends at Cannondale sent over a Topstone Neo SL 1 e-bike gravel bike to put through its paces, allowing us to see how it fared on the unforgiving Lake District gravel as part of a long-term test. Andrew Barlow takes us through this super-efficient hub-driven gravel bike… Andrew Barlow has……
WHEELBASE STOCKTON-ON-TEES – NOW OPEN!
Wheelbase Stockton-On-Tees is ready to serve the Teesside cycling community with their brand new store now open in Stockton-on-Tees, a town with a great cycling infrastructure that includes extensive traffic-free cycle paths along the River Tees. With a 5 mile cycle link between Middlesbrough and Stockton-on-Tees commuting in and around Teesside couldn’t be easier……
WHEELBASE COVENTRY – NOW OPEN!
WHEELBASE, home of the UK’s largest cycle store in the Lake District National Park has been at the forefront of the bicycle industry for over 25 years. Living and breathing bikes, we've successfully built up our business across the North of England with stores in Cumbria, Yorkshire and the North East. As Wheelbase continues……
YORKSHIRE UNDER 23 CLASSIC
The Wheelbase Cabtech Castelli road racing team were well represented at the first round of the all-new Under 23 Men’s National Road Series on Easter Sunday, taking place on a rolling circuit at Upper Denby, West Yorkshire. British Cycling have put together this new five-round race series to help increase racing opportunities for the large……
WHEELBASE SPONSORS BRITAIN’S PREMIER SPORTIVE!
The Fred Whitton Challenge, recognised as the UK’s toughest cycling sportive, takes place each year on the doorstep of our Wheelbase HQ in the heart of the Lake District National Park. So it’s rather fitting that after years of involvement providing technical support for this gruelling event Wheelbase have now become title sponsors for……
