Author: John Dodgin

 

 

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• Handlebar: Cannondale 3 Riser, 6061 Alloy, 15mm rise, 8° sweep, 4° rise, 780mm
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WHEELBASE Stockton

POSITION: Part Time Sales Assistant

LOCATION: Wheelbase Stockton, Go Outdoors, Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, TS18 2QQ

We are currently looking for the right applicants to join our ever-growing Sales Team at our Wheelbase Stockton Store as Part Time Sales Assistants.

We are looking for people who enjoy working in a busy retail environment, delivering outstanding service to our all customers. We sell the latest products from the leading brands across all cycling disciplines – mountain, road, electric, leisure, kids and adventure.

You will be a positive member of the team, sales focused and offer a best-in-class customer experience through great dynamics, a premium product range, accurate sales recording, time management and merchandising.

The role is fast paced, varied and testing.

YOU WILL BE REQUIRED TO:

Achieve a best-in-class customer experience and ensure the team delivers exceptional customer service.

Have a passion for cycling and develop your product knowledge across mountain, road, electric, leisure, kids and adventure bikes, clothing and accessories.

Engage with customers, from meeting and greeting to asking questions, listening, and understanding their needs.

Correctly process your sales and keep the customer up to date with progress.

Be a team player – support the Store Managers and the rest of your store team.

Create a positive working environment and deliver the WHEELBASE brand values and culture of openness, inclusivity and community.

The store must be merchandised daily and always be presented to a high standard.

SKILLS AND INTERESTS:

Passionate about cycling.

Willingness to develop inter-personal skills and product knowledge.

Ability to be a team player and motivated to deliver the best customer service.

Have great commercial sense and be sales orientated.

An excellent communicator and relationship builder.

Ability to work under pressure in a busy retail environment.

Meet challenges with a positive attitude.

General IT skills.

HOURS: To be agreed, part time role, including some weekends

SALARY: We offer a competitive salary based on ability and experience

HOLIDAY: 28 days paid holidays, including bank holidays.

TO APPLY: if you would like to apply to join the WHEELBASE Stockton team, please email a covering letter explaining the role you would like to apply for plus your experience and why you would be an ideal candidate to join the team, plus please attach an up-to-date CV. Email your application to jobs@wheelbase.co.uk

PLEASE NOTE: Due to high volumes of applications if you do not hear back from us with a request for an interview, please assume your application has been unsuccessful.

 

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WHEELBASE Coventry

POSITION: Full Time Sales Assistant

LOCATION: Wheelbase Coventry, Go Outdoors, Canley, CV5 6RN

We are currently looking for the right applicants to join our ever-growing Sales Team at our Wheelbase Coventry Store as Full Time Sales Assistants.

We are looking for people who enjoy working in a busy retail environment, delivering outstanding service to our all customers. We sell the latest products from the leading brands across all cycling disciplines – mountain, road, electric, leisure, kids and adventure.

You will be a positive member of the team, sales focused and offer a best-in-class customer experience through great dynamics, a premium product range, accurate sales recording, time management and merchandising.

The role is fast paced, varied and testing.

YOU WILL BE REQUIRED TO:

Achieve a best-in-class customer experience and ensure the team delivers exceptional customer service.

Have a passion for cycling and develop your product knowledge across mountain, road, electric, leisure, kids and adventure bikes, clothing and accessories.

Engage with customers, from meeting and greeting to asking questions, listening, and understanding their needs.

Correctly process your sales and keep the customer up to date with progress.

Be a team player – support the Store Managers and the rest of your store team.

Create a positive working environment and deliver the WHEELBASE brand values and culture of openness, inclusivity and community.

The store must be merchandised daily and always be presented to a high standard.

SKILLS AND INTERESTS:

Passionate about cycling.

Willingness to develop inter-personal skills and product knowledge.

Ability to be a team player and motivated to deliver the best customer service.

Have great commercial sense and be sales orientated.

An excellent communicator and relationship builder.

Ability to work under pressure in a busy retail environment.

Meet challenges with a positive attitude.

General IT skills.

HOURS: 5 days a week, full time role, including one day on a weekend

SALARY: We offer a competitive salary based on ability and experience

HOLIDAY: 28 days paid holidays, including bank holidays.

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Generous staff discount scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Professional working environment

Casual but smart dress code

Staff social opportunities

TO APPLY: If you would like to apply to join the WHEELBASE Coventry team, please email a covering letter explaining the role you would like to apply for plus your experience and why you would be an ideal candidate to join the team, plus please attach an up-to-date CV. Email your application to jobs@wheelbase.co.uk

PLEASE NOTE: Due to high volumes of applications if you do not hear back from us with a request for an interview, please assume your application has been unsuccessful.

 

WHEELBASE Coventry

POSITION: Part Time Sales Assistant

LOCATION: Wheelbase Coventry, Go Outdoors, Canley, CV5 6RN

We are currently looking for the right applicants to join our ever-growing Sales Team at our Wheelbase Coventry Store as Part Time Sales Assistants.

We are looking for people who enjoy working in a busy retail environment, delivering outstanding service to our all customers. We sell the latest products from the leading brands across all cycling disciplines – mountain, road, electric, leisure, kids and adventure.

You will be a positive member of the team, sales focused and offer a best-in-class customer experience through great dynamics, a premium product range, accurate sales recording, time management and merchandising.

The role is fast paced, varied and testing.

YOU WILL BE REQUIRED TO:

Achieve a best-in-class customer experience and ensure the team delivers exceptional customer service.

Have a passion for cycling and develop your product knowledge across mountain, road, electric, leisure, kids and adventure bikes, clothing and accessories.

Engage with customers, from meeting and greeting to asking questions, listening, and understanding their needs.

Correctly process your sales and keep the customer up to date with progress.

Be a team player – support the Store Managers and the rest of your store team.

Create a positive working environment and deliver the WHEELBASE brand values and culture of openness, inclusivity and community.

The store must be merchandised daily and always be presented to a high standard.

SKILLS AND INTERESTS:

Passionate about cycling.

Willingness to develop inter-personal skills and product knowledge.

Ability to be a team player and motivated to deliver the best customer service.

Have great commercial sense and be sales orientated.

An excellent communicator and relationship builder.

Ability to work under pressure in a busy retail environment.

Meet challenges with a positive attitude.

General IT skills.

HOURS: To be agreed, part time role, including some weekends

SALARY: We offer a competitive salary based on ability and experience

HOLIDAY: 28 days paid holidays, including bank holidays.

TO APPLY: if you would like to apply to join the WHEELBASE Coventry team, please email a covering letter explaining the role you would like to apply for plus your experience and why you would be an ideal candidate to join the team, plus please attach an up-to-date CV. Email your application to jobs@wheelbase.co.uk

PLEASE NOTE: Due to high volumes of applications if you do not hear back from us with a request for an interview, please assume your application has been unsuccessful.

 

 

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It was a case of 4^th time lucky for Giles Drake of the Wheelbase Cabtech Castelli racing team as he was finally able to bring everything together on the day and take an impressive victory in the World’s toughest Cyclo-Cross race.

Watch Giles take the win at the 3 Peaks!

 

The 59^th edition of this iconic race took place on a typically wet and windy Autumn day, with low cloud and poor visibility dominating the majority of the race. Factor in the strong winds on the top of the peaks and muddy conditions affecting both the riding and running/walking sections and this year’s race promised to be particularly challenging for everyone competing.

It’s been a while since we’ve had a wet and windy Peaks, 2023 did not disappoint.

 

It was interesting to note that riders who had the potential to be at the sharp end of the race were welcoming these difficult conditions with open arms, inspired by the challenge they would bring to the race and keen to cash in on the chance to establish large time gaps at key points of the course. Giles Drake could include himself in this select group of riders who had the skills, experience and sublime levels of fitness to race for the win; with an unfortunate run of bad luck affecting his results in previous editions he was ready to put that behind him and line up again to race for the win.

The pre-race favourites were ready to compete for the win, but would luck be on their side?

 

Going into the 3 Peaks with high hopes for Giles, we knew it was important to deploy the full Wheelbase media squad onto the course to help capture all of the drama of this unique race and its foreboding landscape. The approach to the top of Ingleborough, the first of 3 peaks is dominated by the ridiculous gradients of Simon Fell which sees riders shouldering their bikes while steadying themselves with their hands on the ground in front of them such is the steepness of this climb; we headed straight there to catch what is arguably the most iconic moment of the whole race.

The infamous steep slopes of Simon Fell strike fear into the heart of every competitor  at the 3 Peaks.

 

We positioned ourselves three quarters of the way up Simon Fell and waited to see who would come out of the mist first as over 300 riders started to stretch out into a long line below us. True to form multiple 3 Peaks winner Rob Jebb appeared out of the clouds in front with Giles Drake keeping pace right on his heels; it was amazing to see that even at this point in the race they were beginning to stretch out their lead, with the remaining elite racers already well spaced out behind them. After filming and photographing the epic struggle of the main group’s grueling ascent of Simon Fell we hot-footed it off the fell and headed towards Ribblehead Viaduct with high hopes that Giles would be leading the race the next time we saw him.

In the meantime Giles was first over the very top of Ingleborough with Jebb on his wheel; on the long descent towards Cold Coates Giles picked up a front wheel puncture, but unlike other years he was able to remain calm, riding the flat to the first road section thanks to his tubeless tyre inserts before making a quick wheel change and quickly reestablishing his lead on the long valley road towards the second peak of Whernside.

True to form it was multiple 3 Peaks champ Rob Jebb who emerged from the mist first with Giles Drake hot on his heels.

 

As we arrived at Ribblehead and waited for Giles to descend off Whernside past the iconic viaduct we got news that he had been able to stretch out his lead to around one and a half minutes at the top and before long he was coming through in a flash of yellow, green and black as his Wheelbase Cabtech Castelli team kit shone through the flat grey light which was still dominating the morning. Looking powerful and composed on the bike it was clear to see that Giles was on a stormer of a day and was able to steal time on the climbs and flatter portions of the course while staying in control on the chaotic descents, erring on the side of caution to avoid any unwanted mechanicals.

It was a relief to see Giles coming off Whernside in first place without any unwanted mechanicals. 

 

The race was on and Giles’ dedicated support crew could begin to dream that this was finally the 3 Peaks Cyclo-Cross that everything would come together for him. All of us knew that he was more than capable of taking the win; it was just a matter of time and the avoidance of an untimely puncture. We stayed another 10-15 minutes at Ribblehead to capture the lead riders coming through and before long our Wheelbase Cabtech Castelli National Vet 40 Cyclo-Cross Champion Lewis Craven came through resplendent in his National Champs kit. As he drew level with us it was clear he was finessing his bike to the pits with a front wheel puncture where Wheelbase team manager Stu Reid was waiting to perform a super-fast wheel change before getting him off on his way again. After the race Lewis would explain that he’d suffered a double puncture, but despite this clearly affecting his result he was still able to finish the race in an impressive 22^nd place.

Punctures would effect Lewis Craven’s race, but with speedy assistance from Wheelbase team manager Stu Reid he was still able to finish in 22nd place.

 

Some quick trackside calculations indicated that if we were going to be able to get to the finish and capture Giles crossing the line for the win then we were going to have to forego the third and final peak of Pen-Y-Ghent. Jumping in the car we headed straight to Helwith Bridge and readied ourselves with cameras in hand, eager to record the moment that Giles finally got the monkey off his back. Giles’ friends and family nervously clung on to the barriers, craning their necks to see the first sight of him swinging off the road and into the finishing area.

As he crossed the line with his arms punching the air the relief was palpable; Giles stepped off his bike dropped to the floor, onto his knees and bowed his head for a second to take in what he’d just achieved. What followed was a round of hugs, high-fives and back slaps as his friends, family and Wheelbase team helpers all congratulated him on what we all knew was a massively significant result for Giles.

Giles Drake takes the win! 

 

Friends, family and teammates were waiting at the finish to share Giles’ well-deserved win.

 

Shortly after he regained his composure Giles was back in front of our cameras again, answering my questions and giving us his account of how the race played out. Ever the professional Giles took time to thank his friends, family, hardworking support crew and the Wheelbase team, acknowledging the technical help he’d received in the build up to the Peaks in an effort to eliminate the risk of an untimely puncture or mechanical. The 3 Peaks Cyclo-Cross race has been a passion project for Giles, he’s refined his race-craft over the years and worked hard to limit the potential for bad luck; there’s no more deserved rider to take the win than Giles Drake and we’re all incredibly proud of his laser focus and unwavering drive to win this iconic race!

Ever the professional, Giles was ready for his-post race interview, giving us the low-down on how things played out up on the hills.

 

Wheelbase are super-proud of all the hard work Giles put in to win the iconic 3 Peaks Cyclo-Cross race!

 

Photos by James  Vincent (you can see a full gallery of his 3 Peaks Cyclo-Cross photos below..)

Written by Johnny Dodgin

Video by Badger Productions & Johnny Dodgin

 

Check out Giles Drake’s race winning Cannondale SuperSix EVO CX bike which he very kindly photographed before the lengthy bike cleaning process began! Giles made a number of adaptations to the bike to make it as user-friendly as possible for the 3 Peaks including that HUGE wide ratio cassette ensuring he had the right choice of gears for the steep but rideable portions of the course. Tyre choice and setup were also key considerations with Giles opting for a tubeless setup that included sealant and tyre inserts, enabling him to keep riding to the next pit area on a flat tyre. You can see our full Cannondale SuperSix EVO CX Fast Bike Friday feature HERE

Giles Drake’s 3 Peaks race-winning Cannondale SuperSix EVO CX bike.

 

Our talented freelance photographer James Vincent did an awesome job of capturing all of the chaos of the 3 Peaks Cyclo-Cross race. Check out our huge gallery bellow…

 

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As the leaves begin to turn brown and temperatures start to dip towards single digits there’s a certain cohort of cyclists that feel a rush of adrenaline at the thought of what’s to come. A glance at their race calendars reveal a key date, circled in red; it’s nearly time for the 3 Peaks Cyclo-Cross race!

 

The 59^th edition of the 3 Peaks Cyclo-Cross race takes place in the stunning Yorkshire Dales National Park on Sunday 24th September. It presents a unique challenge to every competitor, with no other race else quite like it. Every year the 3 Peaks attracts thousands of entries, with a ballot system determining the final selection of racers due to line up for the start at Helwith Bridge. That tightly-packed group of racers will include anxious first-timers keen to tick this grueling challenge off their cycling bucket list, experienced racers who have travelled far and wide to measure up against this unique challenge and seasoned campaigners who welcome another chance to take on the 3 Peaks Cyclo-Cross race.

Be inspired by last year’s edition. Click the link.

 

Waiting ahead of the competitors will be a testing 38 mile loop around the iconic Yorkshire Dales, with 20 miles off-road and 18 miles on-road as well as 5,000 feet of climbing some of which is completely unrideable. Racers will summit the 3 peaks of Ingleborough, Whernside and finally Pen-Y-Ghent; they’ll be cheered on by large crowds of supporters, with friends and family providing trackside assistance, armed with spare wheels and drinks bottles. As in previous years racers from our own Wheelbase Cabtech Castelli team will be action and are ready to show themselves at the sharp end of the race.

Riders take on Simon Fell, climbing towards the top of Ingleborough, the first of the 3 Peaks.

 

Our super-talented Cyclo-Cross racer Giles Drake heads into this edition of the 3 Peaks with renewed vigour and high hopes for a successful campaign without any mechanical problems. In last year’s edition lady luck was not on Giles’ side as he incurred multiple punctures at unfortunate moments in the race; he would puncture three times, while leading the race or chasing back to eventual winner Robb Jebb, however Giles’ tenacious attitude helped him stay focused and complete the race, crossing the line in a brilliant fourth place.

Despite a run of bad luck, with multiple punctures, Giles Drake go on to finish in 4th place in the 2023 edition.

 

Despite that strong showing, Giles’ frustration at the end of the race was clear to see and we all know he’s keen make amends in 2023. His build up to this year’s race has gone well, with consistent training leaving him ready to take a good result. He’s got a fantastic support team around him to help ensure he’s got all the nutrition and mechanical assistance he needs at key points on the course and there’s been a lot of time and energy spent refining tyre choice and tubeless set-up so we go into this edition of the 3 Peaks Cyclo-Cross race with high hopes for another strong performance from Giles.

Drake close on the heels of eventual race winner Rob Jebb.

 

When it comes to pre-race knowledge there aren’t many competitors out there more experienced than Wheelbase Cabtech Castelli’s Lewis Craven. The 2023 edition will be Lewis’ 15^th time racing over the grueling peaks of Ingleborough, Whernside and Pen-Y-Ghent and he always arrives at the start line fit and ready to perform. As a former World Masters Cyclo-Cross Champion and current National Masters Cyclo-Cross Champion Lewis will rely on his formidable bike-handling skills, honed over countless seasons to steal back time on the technical descents and we know he’ll be towards the front of the race when it counts.

Lewis Craven resplendent in his World Masters Cyclo-Cross Champion jersey in last year’s 3 Peaks Cyclo-Cross race.

 

Good luck to everyone who is racing the 3 Peaks Cyclo-Cross this year! If you’re thinking of coming along for the first time as a spectator we encourage you to do so, this unique race never fails to impress thanks to the sheer scale of the Peaks, the tenacity of the riders and the sheer ridiculousness of witnessing riders take on some of the most challenging off-road riding imaginable on what are essentially fat-tried road bikes! The Wheelbase media team will be in attendance, working hard to capture all the action, so look out for a full report and video coming shortly after the race.

You can find out more about the 3 Peaks Cyclo-Cross 2023 race on their event website HERE.

 

Written by Johnny Dodgin

Photos by James Vincent

 

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