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 based in the North East to test ride the latest tech at a super-fun trail centre and is a great opportunity for riders who missed our larger Lake District event to shred on the latest, greatest mountain bikes.

The Wheelbase Big Demo day had the best mountain bike brands in attendance including Yeti.

 

With over 100 riders in attendance and some crackin’ weather making for dry, fast, flowy riding conditions we had a huge fleet of bikes available to test ride on the marked trails of Hamsterley Forest. 2022 saw a huge fleet of demo bikes to ride from Trek, Ibis, Scott, Focus, Nukeproof, Mondraker, Whyte, Kona and Yeti with each brand bringing their latest full-suspension mountain bikes and e-MTB’s.

The Hamsterley Forest trails were riding sweet thanks to a good run of settled, dry weather.

 

With each attendee pre-booked to ride their dream mountain bike the Wheelbase crew and representatives from each bike brand quickly and efficiently set up the bikes to suit the rider going out on it, adjusting suspension sag and fitting pedals. Our enthusiastic, helpful team of staff enabled riders to spend as much time riding the trails as possible, allowing them to get a really good feel for the bike they were onboard.

UK mountain bike racing legend Nick Craig from Scott Bikes was on-hand to talk riders through the technical aspect of each model.

 

We were lucky enough to have MTB industry journo and prolific YouTuber Guy Kesteven in attendance for the Hamsterley Big Demo day this year. Guy’s been professionally test riding bikes for UK magazines and global websites for 25 years. His channel takes you along for the test rides and technical evaluations of the latest bikes and kit so you can see exactly how they perform and feel on the trail. Guy test rode an Ibis Ripmo AF, a Trek Fuel EX8, Nukeproof Megawatt e-MTB and a Kona Process 134; he’ll be publishing his test videos in the coming days and we’ll be sharing them on our social media too.

Guy Kesteven spent the day riding some awesome new mountain bikes while making review videos for his YouTube channel.

 

We’d like to thank all of you who attended the Big Demo Day, our fantastic brands for supplying us with the world’s best bikes and our hard-working Wheelbase staff for hosting such a successful event. We can’t wait to do it all again next year; if you’ve got FOMO (fear of missing out) then pencil it in your diary for a similar date in April next year! Neil Sturgeon was with us capturing the Big Demo day with his excellent photos, If you were there check out our gallery below and see if you can spot yourself!…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Written by Johnny Dodgin

Photos by Neil Sturgeon

 

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