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Wheelbase Lake District are celebrating two fantastic days of demo riding following our hugely successful BIG DEMO WEEKEND 2023
Wheelbase kicked off a busy year of events with the biggest, best Demo event we have ever hosted! With unpredictable weather forecast all of our favourite bike brands bravely made the long trip to the Lake District in a journey punctuated by heavy snow fall across the U.K.
The show must go on though and despite the cold temperatures our Big Demo event village quickly took shape with TREK, Yeti, Scott, Whyte, Mondraker, Nukeproof, Cannondale, Merida, Orbea, Focus, Polygon and Jamis all setting up their pits and priming their respective fleets of demo mountain bikes ready for riding.
The big demo weekend was a chance for riders to get a feel for the latest tech and shred on some of the most exciting new mountain bikes and eMTBs; with each group ride guided by fully-qualified, certified mountain bike guides from the Cycle Active team our customers got to take their dream bikes out onto some of the most iconic trails in the south Lake District before heading back to Wheelbase HQ for refreshments and a quick bike change before heading out again for more fun!
We’d like to thank all of our customers who attended, our fantastic bike brands for supplying us with the world’s best bikes and the hard-working guides for getting everyone around the challenging trails safely. 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 March next year!
Wheelbase Northeast also be hosting a mountain bike demo day in Hamsterley Forest on the 13th of May and Wheelbase Coventry will be hosting their demo day on the 15th of July at the Cannock Chase trail centre. Keep an eye our website from more details…
Watch the BIG Demo Weekend video here…
The biggest, best Big Demo Weekend ever was a huge success!
All riders were pre-registered and ready to try out their dream bikes…
After each ride customers queued up to have their bikes washed by the hard-working Wheelbase staff.
There was plenty of time to compare notes on the ride quality of each bike in between rides.
The mid-March weather was a little unpredictable but it didn’t stop us smiling.
TREK came with a super-popular fleet of demo bikes.
Riders were keen to try out the latest YETI e-mountain and mountain bikes from the Colorado brand.
There were 35 guided rides over the two days.
Riders were efficiently set up, ready to ride, with pedals fitted and suspension adjusted.
The range of e-MTB’s from U.K. brand Whyte Bikes proved very popular with riders looking for plenty of pedal power.
What’s big, yellow and powerful? Well, in this case it’s a Nukeproof Megawatt e-MTB!
Mondraker’s Dusty e-MTB was in high demand throughout the weekend and proved to a bike that could easily handle the tough Lake District terrain.
YETI’s SB160E e-mountain bike made light work of the loose, technical Lake District climbs.
One of the ‘stars of the show’ was the TREK Fuel EXe e-MTB featuring the superlight, impossibly quiet TQ motor.
Our large team of qualified guides were on hand to keep riders safe and happy on each and every ride.
Polygon bikes were on hand with their range of non-e-mountain bikes for those customers looking for a more traditional riding experience.
Each ability-group gathered at the start of the ride, ready to test out their chosen bike on some of the most exciting terrain available in the South Lakes.
At the end of each ride customers were able to discuss how their bike rode with the brand staff.
With a light dusting of snow the landscape was picturesque without interfering with the riding.
Jon and his crew from Cycle Active was with us all weekend to help ensure all rides were safe and enjoyable.
The Wheelbase Big Demo weekend was a chance to rack up some air miles.
E-MTB’s were everywhere with riders keen to test the latest tech.
The Nukeproof Megawatt e-MTB made short work of our local trails.
Sunday was far wetter than Saturday but didn’t diminish the fun that was had.
Local guide Lucy chaperoned riders over some of her favourite trails.
The Lake District is a fantastic testing ground.
Leading by example, Wheelbase Director Toby Dalton was on bike-washing duties all weekend.
With a quick turn around between rides the bike-wash was kept busy all weekend.
Sometimes we washed people too!
The final rides of the weekend took place during rain showers but everyone kept smiling.
Lust-worthy bikes from YETI.
Lightweight e-MTB’s like the Orbea Rise were in hot demand throughout the weekend.
The new Scott Genius analogue mountain bike boasts 150mm of travel facilitated by that clever internal shock.
The Nukeproof Giga was another popular non-e-mountain bike at this year’s Big Demo weekend.
A huge thanks to all of the bike brands who helped make this our best Demo Weekend yet!
You can see a full set of BIG Demo Weekend photos in our Facebook Album HERE…
Photos by James Vincent
Written by Johnny Dodgin
Video by Badger Productions & Johnny Dodgin
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