WHEELBASE LAKELAND LANEQUEST - FINAL ROUND & PARTY!

Tuesday the 20th of July saw the 5th and final round of the popular Wheelbase Lakeland Lanequest series which took place in the South Lakes under blue skies and high temperatures. This wasn’t just the final round of the 2021 series, the event also doubled up as a celebration of 25 years of Lakeland Lanequests!

Starting and finishing at the Manor House pub, Oxen Park this final Lakeland Lanequest round took the opportunity to re-create their first 1995 event with the course including around 25% of off-road trails as well as the usual quiet country lanes making this round suitable for gravel and mountain bikes. Carol McNeil who started it all way back in 1995 was involved in the running of this special event and joined the celebrations after the ride.

Carol McNeil organiser of the original Lakeland Lanequest event back in 1995 was there to celebrate 25 years…

The final round, designed to be inclusive and aimed at all abilities, on all styles of bikes, all ages and families proved really popular and we were blessed with some cracking weather and a warm evening, perfect for the after ride prize presentations, live music from local band Lukkie and a real celebration of 25 successful years.

James Dalton, co-owner of Wheelbase was on hand to help with the prize giving which included awards to the overall series leaders in each category. It was great to see so many familiar faces joining us for the final round party; here’s to 25 more years!

Our talented photographer James Vincent was there to capture the event for us, scroll through to see all of the celebrations and check out the Round 5 and Overall results at the bottom of this page…