Lezyne and Motor Tabs added - posted on 9th May - 9:17am
Our 2 new brands - Lezyne and Motor Tabs have been added to our site.
Full details can be found under the "Brands" tab http://www.upgradebikes.co.uk/brands.php?c=lezyne and http://www.upgradebikes.co.uk/brands.php?c=motortabs
We are sure that you will like these brands and their products as much as we do.
2008 MBUK Shoredown - posted on 7th May - 9:03am
For the third year running, the "Shore Showdown" Freeride Bike Jam returns to Esher Shore bike park - but this time with the addition of the brand new Slopestyle park which will get its official opening on the day of the Jam......
The Showdown will take place on Sunday 29th June between 10am and 6pm, with signing in starting at 9am
For existing Esher Shore members it will cost just £10 to enter the Jam, and for non-members £20 including a year's membership - full information can be found at: http://www.eshershore.com/showdown.htm
As one of the only open access, public Freeride events in the UK each year, the Shore Showdown attracts 100's of riders from all over the UK, and offers a great day of riding followed by a freestyle Jam "Battle" in the Esher Shore bike park, and for the first time in 2008, a Slopestyle Jam "Battle" in the brand new Esher Slopestyle bike park
Pro riders from all over the UK will be attending including the DMR Team riders, MBUK's pros and bros, Mythic Bikes' Rob Cole and other UK pro riders to be confirmed nearer the time
Esher Shore's website is found at www.eshershore.com
The Showdown will take place on Sunday 29th June between 10am and 6pm, with signing in starting at 9am
For existing Esher Shore members it will cost just £10 to enter the Jam, and for non-members £20 including a year's membership - full information can be found at: http://www.eshershore.com/showdown.htm
As one of the only open access, public Freeride events in the UK each year, the Shore Showdown attracts 100's of riders from all over the UK, and offers a great day of riding followed by a freestyle Jam "Battle" in the Esher Shore bike park, and for the first time in 2008, a Slopestyle Jam "Battle" in the brand new Esher Slopestyle bike park
Pro riders from all over the UK will be attending including the DMR Team riders, MBUK's pros and bros, Mythic Bikes' Rob Cole and other UK pro riders to be confirmed nearer the time
Esher Shore's website is found at www.eshershore.com
DMR at the Qashqai Qulaifier - Madrid - posted on 7th May - 8:41am
Sam and Blake have justreturned from teh Qashqai qualifier in Madrid, where tehy did us proud, read on for full details and check out www.dmrbikes.com for tehir profiles.
For our 1st runs, Blake did a no hander to x up on the first jump, 1 foot table up the satellite dish, x up off, no hander then a tailwhip! An amazing run which gave him 241 points.I did a backflip on the first, table up the satellite dish, tyre grab down, no hander then a tailwhip, but coming up a little short on the last jump and casing a bit! Still I was pretty happy and got 237 points.
After a 20 minute ride through the streets of Madrid at 100mph, we had our second qualifying runs, and the better of the two would count for qualifying…
A two foot can can off the first jump, backflip onto the satellite dish, no hander then a 360 tabletop at the end. I was really stoked with my run but only got 252 points.
Blake was next, doing a superman off the first jump, no foot can up the dish, x up down, no hander then a tailwhip, another amazing run! He just slipped past me with 253 points!
In the end our runs just weren’t quite good enough and as the big guns came out we found ourselves slipping further and further down the list until finishing in 22nd and 23rd place! We were happy none the less, and only being 14 points off 15th place and qualifying was a good feeling with so many pro riders competing. They were just unbelievable. Tricks that would win UK comps were pulled midset, backflips and 360s down the drop, double tailwhips, 360whips, flipwhips, superman flips and frontflips were all the norm for most of those guys.
We decided to go out and celebrate that night getting really drunk at the rider party!
Well done boys, we are sure you will nail it next year!
Chris Newtons Oval Equipped Bike - posted on 6th May - 9:26am
Great Britain Cycling Team star Chris Newton, who is a strong contender to be part of the GB team for this year's Olympics, broke his left collarbone following an incident with a car whilst out cycling in March.
"Since then I've just been concentrating on getting fit again and its only now I've started to use my low pro after putting it together. Thanks again for your support and i hope the pics are ok."
Chris (34), who is a former world champion in the Points Race, and won the Premier Calendar Road Racing series in 2007.
http://www.chrisnewton.ndo.co.uk/
Late News - TRP - posted on 2nd May - 16:30pm
Late news, but still great news.................
Bella Comerford, finished 1st in the women's race at Ironman South Africa (3.8km swim / 180km bike / 42.2km run).
Comerford's victory came after a storming run that saw her come from behind to take victory in the closing legs of the marathon section of the event before crossing the finish line at the event based in Nelson Mandela Bay.
Bella uses TRP RL970 Aero brake levers on her Cervelo bike.
http://www.trpbrakes.com/rl970.php
Well done Bella - Congratulations from everyone at TRP
Upgrade at the Enduro 6 - posted on 1st May - 7:47am
The Upgrade boys were out and about at the Wiggle Enduro 6 last weekend.
They displayed a full range of product from: Lezyne, Motor Tabs, Geax, Reynolds, Kinesis, Oval and DMR. The Lezyne tools were fiddled with, the Reynolds wheels were drooled over, the Kinesis frames were longed for and the Motor Tabs were constantly sampled.
On the Sunday Tom and Paddy even found the time and energy to race in the Enduro 6 race alongside sales rep Roy Hunt (who won his class - well done Roy.)
The next outing will be the Bristol bikefest (7/8th June) followed by Mountain Mayhem (22/23/24th June) - See you there!