Miles away from the beaten track….

Last week I spent the week riding in the Fort William and Ardgour areas in the Western Highlands of Scotland. The name of the game was adventure as I made the decision to steer clear of the trail centres and head for the hills. OS map in hand, off I went. What I discovered were trails that required proper commitment, more than one unexpected bog, a smattering of 9ft high deer fences, but above all some great riding.

 Ed

Congratulations to Jack Finch the UK’s Youth, National MTB Champion.

He recently took time out of his busy race schedule to show http://www.londoncyclesport.com/ his Whyte 19 Works.

Read more @ http://www.londoncyclesport.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1447:jacks-whyte-19-carbon-works-xx&catid=40:your-bikes&Itemid=96

Congratulations to Gary Lake, Editor of www.cyclistno1.co.uk for completing his 1st solo 24 hour enduro and for placing 14th out of 56 riders in the “nutty” category!

Gary rode the carbon e-120 for most of the race with the Whyte 19 as a back up.

Read about Gary’s experience @ http://www.cyclistno1.co.uk/blog/amateur-mtb-marathon-gary-rode-24.htm

Read more @ http://www.bikemagic.com/gear-news/whyte-146-first-look/8341.html

Bike Magic at Mountain Mayhem:

“Racing in the UK’s biggest endurance mountain bike event, Mountain Mayhem, proved the perfect opportunity to put the 19 Race through its paces in a real world scenario. Taking the bike out for the first lap it’s immediately noticeable how stiff the bike is. Not only in the job of converting pedalling power into forward momentum but also how direct the handling is, steering is tight and responsive with the merest body weight shifts enough to drastically alter the direction of travel. In fact, it’s one of the stiffest bikes I can remember riding in a long way, I’m actually struggling to remember the last time I rode a bike as stiff as this…”

Read more: http://www.bikemagic.com/reviews/bikes/hardtail/whyte-19-carbon-race/review/80556.html#ixzz0uxr7AGez

Read more @……………………..

http://www.bikemagic.com/reviews/bikes/hardtail/whyte-19-carbon-race/review/80556.html

Many thanks for the guys from MBR for showing us their local trails.

Keep an eye out soon for a 1st ride of the new Whyte 146.

Billy in action at the XC Nationals wearing his new Whyte skin suit.

Billy’s race report:

At the weekend I used my whyte 19, sram xx with a gearing of 39 chainring and 32 cassette, which was super fast and comfortable on the dry and dusty circuit.
Gridded number 1 I had a good start and from lap 1, 3 of us were away…

On lap 2, the 3rd place rider tried to overtake me but ploughed into me sending me into a tree cutting myself from ankle to the top of my back ! The impact also seemed to shred my tyre………
I caught the leaders back up with this tyre and struggled to keep up as the tyre was now flat, none the less I got to the pits with this wheel and stopped and changed, meanwhile the leaders had attacked and got a gap, I slipped into 6th and played catchup for the rest of the race to finish a sore sore 4th place….

Billy.

Read about Cyclist No 1’s Editor, Gary Lake and his preparations for a 24 hour solo.

Gary is being supported by Whyte with the supply of an e-120 and 19c for the race.

http://www.cyclistno1.co.uk/blog/amateur-mtb-marathon-what-bike.htm

Keep watching, the bikes are coming…………………..

Following his recent victory in the final stage of the Mountain Bike TDF, our pro elite rider, Billy Whenman has been filmed by the BBC.

Watch him @ http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/check/england/realmedia/southeasttoday/southeasttoday?size=16×9&bgc=C0C0C0&nbram=1&bbram=1&nbwm=1&bbwm=1, talking about his Olympic dreams and training regime.