UPDATED! In the middle of 2019 we had an email from The Netherlands asking for the Scope Cycling O2 wheels to be sent back for some hub updates. It was a simple enough request, and the carbon wheels had tyres removed and were boxed up and collected by courier. Something was in the works, but […]
Ramses Bekkenk claims Battle on the Beach
Battle on the Beach is a race with mountain bikes, cyclocross bikes, fat bikes and a few tandem bikes on the beach and singletrack in South Wales. It’s one of many great events planned by Matt Page, who puts his racing experience into creating great events in Wales. Last year Stefan Vreugdenhil and Karen Brouwer […]
Richard Jansen wins Dutch Beach Racing Championship
Cyclocross racing isn’t the only winter bike racing option in Europe – many in the ‘lowlands’ of the Netherlands and Belgium turn to beach racing. This past weekend, the Dutch Nath National Championships Beachracing was held in Egmond. With a strong headwind Ike Groen and Stefan Vreugdenhil attacked from the start. They cooperated very well together and […]
Bram Rood wins Dutch XCM Title
This weekend Bram Rood won his first national title mountain bike marathon. After just missing out on the title in 2011 with a second place, this year the KMC-Mitsubishi-Koga rider triumphed. Right from the start of the race, Rood shared the –initially large- lead group with favourites like Lars Boom, Jeroen Boelen and Bas Peeters. […]
howies Battle on the Beach
300 riders arrived at a sunny Pembrey Country Park in Carmarthenshire for the inaugural howies Battle on the Beach, the first UK beach race. The event sold out in just 3 days when entries opened in January and also doubled as the first ever Fat Bike UK Championships. Riders travelled from far and wide, including […]