Sunday, August 31, 2008

Shimano Bike


I was just just going through some photos and found this one. It is from Madison's Ice Bike* show from early this year and it shows the bike we built to show off Shimano DXR groupset (it's a Supercross G6 with Bombshell F1 forks BTW).

Thursday, August 28, 2008

Alans BMX/Shimano DXR Team Report - British Championships Peterborough 24/8/08

Alans BMX/Shimano DXR - British Champions!

After the success of BMX on the Olympics everyone was amped up for the British Championships at Peterborough - a one-off event separate from the National points series which crowns British Champions - plus a Team title up for grabs. A fantastic days racing was had, the event was superb, the atmosphere was as good as it gets - a big thank you to Peterborough Phantoms club for putting on such a great event.

Again with a minimal team of just 5 team our Alans BMX/Shimano DXR team out in a fantastic performance.


Kye Whyte
What can you say, he was pushed all the way by some very stiff competition, but Kye came away as a double British Champion in both 9 and 12 & Under cruiser.


Jack Clarke
Jack had a cracking final and brought us home a brilliant Second place.

Bradley Minns
A solid 4th in both 13s and 13-15 Cruiser.


Charlotte Green
Abbie Taylor moved from the Boys class to Junior Female just for this event to but Charlotte kept her honest, beating all her regular National opposition.


Luke Tamblyn
Junior Men was wide open at the beginning of the year, not any more. Like Kye, Luke also had some tough comp, but put together one of the most perfect races I've ever seen and came away as British Champion.

All our riders are now running Maxxis DTH tyres and we also tried out Fenwicks new lube (their bike cleaner came in handy in the morning as well).

> BCF report here
> Tons more image here on our Flickr



TEAM SPONSORS: Shimano, Thor, Giro, Ultimate Pursuits, Vans, Fenwicks, Supercross BMX, Avent, Bombshell, Tangent, ODI, Maxxis.

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Shanaze in Beijing


Not long to go now. Report from BC site here.

Monday, August 18, 2008

Luke & Charlotte Talent Team training

Andrew, Charlotte's dad, took some pics at the BC Talent Team session at the new Manchester training track:

The supercross track start hill in Manchester was to wet to ride so the team concentrated on the 2nd straight and Pro line. Luke was the 1st in the country to jump the pro line and clear it All the other Elite riders haven't even looked at it. Pics are from flatfield's track in Manchester. The sprints were done in the Velodrome car park.


More pics and video to follow!





Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Go Shanaze!


http://www.shanazereade.com

Sunday, August 10, 2008

Brits bargains

Just a quick heads up - we'll have a wedge of gear up for grabs at the Peterborough Brits. Stuff like ex-team frames, forks plus new race gear and a display of the new Supercross Icon complete bikes.

Race Report: Rounds 8 & 9 Burnham


A red hot Burnham-On-Sea hosted rounds 8 & 9 of the British Cycling BMX Championships and once again our five riders pulled out all the stops and extended our Alans BMX/Shimano DXR points lead further. Saturday night also a Euro race for Junior Men, Women and Elite.

First off we have to mention our Junior Men ace Luke Tamblyn who was blazingly fast winning the Euro race, collecting double points and now leads the series by 55 points. (By the way, Luke is the first of our team to use the new DTH Maxxis tyre to great effect, now our entire team run them).

Charlotte Green had to compete against European Jr Female riders and finished a strong third, still securing 1st place though (and double) points along the way beating all her regular rivals and sits a close second in points.

Jack Clarke finished the weekend in 11-12 class with a 4th & a DNF and sits 5th in points with his two locals tracks up next in the series.

Bradley Minns had good results both days in his two classes against some tough Euro opposition and leads 13-15 Cruiser class points.

Kye Whyte was up against some Euro opposition in 12 & Under Cruiser but came away with two second places and as usual won both days on his 20".

Next event: British BMX Championships Peterborough 23/24th August.

Thanks again to Lisa & Lewis Clarke for taking our van to the event and Dave Deakin for his mechanic duties.

Images here. © Richard Rowbotham.

TEAM SPONSORS: Shimano, Thor, Giro, Ultimate Pursuits, Vans, Fenwicks, Supercross BMX, Avent, Bombshell, Tangent, ODI.

Friday, August 01, 2008

Burnham National Rounds 8 & 9


Report to follow.

Images here. © Richard Rowbotham.