Ali C riding photos

Ali C and Mark headed off to France and the Netherlands recently for a spot of riding, and now Inspired's blog has some photos up from their trip.  You can also check out a few other pics on the Clean site too.

Blog buddies...

We forgot to mention it before, but the guys at Inspired have set up a cool new blog featuring news, team riders interviews, pictures, videos and more!  You can check that out here, where there are a bunch of interviews and footage up from the recent Dressler Camp.  I really should've gone this year...  Next year it is!

New 24" rubber!

The 24" trials market has been taking off of late, although the main limiting factor seemed to be the lack of suitable tyres for the rear of more trials-orientated bikes.  Schwalbe have produced a few different options, although they've been a little tricky to get hold of in the UK.  Fortunately, we've managed to pick up some of their Fat Albert tyres which are a good bet if you'd like a larger volume, lighter 24" rear tyre.

The new Inspired Skye

Danny MacAskill's signature Inspired Skye 24" Bike has had a couple of little tweaks here and there for mid-2012, bringing it bang up to date.  The Hope brakes fitted to the bike now feature the 'Evo' version of the HopeTech levers fitted to new Hope Trial Zone calipers, braking onto the latest Hope Trial Zone Rotors to deliver even greater braking power than before.

As an extra little bonus the bikes are also now fitted with updated Inspired Lock-On grips that feature a new grub screw-style lock-on system rather than the traditional pinch collar system.

Hex Fuse video

We've just uploaded a little video of the Hex Fuse complete bike - to view it, click on over to the bike's page on our website.

Ribo MTX shoes

We've expanded our shoe range slightly, so we now have the Ribo MTX Shoes in stock in 'Check me out' yellow.  If you're a fan of slightly more subtle colours we still stock the Lite in our own colourway.

Neon custom spec

Yet another new bike!  This time a Neon 20" custom build featuring some pretty pimp parts.  20% off too, so a bit of a steal at £999.99...

Hex Fuse...

Continuing the 'new bikes' theme, the latest offering is the Inspired Hex Fuse, a mid-range bike that - as you may have already worked out - 'fuses' the componentry from the Hex Pro with the Hex Team.  A good spec at a good price makes a good bike!

Reciprocity.

It's strange how things work out.  12 years ago, I bought my first 'real' trials bike - the Onza T-Bird (although in blue)...

...now, 12 years later, I've just spent a little bit of time taking some product photos and videos of the latest Onza Bird.

It might not be the most high end bike available, but the Onza Bird does offer new riders a great way to get into the sport, as it has done for over a decade.  They're also now at a great new price, so if you're looking for your first trials bike then you've come to the right place!

Koxx Sky 2 2012 Marketing Strategy

Koxx Sky 2 26" bikes are now back in stock.  Cap sold separately.

Light rubber

The new Monty Eagle Claw Pro Race 19" and Pro Race 20" tyres came in today, and they're now up on the site for anyone looking for some super light tyres for their 20"er.  Important stats are 787g for the rear, and 371g for the front...

Day breaker.

It's 4:40pm, almost home time.  The door buzzer goes.  Cap heads out. 

"I've got 85 bikes for you."

That's Cap looking pretty happy, clearly unaware he's got 75 Onza Birds and 10 Onza Comps to help unload, then pack in the warehouse...

P.S.  Fair play to whoever packed that van.  No idea how they managed to get 85 bikes in there, but they did.

Neon Bow 24" full build

As a result of all the new bits we've received from Neon, Because and V!Z we decided to have a pop at building up a new, custom 24" full bike.  We went down the light-but-strong route, and here's the end result:

If you'd like to check out the full build, click here to view the spec.  If you're interested in weights alone, it's 9.18kg...

New van, new video, new wallpaper

So - we now have a sweet new van to go on trips in (no more squeezing people into cars, yay).  We decided to try it out last night with a cruise to Liverpool after work, and here are some clips from the ride.  It was Adam's first ride on his Inspired Fourplay build, and Stan's first ride with the new TNN Blacks.



Adam also took a photo of me doing a hop over a rail into a bank in the car park, and we've now uploaded it as a wallpaper (click here for the full size version!) for anyone looking to freshen their computer up a little!

EDIT:  As a last minute update, a quick congratulations to Flipp for getting a First for his degree.  Nice work dude!

New 2012 Neon products

Neon have released some new products for 2012, including their new range of Competition and Training forks.  Pretty cheap, pretty light, pretty ideal!

Radfest 2012

Some of our team riders headed down to Barrow Farm for Radfest, and the first bits and pieces of media are starting to appear.  First up it's Adam Morewood who's already got a full video out (quick turn around!):



It's always good to see Adam's progression in each video, and this one's no exception!