Enjoy your weekend.

Noahs

“Yesterday I was fortunate to get to ride the Olympic Mountain Bike course in Hadleigh farm Essex!!!!

I had to pinch myself a few times! I was riding with Scott pro rider Brendan Faircloth (who was shooting for Dirt magazine with awesome photographer Grant Robinson), and the Olympic Mountain Bike team Liam Kileen, David Fletcher, Kenta Gallagher and Grant Ferguson.

Brendan Faircloth & Kent Gallagher - Two very different approaches to riding the course!

This is me on my first run, 2nd time I was on top of the berm, honest!

My trusty bike that got me round!

TIME// 9.15am – 1pm

LEAVING FROM// Noah’s Ark bike shop, Brimscombe near Stroud, GL5 2TA

DISTANCE// Approx 50k-60k

THE LOW DOWN// Relaxed, social ride, a few climbs, a coffee & cake stop. Helmets and a
road specific bike required. (sorry, we will have MTB rides another date)
Lycra encouraged, but not mandatory!

EXTRAS// Energy drinks will be provided by Noahs (please bring a water bottle). Car parking and showers
are also available at the shop. Please bring cash if you would like coffee & cake en route!

ADDRESS// Noah’s Ark, Bourne Mill, Brimscombe, GL5 2TA

Ride is led by Noah’s shop staff Samantha Hart, who hopes women road cyclists will be encouraged to join us!

Ask at the shop for more details

t. 01453 884738
www.noahsark.co.uk

Tarmac Comp: was 2500, now 2200
Tarmac Elite: was 2000, now 1700
Tarmac: was 1600, now 1400

Camber Elite: was 1800, now 1600
Camber Comp: was 1500, now 1300
Hardrock Sport Disc: was 500, now 450
Hardrock SE: was 340, now 300
Myka Sport Disc: was 500, now 450
Myka: was 370, now 330

Crosstrail Limited Disc: was 1200, now 1000
Crosstrail Pro Disc: was 900, now 800
Ariel Comp Disc: was 700, now 600
Ariel Disc: was 450, now 400
Expedition Elite: was 470, now 400
Expedition Sport: was 370, now 300
Expedition Elite Step Thru: was 470, now 400
Expedition Sport Step Thru: was 370, now 300

This bike was a bit of a labour of love. After seeing photos of the bike appear during the 2010 Windham World Cup, he decided that he HAD to have it as his next bike. Initially Specialized weren’t going to bring the Limited Edition colour scheme into the UK, however after many phone calls and nagging, they agreed to bring some in. 7 months later and it finally arrived!

The bike was aimed to be used for racing during the 2011 season, however because it turned up half way through the season he could only manage a handful of races on it. The idea is to race as much on it as possible during the 2012 with Luke

The bike is kitted out with a mixture of trick, yet value for money parts. The forks are RockShox Race’s upgraded with a Elka Stage 4 cartridge. Stem and pedals are courtesy of Point1 Racing, which is only a small company yet make some amazing products. The pedals weight and depth are something a bit special and prevent rock strikes. Ethirteen cranks offer incredible strength and stiffness whilst good ol’ Hope Pro II EVO wheels with DT Swiss EX500 rims are a reliable and relatively light weight option. Overall weight comes in at 37lb12oz. Not bad considering there isn’t any air suspension or super lightweight parts on it. Keep an eye on the blog, this bike is still an on-going project.

All parts off this bike are available through the shop, so if there is anything you like and want, get in contact with us.

Also, if you fancy building your own Demo 8 custom build, pre-order the 2012 Demo 8 frame. Frames are coming into the UK towards the end of 2011.

After a little break from riding Downhill, Luke is back on board and getting ready for racing in 2012. Instead of buying a new rig, Luke decided to do-up his 2007 SX Trail into a more Downhill specific machine. I think you will agree that it turned out quite nicely.

You can probably tell he’s done quite a lot of work to it; notably the polished finish. The graphics have been custom made by our friends over at CR Signs who have done an awesome job on them.

For the build, Luke wanted a mix of strong, quick components that wouldn’t break the bank. First off he replaced the Double and Bash set-up with a single ring with an e.thirteen LS1+ chain device courtesy of Silverfish, whilst his broken Marzocchi 66 forks were swapped for a pair of 2010 Fox 40s to slacken the bike and add stiffness. Colour co-ordinated Race Face Atlas FR bars, Funn RSX stem and Maxxis Ardent 2.5 Super Tacky tyres finished off the upgrades to make the bike more of an ‘all out’ Downhill machine. Since he finished the bike, he’s been out on it as much as possible (probably seen him at Nibley if your a local). He’s now being tempted by the new Specialized Status and is probably going to put an order down for one, so watch this space on what he does. Also keep an eye out on the ‘Events’ blog for more ‘Staff Rides’, race results and any events we organise.