Things seem to have got rolling this year and we’ve hooked up with some good riders and team mates, more results and team updates soon we hope.

Team Just Riding Along

Seb Frost at Pearce Cycles rd 1

Seb Frost – expert DH – riding for us, testing the NoTubes Flow rims on the new American Classic front 20mm and rear 12×150mm in the UK Downhills. Seb was initially cautious about the light weight wheels but has just come back from the Maxxis Cup in Vigo where they stayed straight despite some enthusiastic riding (and the resulting crash).

team jerseys

Jon Webb – master DH – you’ve probably seen him somewhere before. Riding with some Industry Nine Enduro wheels in orange on Flow rims, for their 1750g weight these wheels are about as strong as they come.

Associated riders :

Jenny with her new kit

Jenny Copnall – elite XC – The UK National Champion, now riding for Fisher Outdoor Leisure with our NoTubes Race 7000 American Classic wheelset. At 282g each these are the lightest rims available and the whole wheelset comes in at just 1220g.

The Cycle Jersey Team – DH riders Ben Cathro, Joe Barnes, Chris Hutchens, James Scott and Chris Coates using our Copter Tape on their Orange 224s. Ben Cathro (in)famously rode a rubber skinsuit to 8th place in the World Cup race at Fort William last year and the rest of the team aren’t far behind.

white ZTR355 rims

New from NoTubes are these white powder coated ZTR355 rims. They are extremely limited edition at the moment, we were only allowed one pair and I had to ask very nicely but it was worth the effort. They are also expecting to have some Olympic and Flow rims in white some time this summer, and we will be getting a few if they do. Price is likely to be around 25% more than for standard black rims and they weigh about 7-10g each more.

We’ll build these up onto an Industry Nine build and see how they look…

UPDATE : 06 May 2009 – other white rims are starting to come in and the prices are about the same as black rims.

We’ve been thinking about getting some of these Reverse Racing hubs in since last year when we saw some spinning on Emily Horridge’s bike at one of the Midlands races. What caught our attention wasn’t just the bright colours but the fact that when the bike was laying down, the wheel just kept spinning…and spinning. Really nice smooth bearings and great colours along with light weight and a good reputation for reliability in the DH world means we’re looking forward to getting some of these built up.

There are 3 versions:

DH Race (3-zero-6 rear and 1-eight-0 front), very nice light DH hubs, like the names say, 306g rear and 180g front. Also available in a 150g front 15mm axle option. The red hubs in the photo.

Spirit XC: lightweight, QR axle only, the gold hubs in the photo. Weight is 153g front and 278g rear.

Evo9: Front is convertible between 20mm and QR using the adapter provided, while the rear is a 10mm bolt-through type, to be used with normal dropouts. These are the funky green and purple ones in the photo.

Prices are TBC but will be pretty reasonable. Expect full wheelsets to be from around £350.