Stans Flow Rims – Availability New Update 24.06.10 They have finally arrived!! At 2.30pm today they were delivered by DHL, 22 white Flow rims in total. I finished my previous job, washed my hands then began the wheel building marathon. I’ve now laced and trued up the first 6 wheels, ready to go out tomorrow [...]
Archive | May, 2010
Nicolai AFR frame arrival
Thursday 27th May 2010 Our latest new Nicolai arrival, a 2010 AFR. Due for a trip to Morzine in July this AFR has been specially finished for Neil @ Moonglu in Kawasaki green gloss powdercoat with Extra Love white powdercoat shock mountings, rocker plates, suspension pivot caps and hose guides. Many thanks to Kalle and [...]
New Product Uploads – 26th May 2010
New Products Uploads – 26th May 2010 We’ve just uploaded some new products to the Moonglu online shop including Nicolai rear dropouts and Fox and Magura forks seals. For further details see the fork spares and rear mech hanger pages in our online shop. All these products appear to be well sought after and rare on the [...]
New MBUK Nicolai Helius AM Long Term Test Bike
Some first pics of MBUK/What Mountain Bikes/Guy Kesteven’s Nicolai Helius AM 2011 spec long term test bike built with Hammerschmidt and long stroke shock. We’ve just finished building this 2011 spec Nicolai Helius AM in custom dizzy camo. Once handed over it will become the test bike and product donkey for Guy to rag around [...]
New Products Update – 18th May 2010
A weekly update of new product through the doors at Moonglu. Long awaited after the release of the KS i950 dropper seatpost the new remote kit is now instock at Moonglu. With a RRP £44.95 these have been designed from the ground up and feature ODI lock on grip compatibility, a barrel adjuster for cable tensioning [...]
New Spinny Video – Ripon Jump Park
A new edited video taken from Pinkbike of the jump park in Spinny Woods, Ripon. With permission from Bea5ty, enjoy
Race Report – Tues 11th May – Croft TLI
Neil’s Race Report from Croft on Tuesday 11th May: Sorry boys, my body has still been recovering from that 5th lap prime to type a race report for this weeks event. As Martin described, I missed out on the prime by half a bikes length (placed 4th), really should get an 11 tooth cog on the [...]
2010 Turner 5 Spot – 1st Build
Our first build on a 2010 Turner 5 Spot left Moonglu today. Replacing an ageing and cracked Santa Cruz Blur, the charcoal grey metallic 5 Spot left with Fox Talas RLC QR15 forks, Hope Tech M4 brakes and some new Shimano XT running gear. Some minor changes to the frame specification for the 2010 bike [...]
New Arrival – 2010 Turner 5 Spot Raw
Date: May 10th 2010 Model: Turner 5 Spot 2010 Size: Large Price: £1995 This updated for 2010, Turner 5 Spot frame arrived today, hand delivered by Pete from Silverfish UK. 2 frames arrived, both large, this raw aluminium finish came in along with a metallic charcoal frame. Although the charcoal frame is pre-sold, the raw [...]
Bike Utopia, does it exist?
I started riding seriously back in 1990, then a 14 year old, I saved my paper round money and cleaned cars at the local Land Rover garage with the hope of buying my dream bike, a GT Karakoram. Regularly splashed over the pages of MBUK, it felt (to me) like the ultimate bike and after 6 [...]