I’ve just returned from a weeks riding in Morzine in the French Alps with the Thirsk Massive, our local posse of customers and riders from Thirsk. I took the Nicolai Helius AFR on its first outing down the Le Pleney DH run into Morzine along with my custom Oakley Jawbones which kept the dust out admirably, [...]
Archive | July, 2010
2010 Transalp Challenge
Congratulations to Mike Harper and Casper Sijpestijn who partnered up to take on the 2010 Craft Bike TransAlp Challenge alpine mountain bike stage race. After an epic ride over 8 daily stages they eventually finished at Lake Garda, Italy in 83rd place in the Mens Category. For the event: Mike rode a Cove Hummer titanium [...]
Nicolai Helius AC Bike
This Nicolai Helius AC 2010 left us recently, equipped with a 2011 Fox RP23 Boost Valve shock and DT Swiss EXM150 QR15 forks. Some of the parts were transferred from a previous bike but we fitted a new Hope headset, XT front mech and Thomson Elite seatpost.
Lynskey Pro Cross
Somewhat out of the ordinary for Moonglu, but we recently sold this Lynskey Pro Cross, titanium cyclo cross frame, along with a set of Easton EC70X cross forks. Many thanks to Ben for building the bike up and allowing us a photo for our Custom Build gallery.
Nicolai Helius AFR full build
Saturday 10th July 2010 Our latest and perhaps greatest is complete, our 2010 Nicolai Helius AFR rolled out of the workshop this afternoon. Built to eclipse our MBUK Superbike Helius AM, the AFR is a brand new frame from Nicolai, designed for big mountain and freeride, this bike will be hitting the trails of Morzine [...]
New Deliveries – Nicolai Helius CC Red Anodized
This 2010 spec Nicolai Helius CC arrived last week. The red anodized frame finish is new for Nicolai after many years only speccing black and bronze anodized options. This frame is a large and we’ve specced it with a Fox RP23 Boost valve rear shock. The frame has been specced with guides for both standard [...]
New Deliveries – Nicolai Helius AC
Finally I’ve found the time to post some photos of 2 recent deliveries from the Nicolai factory in Germany. First off, our first ever Helius AC to come through the door. With up to 150mm travel, we’ve specced it with a 2011 spec Fox RP23 Boost Valve shock, thanks to Mojo Suspension for their prompt [...]