Custom Wheels to another level We have been looking to colour match our wheels for some time now. Stans No Tubes rims are our best selling wheel option, but their distinctive red rim decals don’t suit every bike. Our most popular wheels are primarily sold with either black or red Hope Pro 2 Evo hubs, [...]
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Planning a Cycling Trip to Yorkshire?
Grand Depart Yorkshire, Tour De France 2014 Everyone who has any interest in cycling will know by now Yorkshire is playing host to the Grand Depart of the Tour de France in 2014! The first two stages will take place in our beautiful county providing a boost not only the profile of Yorkshire worldwide but fundamentally cycling [...]
Moonglu Build: Lynskey Cooper CX
Completed in February 2013, this Lynskey Cooper CX was equipped with a SRAM drivetrain comprising a Force chainset, WiFi rear mech and front mech, along with SRAM Apex gear shifters. A Hope stainless steel bearing bottom bracket with GXP conversion was used instead of the stock Truvativ GXP unit. The latest SRAM Wifi rear [...]
Cycle Routes around Ripon and the Yorkshire Dales
To celebrate the Grand Depart of the Tour de France coming to Yorkshire in 2014, Moonglu have decided to share their favourite cycle routes in the area. Owner Neil has been riding in North Yorkshire for many years and has built up a knowledge of great bike ride routes around the city of Ripon and further [...]
Rideczech – Something a little different for your next MTB holiday
It’s been 5 years since Jody left Moonglu for a new life in the Czech Republic, here’s what he’s been up to…. Rideczech is owned and run by Jody and Martina Hamilton and is based in the far east of the CzechRepublic in a little town called Jablunkov. With the Polish and Slovakian borders a [...]
Defy 1 wins again
Cycling Plus Issue 271 is in the shops now and once again they’ve run their £1000 Sportive bike test and guess who wins…… That’s right the Giant Defy 1. Just as it did in 2012, the 2013 version of the Defy 1 wins the test against some tough competition from the current big hitters, Specialized, Scott, [...]
Nicolai Helius AM Pinion
This could be the greatest custom build story ever told, but most of you only have 1 life, so we’ll keep it to a minimum. As one of the UKs few Nicolai dealers we try to keep up to date with everything Nicolai. We started reading reports of an 18 Speed Gearbox after Eurobike in [...]
2013 Nicolai Helius AC
We’ve had our first 2013 spec Nicolai frame delivered, a Helius AC 26″ and it has some great new features. Nicolai have finally updated the head tube on their frames. For 2013, most of the suspension frames and some of the hardtail frames come as standard with the ZS44/56 flared headtube. This makes the bike compatible [...]
Moonglu: The Origins
The most common question that we are asked by new customers is “Moonglu, where did the name come from”? This is usually followed by a laugh from either myself (Neil Dunkley: owner) or Mark Swindells (original owner). The truth has been somewhat lost in the mystery and I would like to say that there is [...]
GoPro Hero 3: Black Edition
Wednesday 17th October, the worldwide release day for GoPro’s newest action sports camera, the Hero 3. The Hero 3 is now a range of cameras topped by the Black Edition. Smaller, lighter and 2X more powerful, again. The Wi-Fi enabled HERO3: Black Edition is the most advanced GoPro, ever. No expense was spared during its [...]