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 [...]
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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 [...]
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, [...]
Custom Wheels – An expanding range
Moonglu handbuilt mountain bike wheels have been increasingly popular over the last 3 years. As our reputation for well built, good value wheels has spread, the demand has increased massively to the point where owner Neil is almost constantly stood next to his trusty Park wheel building stand. The core offering of Hope Pro 2 [...]
Moonglu Team Bike: Nuke Proof Scalp
Custom Build: Nuke Proof Scalp, Moonglu Team Downhill Bike After 2 years on his Intense 951, Moonglu Team downhill racer and current Yorkshire Downhill Champion James Metcalfe asked us to put his new 2012 race bike together. After a lot of good press reviews, James decided to go with the Nuke Proof Scalp. Not exactly [...]
Moonglu Treasure Hunt
Want to win some prizes for riding your bike? Well get out there and join our Treasure Hunt. Starting on Friday 30th September our Treasure Hunt is your chance to win some really good prizes. What’s up for grabs? 1xPair Hope Wheels – Top Prize (winner gets to choose colour and rim spec) 2xFox Flux [...]
Nicolai Helius AC Custom Build
Nicolai Helius AC Custom Build. This build has been a long time coming, others builds have taken priority and although other work tried to get in the way, my new Helius AC is finally finished, I’ve had the frame for 3 months. I pondered various colours but in the end decided to play safe and [...]
Lynskey Sportive #3
Lynskey Sportive Custom Build We have nearly completed our third Lynskey Sportive custom build this month (July 11), although pictured without, this Sportive will be fitted with full length mudguards and a rear rack before it leaves next week. This bike is a full build with everything brand new. The customer requirement was a comfortable [...]
Lynskey Sportive XL #2
Lynskey Sportive Custom Build We waited too many months for our first XL Lynskey Sportive to arrive, now they’re like buses, we built our second frame in as many weeks. Very similar in specification to the previous Lynskey to leave us, this Sportive was equipped with Kinesis DC07 carbon training forks with eyelets, a SRAM [...]
Lynskey Sportive XL
Lynskey Sportive Custom Build. The most recent bike to leave our custom build program was this Lynskey Sportive titanium road bike. Although we had to wait a considerable time for the frame to be hand made in the Lynskey workshops in the USA, it was well worth it. At the time, this XL frame was [...]