Nico takes Lapierre to top spot at Ae Enduro!

Lapierre team/development rider, and 10 time World DH Champion Nico Vouilloz turned out for the Ae, Scotland, round of the Avalanche Enduro Series last weekend. Nico was riding a full carbon team version of the Zesty kitted out with Bos fork/shock and Mavic wheels, and posted the fastest times through several of the timed sections of the course, leading to an overall win by nearly 8 seconds over second place rider Aidan Bishop.

Nico owns the trail on board his carbon Lapierre Zesty - Pic courtesy of Jon Meredith
Top spot for Nico

Lapierre rider Will Longden, started the 2010 season off in style, taking the win at round one of the national 4X series, held at the UK Bike Park in Dorset. After a week of rain the track was left in poor condition, badly rutted and really heavy going for the competitors.

In the Pro class the final line up saw Will line up with Duncan Ferris, Scott Beaumont and Will Evans for the last race of the day. With a good gate and being the only rider to jump and clear all four logs on the start hill cleanly, Longden edged out front and powered away down the first straight, never to be challenged, taking the first win of the season after a tough day in the office.

"It was a real measured effort from me today, I saved everything for the final, the mud out there is like glue, if you stopped pedalling your bike came to a halt, not much fun after the first straight but the same for everyone so I made sure I was out front and out of trouble. It's been a long day but great to see lots of riders supporting the NPS, I'm looking forward to the remaining rounds and would highly recommend the series to any rider looking to get involved in a bit of racing on their mountain bike, loads of riding, plenty of peole to hang out with and a great atmosphere. All we need for round two is the sunshine.. and another win would be nice!"

Next event for Will is round one of the UCI World Cup Series in Belgium followed by round two of the NPS 4X series in Cheshire.

Glentress Demo

Another weekend, another demo! This last weekend the Hotlines demo crew turned out for the final Bike Radar demo day at Glentress in the Scottish Borders. The event was again well attended despite the awful weather in many parts of Scotland. There seemed to be a small weather window in the Glentress area meaning that the trails still remained pretty dry and fun!





Eager testers at the Hotlines demo truck

As usual, there was a queue of riders at the Hotlines demo truck all day - many people wanting to ride our 2 bikes of the moment - the Lapierre Zesty and the Ghost AMR. Also a great deal of interest in our two boutique brands Tomac and Lynskey. Tomac still being a relative rareity, and potential Lynskey buyers often trying to decide between 29 and 26 inch wheels. Hope we were of use to you all!

Hotlines staffer Pete Scullion cruising a Ragley Blue Pig past the noses of the Bionicon boys, in one of our rare quieter moments!

The Hotlines crew will next be turning out at the Dalby XC World Cup event this coming weekend with an XC expo of the lightest and fastest from Lapierre and Ghost - come and say hello to us, and enter our free prize draw to win either a Lapierre Pro Race 300 or a Ghost HTX Actinum 7500!

All pics courtesy of Matt Cole at Bike Radar