There is a first time for everything and this is it! Our first ever wiggle blog, or as we’re affectionately calling it… bloggle, entry! And we start off with a cracker!

So, a lot of you reading this, will hopefully, if I’ve done my job properly, have seen some of the press releases floating around online on Whatmtb, Cyclingplus, singletrackworld as well as a few other sites about the new 2007 Focus Bike range. If you haven’t (don’t tell anyone, I’ll get in trouble) here’s a couple of links so you can have a look and get the “Official” word. If you want something a bit more secret and as yet unknown read on!

Road Cycling UK.com & MBUK.com Press releases.

A bit of Focus roadie news first.We’ve had a couple of sample bikes arrive in the last week or so. We have a sample Cayo sat in the workshop at the moment and I can tell you it looks absolutely GORGEOUS! I didn’t think Focus could improve on last years Cayo but, of course, they have… Below are some shots, excuse the amateur nature, of the new beaut in the flesh. The three main things they have addressed, in our opinion, are the saddle, the wheels and the fact we can now get both a double and triple version. I don’t know if they surfed a load of forums over here or did a survey of UK rider opinions but whatever, these are three key issues that came up with last years model, fixed. We will still be sending them out at the same killer price as last year of £999.99 and, of course, they will be “Ready 2 Ride” straight out of the box. Ok, so I think the most dramatic change, and something we’ve all been drooling over here, is that new fat weave carbon, it’s even more amazing in the flesh. Technical details are scarce, more to follow, but I do know it’s stronger, and it looks a million dollars too. Oh, and it has a new rear end set up as well.

We also got a sample of the brand new 2007 Focus “Mares Cross” Cyclo Cross bike. This has the same frame as the Focus “Cross Expert” and is built, specced and pitched as a serious racing machine, which of course it is… Are we going to charge serious racing machine money for it..? Nagh…! This will be our “Cayo” of this season and absolutely smash the competition away. As far as I know it will be £699.99 and It looks damn fine too… I only have a stock photo as Mike Hawkins from Cycling Weekly took one look at her and demanded they get it for it’s first review! So they did…!

We are also waiting with baited breath for the sample ladies road bike we are bringing in, the “Hot Venus”, again, as soon as it arrives and I can get some shots I will, this is one serious bike, as far as I know 220 Triathlon Magazine will be putting it through it’s paces in the not too distant future.

And onto a bit of Focus MTB news. We should be receiving a sample of one of the brand new “LTD” MTB range very shortly. I have my fingers crossed it will be the Focus “Killer Bee” (I want, I want, I want…!). Now this is a serious bike and one that may push the Raven, winner of the best sub £1000 MTB of the year in WhatMTB, to it’s limits, although for 2007 the Raven is coming as more of a due to us bringing in the “Pro” and “Expert” editions as well as the award winning, standard “Raven”. We will also be getting the “Black Raider LTDâ€?, yet another superb bike with an outstanding spec and silly price, as far as I know it will be £699.99. Matt Skinner from MBUK will get this sample and will be reviewing for MBUK very soon, so get the mag for his opinion.

I think the ladies Focus MTB’s will be looked at/featured in this months MBUK too? Anyway, keep checking back for more pics and info on the whole range. I’ll keep posting more detailed stuff up here as and when it arrives from Germany. As far as the site is concerned we have our “10% off over any £50 basket” offer still running, this will carry on until the end of the month as it’s proving very popular. We also have our new eNewsletter’s that have been going out over the last couple of months. These are also proving really popular. Next months MTB competition prizes are a wicked Ultimate home mechanics kit and a set of Crank Brothers Cobalt cranks. The road prize is a super sweet pair of Crank Brothers Quattro pedals, it might be the new 2007 4Ti’s too!

We also just got awarded a Hitwise Top Ten Award this quarter!

From April – June, 2006, http://www.wiggle.co.uk was ranked #1 in the Hitwise United Kingdom ‘Sports – Cycling’ industry based on number of visits. It’s the first time we entered the “Cyclingâ€? category and we went straight to number 1 so we are all really chuffed and want to THANK YOU to all you lot for supporting us over the years giving us the traffic to make this possible.

So, what we all knew all along, we ARE THE UK’s No1 Online cycling retailer! Well, I reckon that’s about it for our first entry.

Crikey it’s long…

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