Over the last couple of months we’ve slashed the prices of components - SRAM, Shimano & Campag and for the rest of June we are offering an extra discount on our most popular summer cycle clothing! This is a great time to get some new kit, if you want a new pair of sunnies, could do with a decent helmet or you just fancy looking good with some new jerseys and shorts you can get an extra 10% & make some massive savings!

• All Sunglasses
• Cycle jerseys - Long sleeve & short sleeve
• Cycle helmets - Performance, leisure, kids & extreme
• Cycling shorts - Lycra & baggy

This is an EXTRA discount on top of our June special offer (10% off orders over £50) so on a lot of our cycle clothing you can get yourself almost 20% off! 

All you need to do is enter the voucher code: SUNNY-78478 at stage 3 of the checkout.

Ends 30th June.

There was a stir of excitement last week at wiggle HQ when the new Briko Arrow helmets came in. The exact helmet that Liquigas rider Danilo Di Luca wore on his way to victory in this years 2007 Giro d’Italia. They are stunning looking helmets available in green, red, black and the signature Giro race winning colour pink.

If you are looking for a decent performance helmet you cannot go wrong with the Arrow - Extremely aerodynamic design and with a carbon cage for ultimate lightness. Not to mention the massive 37% discount that we currently have on it bringing the price down to only £79.19! At the very least you will know you are wearing it with good company!

Oh yea… we’ve also got the extra cool and lightweight shades he wears - the Briko Endure Pro Sunglasses AND they have 26% off at the moment too - only £59.39!

Focus-sponsored triathlete Stuart Hayes had another great weekend and finished 3rd in the National Elite Championships at Bryn Bach Park in Tredegar, South Wales. Yet again Stuart was right up there for most of the race, he was the quickest in the water and in the lead for most of the cycle on his Izalco Extreme but in the last 500 metres of the run he slipped back to finish a still-very-impressive 3rd place just behind World Champ Tim Don and fellow Brit Andrew johns.

Stuart Hayes is now top of the Corus Elite Series which is awesome stuff - Well done Stu!

As a follow up to the Kona Golden Ticket competition we managed to strong arm Tracey and Fabien into signing some of the exlcusive “Golden ticket Monaco weekend” jerseys.

We had tons and tons of entries to the comp through the “purchase a product” entry route and got some very cool postcards from people entering via the “no purchase neccessary” route.

I’ve picked out my five favourite postcards and stuck them in a Tony Heart “Heartbeat” style gallery for all to see. Just for catching my eye I’m going to send these guys a signed shirt each.

Cheers for entering!

Shirts:

So I know the draw was a while ago but I have been waiting to get some official footage and photo’s from those involved, plus a nice write up from our winner too, in the first ever wiggle “Golden Ticket” competition. They’ve arrived and we are proud to say the comp went with a huge bang! Our winner, Robert Ling, of Bristol had a ball with Fabien and Tracey all weekend riding hard and enjoying the odd evening out as well. Here’s what he had to say:
  

Bob’s Dirty Weekend with Fabien
 
Friday - The Arrival
 
After experiencing the delights of the BA executive lounge, I touched down in Nice mid Friday with Paul from Wiggle to be greeted by my hosts for the next two days, Matt from Wiggle and Ben and Ian from Kona. After an amusing exchange with a very nice lady at the car hire place we were rolling down the lush southern French coastline towards Monaco. Into the hotel then soon back out for a meal and introduction to the many people involved with this trip and the other comp winner, Chris.
 
Saturday – Fabien’s Trails
 
Russ from Kona appeared at the hotel with a large truck stacked with bikes and soon we were off in classic alpine roadtrip style into the French mountains (via a quick detour into Italy but that’s another story). Arrived at the trails in Sospel mid day to be met by the man, Fabien and of course the fast lady, Tracy. My thoughts about being star struck soon went away – despite being ludicrously quick on a bike they are both very down to earth, sound people. We headed to the trailhead and spent the rest of the day riding, doing a few photos for MBUK generally messing about on bikes. It was brilliant to get tips from the world champ, just goes to show how wrong I’d been going all these years. The day ended with a fast muddy run down a series of endless switchbacks with flat out straight blasts in between, one to really get the brakes hot.
Saturday night saw us head into Monaco to marvel at all the super cars and motorboats littering the place, then a meal in the ? restaurant, which actually has it’s own ‘Fabien’ corner, complete with the ‘05 world champ winning bike hanging from the ceiling complete with original mud on the tyres – being a champ certainly has it’s perks.
 
Sunday – Kona Trails in Blalasic
 
A wet Sunday and we headed to trails that Kona use when they ‘want to impress people’ – I was impressed. Everyone jumped on a bike (all the Wiggle boys, the MBUK team and the Kona team, even their accountant). The place is basically a big valley covered in super fast trails. Spent the day solidly riding and constantly finding new lines, apparently you can ride there for days and not do the same line twice! After a series of fantastic runs and checking out Fab and Tracy’s photo shoot, I was back in the car to heading back to Nice airport still covered in sweat and mud. Collapsed in the departure lounge, tired and dirty after what was an awesome weekend.
 
When people talk about the trip of a lifetime it’s usually an exaggeration but I think it’s a fair comment in this case. From the wiggle boys highly amusing and non-stop antics, to Fabien’s superb riding style and advice and the best trails I ever ridden this was a truly special weekend. It’s another reminder of why riding a bike is just about the best thing you can do with you life. Now I just got to work out when I can get back to the Alps, Megavalanche here we come!
 
Here’s the official kona footage
 
And some shots taken by me, and don’t forget, I am by NO means any sort of photographer:
 

Keep your eyes peeled for a feature in this months MBUK

Wiggle would just like to thank EVERYONE involved in making this thing happen, it really was a brilliant start to what is looking to be a series of AMAZING comps.

Focus Bikes and wiggle.co.uk are proud to announce a deal struck that will see top UK triathlete Stuart Hayes riding a Focus “Izalco Extreme” and training on a Focus “Izalco Team” for the next two seasons.

Stuart is one of the most respected triathletes in the UK, having competed on the circuit since he was 15 years old. The results speak for themselves; an amazingly consistent determined performer. The future is even more exciting now he is based in Loughborough training under Dan Salcedo, having previously been self coached.

He is one of only six athletes in the UK being funded by the UK Sport World Class Performance Plan and he is amongst very distinct company including World Champs Will Clarke and Tim Don, so as such, this has been an incredibly astute catch for the bike brand and ourselves. He has an extensive knowledge on bikes with riding being by far his strongest discipline.

Major Achievements to date:

2006:

10th World Triathlon Elite Champs (SUI)
8th Commonwealth Games (AUS)
3rd British Elite Champs
3rd Hobart ITU Triathlon Oceania Cup, Australia
3rd The Blenheim Triathlon, UK
10th Salford ITU World Cup, UK
3rd British National Elite Championships, Windsor, UK
5th The Michelob Ultra London Triathlon, UK
11th ITU World Championships, Lausanne, Switzerland

2005:

2nd The Royal Windsor Triathlon, UK
3rd British National Elite Championships, Salford, UK
7th Salford ITU World Cup, UK
1st The Michelob Ultra London Triathlon, UK
16th ITU World Championships, Japan
7th Beijing ITU World Cup, China
6th Commonwealth Games selection Race, St. Kilda, Australia.
4th Noosa Triathlon, AustraliaWatch this space. There is definitely more to come.

2004:

16th World Championships, Madiera, Portugal.
2nd ITU World Cup, Salford, UK
3rd Michelob Ultra London Triathlon, UK
3rd British National Elite Championships, UK

2002:

7th Commonwealth Games, Manchester, UK
3rd ITU World U23 Championships, Cancun, Mexico

1999: 4th ITU World Junior Championships, Montreal, Canada
1998: 4th ITU World Junior Championships, Lausanne, Switzerland

Everyone here involved with Focus would like to wish him every success for the 2007 season. I’ll be updating the blog on Stu’s progress throughout the season. I’ve just found out today that this weekend he took 2nd at the Corus series 1 in Strathclyde. Well done Stu!

Right, seconds out, ding ding, round II!

Wiggle are proud to announce the details of our second Golden Ticket competition.

Hot on the heels, and in the same money just can’t buy, chance in a lifetime, “oh my god I cannot believe they are giving this away” vein, part II of what will now become a series of competitions taking lucky wiggle winners all over the world is an absolute CORKER!

Get Inside Le Tour!

Spend the whole day at the opening day of the tour taking in the sights as you wander around the pro/technical village, enjoy VIP corporate hospitality all day, be right next to the riders as they are announced at the start, watch some of them take off for their laps and to top it all off you can then dive into the Cofidis team car and travel with the support team as they follow their pro riders!

But… that’s not it, this competition has two amazing prizes!

Another very lucky person will win a seat in a Mavic support car following the first stage of Le Tour from The Mall down to Canterbury, oh… and you can bring a mate along too!

All you have to do is buy any Time or Mavic product and get entered into the Golden Ticket draw to win this amazing prize. (No purchase necessary, see site for T&C’s)

So here’s a run down of the prizes:

Mavic 1st Prize       2 x seats in the Mavic support car for the Sunday opening stage through Kent. (8th July)

Time 1st Prize       1 x access all areas pass to the TDF competitors/team village/technical area including full hospitality for the day. (7th July) 1 x Prologue race circuit with the Cofidis racing team car (7th July)

2nd Prize

• 1 x Cosmic Elite wheelset
• 1 x Signed Cofidis race jersey

3rd, 4th & 5th Prizes

• 1 x Signed Cofidis Race Jerseys

For full info on this mega-amazing competition - see our Tour de France Golden Ticket page