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As the European arm of the Intelligent Sport® World Series, an international programme of high energy, strategic team events, the Cisco Euro Challenge will test competitors to the limit. Over three days and two nights the teams will be faced with a number of mental and physical challenges where stamina, intellectual agility, strategy and decision making ability are vital.

RetroBike has teamed up with BlueCrest Capital Management to support their teams in this year’s event in Donegal Bay, Ireland, from 13th-15th September. The top teams from the Cisco Euro Challenge will qualify to represent their company and country at the World Team Challenge on the French Riviera in December. It is here that they will compete against some of the best corporate teams from across the globe in a bid to be crowned ‘the best corporate team in the world’

Great Job Eric !! The most comprehensive victory we have seem polling nearly half the votes…

Look out for Septembers competition – Single Speeders !!

In recent weeks Retrobike.co.uk has seen a rapid growth in visitors and new forum members. It has coincided with a number of meets and some truly staggering BOTM entries. Clearly the Retro movement is gaining momentum and we at RetroBike towers are thrilled to see it !!
Now our holidays are over we will be bringing you some new member profiles, exciting BOTM ideas, the first POTM competition and Jezzas new Tip of the Month initiative (which has already helped me out !!!)

The next official RetroBike meet is in the diary, scheduled for 13/14th October and Neil (Mr K) has already put in some great work to ensure this will be a top event (see the ‘meet’ forum). So make sure you have a pass, or better still bring your other half with you !!
Hasta Luego,
The RetroBike.co.uk crew..

PS – If any of you have ideas for new features or how the site could be improved email us at hilts@retrobike.co.uk or admin@retrobike.co.uk

The Guvnor finally gets a win with his classic Uk Klunker. A magnificent peformance at Mountain mayhem surely inspiring the votes..

What better way of ensuring the survival of the creed we all love than by sporting some of the fabulous merchandise available.

The RetroBike crew have commissioned some of the top designers to create a unique set of apparel that will stand you out from the crowd and help spread the message.

Along with the awesome racing jerseys which were worn by all those in attendance at Mountain Mayhem there are casuals T’s and Freeride jerseys for those who prefer a less figure hugging look..

Check out the Shop or drop John a PM to check what is available..

RetroBike does not pay for itself and JV has gone to a lot trouble to source this stuff so your support is appreciated !!

..and what a fine two years it’s been as well! Let’s hear your thoughts in the forum.

Nice Job Mike !

After a great event in the Mud of Eastnor the RetroBike crew can toast a successful weekend of racing and displaying. Full reports will follow this week but in the meantime check out the threads in the ‘Meets’ forum here and pictures here.

Just recieved the following from Billy Savage, the man behind Klunkerz -

I’m setting up for the Hollywood screening of KLUNKERZ at the 600 seat Vine Street Theater on Saturday, June 30th at 5:00pm near the corner of Hollywood and Vine. The screening is in conjunction with The Bicycle Film Festival (see below) and it should be quite a gas. Gary Fisher, and other members of the cast, will be in attendance. As you may know, the film was nominated for Best Documentary and Emerging Filmmaker awards at the X-dance Awards, and it won Best Documentary at The Durango Independent Film Festival. The Bicycle Film Festival is an truly an amazing event. The festival’s founder, Brendt Barbour, is a fantastic guy with quite a story. He was a messenger in NYC and was hit by a bus while riding and nearly killed. During his recovery he came up with the idea of The Bicycle Film Festival to increase awareness of bicycles on public roads. You can find out more about him, and the festival, at his website www.bicyclefilmfestival.com. You can also find out more about my film at www.klunkerz.com.

We have a VERY limited stock of road and freeride retrobike jerseys available for immediate dispatch, for more details click here. A complete range of jerseys are due to arrive at the end of June, orders are already coming in so be sure to reserve your jersey NOW to avoid dissapointment.

After months of hard fought negotiation top mtb and road racer Geoffrey L Beetham has agreed to ride for retrobike for the 2007 season. Geoffrey’s impressive palmares include numerous top 20 Elite NPS finishes along with the Masters NPS title in 2005.

This year Geoffrey will be racing Masters Off Road and Elite On Road. Watch this space to follow his progress throughout the year.

After a muddy race retrobike’s #1 team rider Geoffrey B finished a fine second.

Full results can be found here.

In the first of a new feature RetroBikes’s social secretary and resident crash merchant James ‘Hilts’ Freeborough caught up with Mike ‘Ameybrook’ Wilk to find out a little bit of background on one of the Retro brotherhood from the U.S.

Personal profile
Name – Mike Wilk
RetroBike Alter Ego – Ameybrook
Age – 27

JF – Hi Mike and thanks for being the Guinea Pig in the first of our ‘RetroBike.co.uk’ member profiles.

MW – No problem.

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