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New for 2009 Bike City of Wells have just signed a deal with Merida Cycles meaning we can bring you an even larger choice of top quality MTB, road and kids bikes!
We now have a large range of Merida bikes in stock, competitively priced to suit all pockets, adult aluminium mountain bikes starting from £259.99
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The Trans-Mission is Merida's 130mm travel cross-country bike, specifically designed for the rigors of UK riding. With a near flawless spec, a unique look and some great features, it looked like a contender for the trail bike crown.
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Five hundred dedicated bikers endured 24 grueling hours of off-road cycling across the Mendip Hills on Saturday, in aid of the CLIC Sargent cancer charity.
Teams and solo riders had to complete as many 10-mile laps as possible within the time limit during the CLIC24 challenge, which took in moorland, bridleway, woodland and Tarmac at Charterhouse, near Cheddar.
The endurance challenge began with a tribute lap by event founder Neil Wilkins, of Burrington, in memory of his wife Helen, who died from cancer last year.
Two teams –Bike City, of Wells, and The Cycle Store, of Cheddar – were among the huge turnout for this year's event to pursue their ongoing friendly challenge to see who can do the most laps.
Ultimately, the Wells team upheld its four-year winning streak by clocking up 31 laps to Cheddar's 30.
Riding for Bike City in the team event was, Iain Payne, Marcus Williams, Ollie Taylor and Julian Grundy. Amazing 31 laps were completed.
Solo Chris Cooknell 21 Laps and Paul Main 14 Laps.
Bike city also entered a second team, Nigel Marsh, Kevin Pike, Ewan Hyde and Julian Brine, who managed to compleat a highly commendable 23 laps.
Team Bike City combined laps = 89, that's 890 miles and 89,000 ft of climbing or lands end to john o groats and climbed the equivalent of Mount Everest 3 times.
Another honour went to Wells team member Chris Cooknell, who notched up 21 laps within the time limit despite heavy, persistent rain and 40mph winds turning the downhill parts of the course into rivers and muddy quagmires.
Organisers are still counting the money raised but hope to beat last year's total of £50,000.
Ninety per cent of the event's profits will go directly to the charity and a total of 18,900 miles was cycled – the equivalent of cycling round the British Isles coastline twice.
CLIC24 was started in 2002 with 50 riders, and has now become one o
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CLIC24 2009..... this time it's personal
There's an irony that through the years of working with you to help raise money to support children with cancer, that it should be the very same disease that takes a young, vibrant and widely loved woman from us. Since 6 October, I and my riding buddies have been deeply affected by the sad loss of my wife Helen who was beaten by breast cancer following an 18 month struggle through the pain and emotion of diagnosis and treatments.
I now feel first hand what it's like to lose someone to cancer and this makes me ever more determined that CLIC24 2009 will be both a celebration of the lives of those who lose their battles to the disease, at the same time as helping those who will eventually recover, through the turmoil and distress of one of the toughest experiences life can throw at us
If you have been part of CLIC24 in previous years or perhaps have considered riding but not quite made it yet, please make 2009 the year that you are part of our event. I would like to invite you to join me on a 'personal tribute lap' at the start of the event.
500 riders... riding together in memory of someone close to you or as a tribute to a sick friend ....
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Merida have unveiled a new carbon hardtail, the 0.Nine. It will be used by the Multivan Merida Biking Team this season and will be available to buy later this year.
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Powabyke Ex-Demo sale at Bike City, we have a range of Ex-Display models as new, save up to £245 off RRP.
Silver Shopper 24" wheel £495.00 was £595
Silver Commuter 24 Speed £600 was £845
Blue Folder 20" Wheel £550 was £595
Silver Trike 24" Wheel £750 was £895
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"The Merida is a light and fast race-ready bike with the easygoing personality of a trail bike"
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