HARO BIKES

It seems like ever since Mike found fame and fortune in "The Adventure Show" last year, everybody has been trying to get their bike on television. First up, we have the guys from the Million Pound Bike Ride, resplendent in their Altura Night Vision clothing. If you are the sort of person that prefers to blend into the background you should pop into the Army and Navy Stores for some camouflage gear, if you would rather be seen by approaching traffic, come and see us at Mikes Bikes to try the 2010 range of Altura clothing modelled by celebrities on the BBC. Also, on the BBC we had Mark Beaumont Cycling the Americas. Interesting show but after the first episode its impossible not to point out that Mike's Bikes sponsored rider Penny Weir had been there first, on her coast to coast "Big Bike Ride" in 2008. And, of course, there has been extensive coverage of the World Track Championships from Denmark where Chris Hoy, Victoria Pendleton and Ed Clancy struck gold - however no amount of broadcasting can blot out the memory of Chris Hoy's finest televisual moment in what is surely a contender for one of the worst TV adverts ever!

With the recent good weather, we've seen a return to the trails in the North of Scotland with Mike taking his Diamondback DBR Race down to Laggan for a blast around Wolftrax. With candid good humour, he admitted to having flown over the handlebars at least once (not rider error, natch!) so, in this respect, even with all his experience, his enjoyment was not dissimilar to Lana's debutante appearance at Learnie Red Rocks. Looking at the weather today though a return to the conditions we enjoyed at the Wildcat Trails in Golspie earlier in the year doesn't seem that unlikely!