KCNC are established worldwide as manufacturers of light-weight, high quality bicycle components, producing the world's best cnc'd cycle parts from the most advanced aluminium, scandium and titanium alloys. They produce an extensive range of cycle parts from top end road and mtb race, DH, Freeride and BMX. The top end components are of exceptional quality and by using advanced alloys engineered for performance they can easily compete with carbon fibre products.
Clee Cycles Ltd are the UK distributors for KCNC Cycle Components. We are proud to be associated with KCNC, and believe their products to be of superb quality in terms of design and performance. KCNC offer excellent warranty and customer service and we do our utmost to pass this on to all our customers. We are happy to answer any retail or trade queries.
Clee B2B
We now have a trade only website to enhance our supply of KCNC components to retailers. Please visit our Clee B2B website for more information.
Sponsorship
KCNC Sponsorship in the UK
Orange Monkey - Cannondale Cycling Team
The Orange Monkey - Cannondale Race Team have had a wondeful season - here's their reveiw Orange Monkey-Cannondale - Review 2011
Orange Monkey - Cannondale are Paul Beale, Chris Andrews, Ben Roff, Alex Baker, Rourke Croeser. They are an enthusiastic team of young and experienced cyclist's aiming to become nationally-recognised as leaders in their field.
Orange Monkey was formed in 2004 by two cyclist's with a passion for Cross Country Mountain Biking.
Currently the team has four dedicated riders who share the vision and commitment that Orange Monkey demands.
Our longer-term aim is progression. The Orange Monkey team riders are strong, highly motivated and hard-working, we have plans not only to improve their individual ability and achieve International success, but to compete alongside the best cyclists in the world!
Orange Monkey is committed to bringing success to our riders and we will strive to help them do that, but we'll do it by having some monkey moments along the way!
See the Orange Monkey website for more information.
Stephania Magri
Stephania Magri is currently the Malta MTB XC National Champion. 4 years ago she left the island to venture out for a new cycling & working experience in the UK. Her best results for 2011 were finishing 24th in the World Cup Sprint Eliminator in Czech Republic, 11th in the European Marathon Masters Championships in Stattegg Austria, 3rd in the expert category British National XC Series and 1st expert in the Southern XC Championships. Her aim this year is to step up to elite category in the British Series and participate in as many international races as possible including some World Cups.
Cycleways Team
The Irish Cycleways team of husband and wife, Ryan Sherlock and Melanie Spath have been using KCNC components on both their road and mtb bikes while racing around the world for the past 4 years. Ryan has had national titles on both the road bike and mountain bike - this year he aims to retain his current titles and continue his progression up the road racing ladder. Later in the year Ryan will focus on various MTB marathons.
Melanie, who has recently declared to ride for Ireland, will aim to defend her 2011 British Mountain Bike Series title, fight for Irish National titles and compete against the worlds best in the World Cup XC Series.
Both Ryan and Melanie will be racing on Specialized S-Works 29er Epics 'en-light-ened' with KCNC bars, stems, seatposts, rotors and skewers.
Check out their blogs :- http://melaniespath.blogspot.com/ and http://ryansherlock.blogspot.com/
Photo courtesy of Maciej Staroniewicz
Photo courtesy of Dave Barry
Anthony White
Anthony is an MTB Endurance Racer and specialises in the ultra endurance event, in particular the 24hr endurance events - solo! He has been on the Mountain Mayhem 24hr Solo Champion podium 6 times, winning it twice. He is the current Bontrager 24/12 solo champ and has just won just won the 2010 Kona 24 Hours in the Old Pueblo in Arizona - well done Ant!
See the results on www.cyclingnews.com and a full write up here
The season for ultra endurance events is very competitive in 2010, so KCNC have provided Ant with stems, bars, bar ends and seat posts - all scandium alloy, and jockey wheels and a superlight chain. This has enabled him to get his hard tail race bike below 18lbs and his full suspension bike under 20lbs!
Loco Racing – Mountain Bike Endurance Race Team
Loco Racing is a team of riders based in South Wales who are sponsored by suspension servicing and tuning company Loco Tuning (www.locotuning.co.uk).
Huw Thomas, sponsored by Loco Tuning has joined the Niner/Stans/Ergon UK Team for 2012. He is currently the UK and European 12 Hour Solo Rookie Champion and ended his 2011 season by winning the Howies Coed y Brenin Enduro and the senior solo male 24 hour at Relentless 24. His main focus for the 2012 season is the UK and European 24 Hour Solo Championship.
Mark Deacon races endurance events on a rigid single speed 29er. Mark finished 3rd in the solo single speed category at Cheddar Bikefest in 2008 then went on to win the Single Speed Pairs event with teammate Andrew at Bristol Bikefest 2009. Mark and Huw have raced in pairs categories for a number of years where the combination of one riding multi-speed and one single speed seemed to pay off, they came 2nd in the 2009 Bontrager Twentyfour12 pairs category and went on to win the Dusky Valleys 12 in 2010.
Dave Buchanan is a well known face on the 24hr racing circuit, and is also a trailblazer where he develops routes for others to have a go at. In 2009, he pioneered the 1st Welsh Coast 2 Coast by completing it solo and unsupported in Winter 2008/9. In 2011 he rode the “The Hobbit's Tale” riding the Coast 2 Coast route twice, non stop, gaining a Guinness World Record by doing so for "The Greatest Distance Achieved on a Mountain Bike in 48 Hours".
After a premature end to his football career in 1993, Andrew James bought a bike. After initially sticking to the tarmac, he borrowed his brother's mountain bike one day and hasn’t looked back since. Andrew has been competing in various events since 2002 from 100k Enduros to 24 hours team events and has had a few memorable results, like beating Mark and Huw at the 2005 Rat Run in South Wales. After switching to single speeding a few years ago he teamed up with Mark at the Bristol Bikefest in 2009 and achieved his first ever event win at the ripe old age of 45.
Jonny Williams first raced mountain bikes in the Scottish XC race series as a youth in the mid 1990s. Now 15 years later, he has moved south to Swansea and is making the most of the awesome trails in south Wales. Results of note in the last two years include a 3rd place at Cheddar Bikefest pairs in 2009 and a 3rd Dusky Valleys event (12hr pairs) in 2010. Jonny’s main objective for this year is the UK and European 12 Hour Solo Championships and he plans to be competitive at pairs racing and to get a result in the new Trailmasters multi-stage race being held in Wales.
Moda-BikeMagic Racing Team
Moda-BikeMagic Racing Team are a new UCI registered MTB team for the 2012 season.
This is an exciting step forward for the Moda brand & one that takes it onto the International Racing stage.
The team will be racing the RockyRoads.net UCI MTB World Cup Series in both the Cross Country (XCO) & Cross Country Eliminator (XCE) categories.
Moda-BikeMagic Racing Team will also participate in the British Cycling Mountain Bike Cross Country Series & National Championships.
There will also be a presence at; Portugal Cups, Swiss Cups, German Bundesliga Races & USA National Championships.
For the 2012 season the riders on the squad will be; Kate Potter (AUS), Erica Zaveta (USA), Ruth Owen-Evans (GBR) & Imogen Buick (GBR)
Kate is an extremely experienced rider who has achieved a lot in her career & has set some high goals for the next 3 seasons which the Team will try & help her achieve.
Erica has decided to travel across the Pond to Europe to gain experience of XC racing in Europe. Erica wants to help Moda-BikeMagic achieve their goals for 2012 & also put her name amongst the contenders for the British series crown.
Ruth has made the move to Elite for 2012. Ruth is extremely keen to try her hand racing in Europe & seeing what she can bring to the mix.
Imogen is a first year Junior. She has her eyes set on the World Cup Series & using this experience to race at a higher level when she returns to domestic competition.
The Team will be using Moda’s Solo titanium frames. Mounted to this will be Magura Durin forks & the World’s lightest disc brake – the Magura MT8. Shimano will be providing the XTR running gear. American Classic’s reliable tubeless wheelset will use Geax rubber to provide grip & speed. Riders will be perched on Selle Italia saddles as they put the KCNC finishing kit through its paces. Chris King provide race-tested headsets & bottom brackets.
Visit the website www.modabikemagicracing.com
Fluid Fin Race Team
The new UK based multi-disciplined Fluid Fin Race Team is aiming to make an impact in 2012 with a diverse range of athletes across a number of disciplines.
Heading the team is 2011 Elite XC Mountain Bike series podium finisher and former Olympic Academy rider Sebastian Batchelor, who will focus on the Under 23 World Cup series. Batchelor is joined on the team by older brother Hamish, who will race a mixed programme of Xterra triathlon and MTB XC. Road and Time Trial specialist Alex Clayton also signs on, along with Downhill/Freeride mountain biker Rowan Buckley.
Alongside the elite riders, Fluid Fin will be represented regionally by a small ‘club’ section aimed at encouraging grass routes racing in the UK. Talking about the range of disciplines Batchelor said, “The mix of athletes is one of the main reasons I wanted to be involved with Fluid Fin. It offers a unique opportunity to learn cross-over skills and training techniques from the other cycling disciplines, which I believe will be invaluable to my progression.” The launch of the team has been timed to coincide with the re-launch of bike sponsor Rotwild in the UK.
In addition the team is proud to be supported by Mojo Suspension(Fox Racing Shox), Stan’s NoTubes, KCNC Components, Continental Tyres, Zipvit Sport, and Triactive Triathlon Store Chester.
For more information and to follow the rider’s progress during the season check out the team website at www.fluidfin.co.uk and Facebook page, or Twitter (@FluidFin).
Cotic - AQR Team 2012
A team of 11 riders has been brought together, supported by Cotic bikes and A Quick Release (AQR) holiday's Kate and Ian Potter, combining race winning frames with decades of racing and coaching experience on the world stage.
The race team exists to promote brands. Riding well and hitting podiums is a real bonus, but the team is primarily there to promote the brands that support us. Team members are selected as much for their personalities and presence at events as their ability to race well – the latter we can train, with AQR's A Quality Ride coaching making sure that all team-members are on top form.
Major events are all supported with a professional pit crew, prominently placed and frequented by a real cross section of the mountain biking world.
This year the team will be at the British national series, Midlands and Southern XC series, 24 Hours of Exposure, Erlestoke12, Bristol BikeFest and TwentyFour12 amongst others! Look out for their Cotic Sodas and Solaris's, kitted out with KCNC stems, bars, seat-clamps and rotors!
