Have a Safe Weekend on Two Wheels!

CANCELLED - Test the Best HORNSBY Sunday March 3

It has been announced that because of excessive weather Test the Best this Sunday at Hornsby MTB Park has been cancelled.

Alternatively anyone can test the mountain bike range at Centennial Park in Sydney TODAY.

Apologies for the inconvenience, please contact us with any questions or details.

You can always view and test ride Specialized models in our shop on any given day!

Here's Your Chance to Test the Best

Test the Best is your opportunity to ride and experience a Specialized bike. 

We talk a lot about the technology and design that goes into making a bicycle. Not all frames are created equal. Specialized has a unique approach to their bikes, starting from the ground up. The process is from the cyclists perspective; bikes that are made by riders for riders. Every year bikes improve, but in the last few years especially, the leaps made in rider comfort and experience has raised the bar significantly. 

Come to one of these events and experience the result of decades of bicycle evolution. 

Test road bikes on Saturday at Centennial Park, or test Mountain bikes on Sunday at Hornsby MTB Park. 

Manly Cycles team members will be at the events to chat, set up your ride, and hand over a few S-Works to throw a leg over. 

Don't forget to bring pedals, shoes, helmet, and ID. See you there! 

Epic XX1 Conversion-Carbon-11-Speed-Dream

This lucky customer will be burning up a trail near you with his Epic Expert Carbon EVO R. But not before leaving with this fresh XX1 11x1 drive-train upgrade....

Original bike here

New EVOC Bike Travel Bags

Now in stock these amazingly well-built bike travel cases from EVOC. 

The EVOC functions for road, XC, all mountain, and downhill bike travel protection (also fits 29ers). Padded lining, 8 external carry handles, frame pad, 2 external wheel compartments, roller wheels, and collapses when not in use. 

Amazing design and craftsmanship! 

Save $1000 on this Stumpjumper Hard Tail!

Special offer on this one time deal. This will go fast, brand new old stock. 

Reg. $2499 

Now $1499 - Size Large 19"


2011 Stumpjumper Comp <<< Click for specs 




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Specialized Enduro 29 - Long Travel on Big Wheels?

Not even worth mentioning anymore is the ubiquity of the 29 inch wheel and it's near-taking over of the industries' biggest brands line-ups. This is most clearly seen at your local trail, where cross country weapons wait in car parks for their mates on the small wheels to catch up the last stretch. It seems just a matter of time and all will be converted and equal again.

This is not the last chapter of the story. The photos below confirm that soon long travel, all mountain 29ers may see the light of day. Recently with Specialized, the 2013 Stumpjumper EVO has tried to fill that gap with stunning success. That bike has all but sold out in Australia for the 2013 model year and demand for the genre is growing. Enduro all-mountain racing is leading the charge as a niche between the grueling pace of cross-country and the increasingly extreme nature of downhill. This middle ground has an achievable appeal for the enthusiast looking to charge and experience some real head-to-head contests.

These are unconfirmed photos, but one look will tell you this bike is far beyond the prototype stage.

Shoe Sale - All 2012 Shoes 20%off

Big selection of in-stock 2012 shoes are 20%

Everything from sport, tri, to S-Works road. Great opportunity for great new shoes.

Kids Bikes for Christmas!

We've just received a late drop of new kids bike in time for the big day! 12" through 24" wheel bikes from ages 2 to 13.

Amazing colour options, Specialized kids bikes are made with kid-specific geometry for the best fit. Lots of aluminium parts make for a super-light bike with maximum rust protection.

We're taking orders and can store your bike until Christmas Eve pickup.

Specialized Roubaix or Tarmac? Test Ride Them Both with our Fresh Demo Bike Fleet!

This is confidence in the product; our test bikes are here for you, take it on your favourite route and experience the difference. The Roubaix SL4 is like no other bike frame on the market. You can Read the reviews, specs, and technology behind it, watch the pros ride it, but come in and be convinced by the experience.

To book a test bike, call or come in. Bring your pedals and a helmet, or can provide Shimano SPD or Look Keo pedals if necessary for your ride. 

'...you have the most compliant, greatest deflecting, sharpest handling, Roubaix that Specialized have ever built.

Specialized president Mike Sinyard used two analogies to describe the bike's ride and geometry. The ride is like a Porsche, he said, which goes fast, yet "nobody ever suffers in a Porsche, and nobody will suffer on this bike."

As for the geometry, Sinyard sees the Roubaix more like a classic, stable, Grand Tour bike of the '70s and '80s, rather than the upright old man bikes that have come to be the industry's definition of the endurance category.'

Choose Your Ride - Road Bike Sale

Mark Cavendish signed on for team Specialized

'At first, it seemed like an impossible situation without a positive outcome. Mark Cavendish is rumored to be going to Team Sky but they ride Pinarellos while the World Road Race champion insists on sticking with Specialized.'

Check out the latest on how the newly re-minted champion Mark Cavendish signs with Specialized to continue the legacy.

Manly Cycles Staff Warren Burgess - National Championships Cyclocross Race

This past weekend at Terry Hills the National Cyclocross Championships saw a spectacular effort by the Ginger Genius. This was a National Pro level event and Waz competed on a Specialized Crux Expert. 

SPECIAL HOURS - MONDAY, OCT. 1, 10AM-4PM

Local Artist Angela Van Boxtel: Get a Puncture, Relax and Have a Seat

Here's an example of some ingenuity and inspiration from riding a bike. The Bike Life Festival is producing all good things for bike riders everywhere! '

'Thank you!! The chair is really lovely to sit in :-) ..it works as a trampoline when you get out !'

Innertubes donated by Manly Cycles, and all of you riders out there, of course.

Heaps of Resources for 2013 Specialized Bikes Info - S-Works, Crux, Stumpjumper, Epic, Roubaix, Tarmac, Road Shoes and Accessories

OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS, more and more questions are coming to us regarding next year's products. There is so much new and exciting stuff coming from the Specialized HQ this year, so we've collected all the top spots for getting latest and greatest info. (See links below)

AT THE MOMENT, we have a number of 2013 model year bikes in stock and on the floor. This includes hybrids, city bikes, Globe bikes, kids bikes, and entry-level MTB bikes. Ask us to find out what's available right now.

THIS MONTH - 2013 Product Launch Dealer Show in Cairns. The Manly Cycles team is headed to this event, after which we will have new product pricing and availability dates for everything 2013!

UNTIL THEN, our showroom is stocked with great deals on 2012 Road Bikes. Now is the time to get your new ride at a great price. Limited availability on certain models, so talk with us and we will find the right bike for you! 

These bikes are so cool! Get stoked for the coming summer season folks! 

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Specialized Dissident DH Helmet Finally Released and In Stock!

After much anticipation the all new Specialized Dissident helmet is here. 

This is an exciting piece of engineering, It is sub 1000g, has 4^th dimension cooling and the most technologically advanced safety measures than any other full face helmet available on the market in its category.

Get excited as this helmet is exciting!

Key technology features:

	·         Lightweight Carbon Matrix shell – target weight 1000g
	·         4th Dimension Cooling – deep channels run through the inside of the helmet from front to back. ·         Easy Cheek pad removal – cheek pads slide out easily using a built in release channel that allows the cheek pads to be removed without shaking the head around at all to prevent further spinal injury.
	·         Helmet EJECT™ system compatible – technology to assist safe removal of the helmet from an injured rider to prevent further spinal damage currently used in motor sport  http://www.ejectsafety.com/home.html

·         Leatt™ brace compatible – sold by Cassons in Australia  http://www.leatt-brace.com/
·         Speaker compatible – sit in a recess so they do not fall out when you put on your helmet or dig in while riding.
·         AUSTRALIAN STANDARDS APPROVED and also Complies with one or more of the following safety standards for bicycle helmets: CPSC, SNELL B-95, CE and ASTM 1952 (standard for downhill mountain bike racing helmets)

Crispy, trying it on for size before ordering one for himself

SALE ENDS SOON!

This is the last weekend of our Birthday Sale! 

Still lots of bikes with special prices - road, mountain, city, commute 

All clothing 20% off

Come in on this beautiful day and ride away with a brand new pushie!

Epic new models for 2013!

Behold the fabled 2013 Specialized Epic. All 29er. All performance. All REALLY in our hands right now. 

A precious few are gracing our showroom right now, and they won't last long. This is a rare, early shipment of these sought after 2013 models. 

Rupert Elkington Takes Manly Cycles to the UK!

'2450m of climbing in 80k was a very very very hard race' 


Indeed, that sounds like an understatement. And if accumulated mud were any indication of difficulty, these photos would rate the effort even greater. 


Huge kudos go to Rupert for not only competing but completing The Marshbrook 80k mtb marathon in the Shropshire Hills. 

The route leads initially through a small area of forestry, then up onto the Long Mynd (meaning long mountain), the long route, immediately descending off the Long Mynd, making its way to the Stiperstones, a hill west of the Long Mynd, here you will ride some interesting single and twin tracks up and over the hill, after a short section of tarmac to get your breath back, you soon reach the Forest of Eastridge, which has been used in the past for NPS races.

After enjoying the technical single track descending, and beating the tough climbs you return to the Long Mynd an area of outstanding natural beauty, where there is an endless amount of exciting single tracks and bridleways, interspersed with short stretches on minor roads, and then, just when you think it can’t get any better the course finishes with the longest single track descent in Shropshire, possibly the longest in England.

'The Manly Cycles jersey was out there somewhere under all that mud, lucky it was black and not white.'

Epic bike, epic mud