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Dual victory for Team Chase at cross-race in Lockenhaus

On 4th and 5th November the MTB Club Lockenhaus organised a cross-country race taking place in Burgenland for the first time in a long time. Just a short distance from the Bucklige Welt, the event was so to speak a home race for Manfred. He used the opportunity and was already on site several times the week before for training.

The knowledge of the track has paid off. Manfred was in the lead during the first race on Saturday. For a long time it was an exciting fight between him, Michael Holland and Gerald Hauer. In the last two laps Manfred had the greater potential and so he could celebrate his second victory in cross-country after the race in Ternitz. Felix also showed a strong performance and finished 13th after 1:06 driving time.

The race on Sunday was similar at the beginning. Manfred was in the lead right from the start, his first pursuers were Tom Mair and Gerald Hauer. But even before the half of the race Manfred was able to put himself in the lead. He expanded his lead slowly and continuously. Every round there were a few more seconds. In the end he won by almost one minute, the Czech Jirí Krivanek and the experienced Tom Mair. Felix had to register a small slip and lost thereby a few places. Nevertheless, he finished 18th again in the top 20.

 

Results

Finally a congratulation to the MTB Club Lockenhaus – it was a more than successful premiere event and the cross-country community would be very happy about a follow-up in the coming year in any case!

Results

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First Cyclo-cross victory for Chase in Ternitz

The 21st and 22nd of October, two cyclo-cross events in Ternitz took place. Manfred participated in both competetions and showed high performances. From the beginning of the national race at Saturday, he was part of the leading group. This consisted of four cyclists, later reduced to three athletes. Manfred was able to keep this position and maintained all fast acceleration parts. He decided not to cycle in the first position but as second or third cycler. In the round prior to the final round he started to attack – and it was too strong for the opponents. In this round he was the only one who managed to stay on the bike during the uphill part. His combatants had to get off the bike and carry it for some meters. There was a small gap but Manfred did not give away this lead. He strived hard for victory, used all his energie and succeeded to be the first crossing the finish line.

This success was the highlight in this successful season start for the 27-years old cyclist till now. In the first two competitions in Traun and Langenzersdorf, he reached the second place. In his third cross-race he succeeded to win – at the same time it’s the first victory for our Chase Mud-rim.

At Sunday, there was an international race of the C2-world ranking list. Fighting against european elite athletes was a tough challenge for Manfred. Additionally, rain started and conditions got more and more demanding. For his success from the precedent day, Manfred’s legs have already been suffering. He finished as 12th and narrowly missed the Top-10. Nevertheless, with this perfomance he was the best Austrian in the international biker surrounding.

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Aufgegebalt! Diversity at St.Gabriel – Chase Photoshooting

In honour of the St. Gabriel site with its red clinker facade and red baking tile tower, a magazine called ‘aufgegabelt’ was published. The home of the Chase GmbH was already built under Emperor Franz-Joseph 1. and was to serve as a city within the city at that time. Today the versatile use of this building ranges from a wedding cake shop to a bookbinder and of course Chase GmbH.

Our rooms of the former bakery in St.Gabriel are well adapted to our daily work needs and were beautifully presented during a shooting for our article in the magazine.

The development and handmade production of innovative carbon components is progressing well, especially because Peter Fröhlich and Felix Schneider show enthusiasm and 100% commitment. But sometimes help comes from a few motivated students who can gain a lot of experience in carbon production in a great atmosphere.

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Success in the beginning of the Cyclo-Cross season with Chase rims

Manfred started his Cross-season 2017 yesterday. He chose an event in Traun in Upper Austria for his kick-off.

“Until the end of the second round I managed to catch up from the rear position that I had to start from. I now reached the leading group. From then, I could overtake the leading position every now and then. Due to some speed attacks the group got smaller. In the second half of the race there was a strong offensive by Philipp Heigl. I needed a whole round to catch up again. After that we were two at the leading position, but Andreas Hofer was only a few meters behind us. In this formation we started into the two last rounds. Most of the time I was cycling in the front position and was trying to keep the distance between me and my opponent. But he was cycling right behind me like a shadow.Finally, in the last bend, 300 meters to the finish line, the most important seconds followed. Philipp Heigl started to speed up amazingly and I couldn’t follow him – this gap remained and I wasn’t able to catch up anymore. Obviously, there was a narrow distance and missing the victory so shortly is teasing. My opponent was better today – huge respect to his performance – and the second position is also a good result.”

Of course it’s a pity to miss the victory shortly, but gratulation though to the excellent performance of Manfred.

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Wheels Wednesday for Manfred Zöger in Maria Enzersdorf

Just in time for the start of the cyclocross season the new specific cross-country rims made by Chase are ready to be used. Manfred came to our manufacture in Maria Enzersdorf to receive his individual rims and pick them up personally.

Manfred Zöger, handcrafted in Austria, Carbon, Felge, Grenzgasse 111 9/6/6, St. Gabriel, Felix Schneider, Peter Fröhlich, Chase

These new Chase carbon rims are high quality products handcrafted in Austria. Two types of cross country rims are available – a version for rim brakes and a disk-version. He is looking forward to his first competition the following weekend – the Crossrace Action Day des RC SK Vöest. He’ll cycle and check out his new “Chase mud” rims.

See more on Manfred Zöger – Radsport

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Rund um Roadlberg – successful competition for Felix Ritzinger

A perfect start, also the performance in the middle part was great, but lost some time in the last two rounds. Felix’ final result was the second position at the C2 competition in Ottenschlag.

After his comeback at Bike Night Flachau, our Chase test pilot reaches an excellent result in this roundtrack with international competitors. He was very happy with his performance in the downhills: “Finally I was able to let it run without having a possible downfall in mind the whole time. That’s a very good feeling after this quite failed season!”

Two more starts at mountainbike competitions wait for Felix and after that he’ll participate in the Austrian track bike championships. Maybe he’ll deliver some more successful competitions in the season finale having his current performance in mind.

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Race Around Austria Challenge

The Race Around Austria Challenge was one of the best opportunities to test our Chase Up rims again. In a team of two Felix Schneider and Bernhard Weiß started as Team Chase. August, the 13th at 5pm the signal for the start was being heard in St.Georgien in the Austrian region called Attergau. The established team reached the finish line after 16 hours and 55 minutes. All in all it was a extraordinary experience on the track surrounding Upper Austria.

Already one day prior to the event Felix and Bernhard headed off to St.Georgen and met Martin Granadia for an interview. The chat and discussion with him was really interesting and detailed. If you want to learn more on Martin Granadia and his cycling blog go onto: radblog 169k.net.

Both were already looking forward to the event and in the evening before the race the last preparations were made. Felix and Bernhard were accompanied by a great team, Sebi, Augi, Marlene, Meli und Peter were the best supporters they could have.

In the first two hours on the track after having passed Braunau am Inn, there was a tough battle between Team Chase and Team Alpha which turned into a combat who will reach the leading position.  The weather conditions were not very friendly as it is known for the RAA, it got more and more rainy, wet and cold. Of course, Bernhard und Felix remained defiant, did not give up and showed very high performances further on.

In the night, the two could easily match the challenges and passed Freistadt, St. Valentin and Steyr. In the morning hours they coped with the so called Hengstpass which is one of the highest passes in this challenge and followed the track to Attersee and Gmunden. Both of them worked very hard until the finish line and it was a very narrow result in the end.

Team Sareno were the first to finish with a new record time with 15 hours and 17 minutes. Our Team Chase missed the winner’s rostrum and finished as unlucky forth position behind Team Alpha who took the third place.  Tough, it was a great experience and an extraordinary performance.

Start fast – cycle better – finish the best!

A huge thank you to all the highly motivated supporters: Sebi, Augi, Marlene, Peter und Melanie.

More information on the RAA Challenge

 

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Manfred Zöger ASVÖ Austria Grand Prix

On the 17th of July in 2017, Manfred Zöger started at the traditional ASVÖ Austria Grand Prix in Windhaag bei Perg.

The spectacular circuit has developed to a classic, which demands highest concentration from every participant. Highlights of the track are the two very difficult keypoints ‘Höllenloch’ and ‘Ruinendownhill’.

Athlete Manfred Zöger started from second row and even managed to lead the race for a short period of time. He could not hold first position for a long time, but stayed in good position anyway. In the second round, a technical defect at the backwheel bothered him: the wheel had to be changed and Manfred lost precious time. For two rounds, the top-athlete had to sprint in order to reach the other riders. After some time, he catched them again.

Despite the hard setback and the other strong riders, he could place himself in the top-20 in the end.

Chase, handcrafted in Austria, carbon, rim, Grenzgasse 111 9/6/6, St. Gabriel, Felix Schneider, Peter Fröhlich

Our Chase bottle surely helped him to achieve this top-performance. Its extremely low weight and high flexibility are also much appreciated by many other athletes. Especially in races the Chase bottles are being used more and more.

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ETU EM Kitzbühel European Triathlon Championships

From June 15th to 18th, Kitzbühel invited to the ETU Triathlon European Championship. Top-athlete Tom Thalhammer took part in it.

Already in 2014 he finished in fourth place over the sprint-distance. This time, his goal was to overcome the olmypic distance.

At the first discipline, swimming, Tom placed third.

Equipped with the aerodynamic ChaseUp carbon-wheels he went into the cycling track, where the athlete could save himself the first place for a short amount of time.

Chase, handcrafted in Austria, carbon, rim, Grenzgasse 111 9/6/6, St. Gabriel, Felix Schneider, Peter Fröhlich

During running the triathlete had some health problems and was forced to pause.

Despite the loss of time Tom Thalhammer finished in excellent 7th position.

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Time trial Wienerwald Cup 2017

The Wienerwald Cup is a very famous time trial racing series, which consists of five single races, all organized by Radclub Mödling.

It’s a perfect opportunity for everyone who loves cycling to demonstrate one’s skills.

The Wienerwald is especially favoured by bikers, because of its beauty and straightforwardness. The Roads are fairly diversified, apart from many plane sections you will also have to overbear several elevation gains.

The bikers started on April 28th at 6:30pm in Gainfarn.

Wienerwaldcup 2017, handcrafted in Austria, carbon, rim, Grenzgasse 111 9/6/6, St. Gabriel, Felix Schneider, Peter Fröhlich, Felix Ritzinger, Chase

The grand final took place on June 9th. This time the bikers had to drive 15km and overbear 450m elevation gains.

Wienerwaldcup 2017, handcrafted in Austria, carbon, rim, Grenzgasse 111 9/6/6, St. Gabriel, Felix Schneider, Peter Fröhlich, Felix Ritzinger, Chase

The time trial races have been the perfect opportunity to test our ChaseUP wheels for stability. We can gladly report that they have been a proven success!

Wienerwaldcup 2017, handcrafted in Austria, carbon, rim, Grenzgasse 111 9/6/6, St. Gabriel, Felix Schneider, Peter Fröhlich, Felix Ritzinger, Chase

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