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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.

 

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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!

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Team Chase with Mud-rims at Seeschlacht Langenzersdorf

In this beautiful autumn day, the conditions were perfect for a cross-race. Head off to the Seeschlacht in Langenzersdorf just next to Vienna: the athletes of Team Chase all showed a very good performance at the ‘King & Queen of Seeschlacht’. Our Chase Mud-rims – available as disk version and as rim-brake version – were perfect to fight in those tough race conditions.

Felix Ritzinger, Manfred Zöger, Bernhard Weis, handcrafted in Austria, Carbon, Felge, Grenzgasse 111 9/6/6, St. Gabriel, Felix Schneider, Peter Fröhlich, Chase, Seeschlacht, King and Queen of Seeschlacht, Langenzersdorf

The specific cross-country rims give comfort in the long straight but turbulent passages and at the same time enable the cyclist to pass trough the sharp curves fast. Our athlete Manfred Zöger reached with an excellent performance the second place in the overall standing in the 60′ elite-race behind a cyclist from Hungary. Second cross-race and second position on the podium. After his disease, Felix Ritzinger showed also that he is a powerful cyclist. He showed a good performance and for the next races you can definitely count on a position on the winner’s rostrum. Felix Schneider was one of the strongest bikers in the 40′ race. After catching up from a rear starting position he reached the leading group. He finished with a good performance and finally reached the third row in the overall standings.

A great day for Team Chase.

Handcrafted Carbon Wheels applied in the tough race conditions. See more #chasecx #KingofSeeschlacht #Langenzersdorf

 

 

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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.

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ASVÖ King of the Lake

Was für ein Tag!Die Veranstalter des ASVÖ King of the Lake haben mit dem Wettergott für 2017 wieder einen Pakt…

Posted by Team Chase on Donnerstag, 5. Oktober 2017

 

 

 

 

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Parenzana MTB – season finale

Our Chase athlete Manfred Zöger took part in this 3-days-event at the croatian cost region close to Porec and used this opportunity for the finish of his MTB-season like many other mountain bikers.

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

At The first day, on Friday, a short but fast stage waited for the bikers. Due to the short distance of only 28 kilometers and the very flat track, it was a pulsating competition. The excitement among the cyclists could be felt and there were multiple offensives on the track. Finally, the bikers cycled an average velocity of 30 km per hour and the critical meters were in the final sprint. Manfred was part of the leading group and reached the sixth position. For the overall result, the next two days could still change everything.

The second day a 45 kilometers long course followed. Manfred was lucky that some cyclists in the leading group loosed their track. He finally finished as third biker. That helped him to be lifted up onto the second position after day two in the overall standings.

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

The marathon on the third day was a very exciting race. Manfred tried very hard and managed to stay with the leading group und headed onto the winner’s podium. The wheather conditions were not as good as on the first two days, it soon started to rain and after a while a powerful thunderbolt started.  That was not enough: Manfred was not lucky on that day. After a stony downhill he lost pressure in his rear wheel and had to stop to repair this harm. Thus, he finally arrived the daily finish after the first six cyclists and was thrown back onto the forth position in the overall standings.

All in all, it was a successful season closing of the MTB season. The turbulent race course showed once again that good and bad luck are very close to each other.

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Felix Ritzinger wins the Bike Night Flachau

About 250 cyclists from nine different nations faced the challenge in the Bike Night Flachau. Due to a lot of rain and bad wheather conditions prior to the 7th edition of this event on 12th of August, a slippery track could be expected. To attain a fair and above all a secure competition the jury decided to shorten the course. The very heart of the track, the downhill through the Hermann-Maier-Weltcup-course, was only cycled in the first round. As a consequence, the race was even a closer competition between the first three bikers.

Felix Ritzinger, handcrafted in Austria, Carbon, Felge, Grenzgasse 111 9/6/6, St. Gabriel, Felix Schneider, Peter Fröhlich, Chase, Bike Night Flachau

Felix Ritzinger wins the spectacle under floodlights in the ski resort Flachau! Partly, with times below 7 minutes per round and 300 starters on the track, dodging the other cyclists that he had overtaken and avoid collisions was the bigger challenge than the slippery and wet meadow. The leading position changed in nearly every round, but in the end after all 18 rounds Felix succeeded in the final sprint in the night and won with 2 hours and 8 minutes – after the disappointing results in previous competitions this was a very important victory for him!

Bike Night Flachau

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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.

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More on Ultrarad challenge Kaindorf

Friday, the 14th of Juli, we headed off for a highlight in this season, the 24hours challenge in Kaindorf. We wanted to cycle in our team in relay as many rounds as possible in a track of 12,2 kilometers.

Above all teamspirit and a good experience was our goal. But additionally, we wanted to take advantage of this race to test our equipment. At 18pm our first cyclist, Lukas Winter, started enthusiastically in the first round. All together we managed to achieve short round durations and above all the leading position. This performance has only been possible thanks to the team’s work and all its members –  Lukas Steinbichler, Wolfgang Hoffmann, Gabriel Wahringer, Thomas Ofner, Peter Fröhlich, Lukas Winter und Felix Schneider.

Ultrarad Challenge Kaindorf, handcrafted in Austria, Carbon, Felge, Grenzgasse 111 9/6/6, St. Gabriel, Felix Schneider, Peter Fröhlich, Chase, Felix Ritzinger, Bernhard Weis, Gabriel Wahringer, Lukas Steinbichler, Team Ride All Adventure, Thomas Ofner, Wolfgang Hoffmann

All in all, we had a really good time. We were highly satisfied with the Chase rims and they could easily withstand the test of 24hours.

On Saturday evening the spectacular race lasting for 24hours on the 14th/15th of July is over.

After having cycled to the front position leading with four rounds and 878,4 cycled kilometers all in all, the race direction disputed our team one hour in advance to the finish. “Not all your cyclists work for Chase GmbH”.

Ultrarad Challenge Kaindorf, handcrafted in Austria, Carbon, Felge, Grenzgasse 111 9/6/6, St. Gabriel, Felix Schneider, Peter Fröhlich, Chase, Felix Ritzinger, Bernhard Weis, Gabriel Wahringer, Lukas Steinbichler, Team Ride All Adventure, Thomas Ofner, Wolfgang Hoffmann

This requirement hadn’t been expressed yet. Finally we were not allowed to cycle in the business rating, we then decided not to take over the podium stage in the 10-person team rating and resigned our position to the teams that worked hard for it and earn their podium stage. Fairness and team spirit are the priorities for Team Chase.

Nevertheless, the team’s performance was excellent, as we expect from Team RAA!  We managed to fulfill our own goals and expectations. We enjoyed the challenge a lot and had a really good time!

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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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