May has been Madness!

Jeez May has been one hellava month for us Ducks.

It started out with the gargantuan Journey up to Fort William in Scotland for the British Downhill Series, with a double puncture on the Duck Truck making it just a little more arduous.  Once we were there, ourselves, the officials, fellow sponsors and the riders who were brave enough to take on the World Cup course, had to batten down the hatches as we were hit with mental winds and driving rain.  Disregarding that though, it was another enjoyable event and its great to be part of the BDS with an awesome bunch of people.

Not one to rest on our laurels the team then did a split with Chief Duck Gary, Duck Smart Rob and Team DS Athlete Lewis Lacey all heading over to the Dirtmasters Festival at Winterberg in Germany to team up with Michael and his team from Ison Germany to strut our smelling cleaning stuff over there.

Rob was like a dog on heat and sniffed his way into the Best Whip competition (finishing in the Top 10 out of 100's who entered), whilst Lewis claimed a 4X Pro Tour Podium, happy Days.

Check out the Vid on the left to see some of the action.

Whilst all of that was kicking off over in Germany, our Paul stuck to the UK and headed the short distance to the British MXGP.  (yeah we know he gets all of the hard jobs)  At Matterley Basin he met up with our Comp winner Glenn Despres who enjoyed Pit Lane access with our supported team KRT Monster Energy MX2, as well as a signed Jordi Tixier Race shirt.  On top of meeting our DS team's Paul also finalised the deal that see's Duck Smart now as an Official Supplier of MXGP, and pretty chuffed about it we are too.

To round out the month it was back to Wash Bay duty, this time at the MX Nationals/Pro Nationals Festival Double Header at Weston Beach.  It worked out pretty well for us as we are partners of both, so we fired up 8 Wash Bays for all and sundry to use with our special Foam pressure Washer adapter grabbing some attention.

Well that was us for May.  Loads more to come in June and lots of new product development happening so keep an eye for us at Mountain Mayhem and the BDS for samples and testers.

For more information on Duck Smart and our range of PH Neutral, foaming Bike and Car cleaners visit www.duck-smart.com

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2014 4X Pro Tour Round1 Race Report from Team DS's Lewis Lacey!

We are proud to work closely with all of our sponsored and supported racers, riders and drivers and get to know them really well.  Lewis was one of our early members of Team DS but last year was hit by injuries which pretty much took him out of action for the year.  It has been a tough ride back to fitness for Lewis but has shown how determined and talented he is with two awesome results in as many weeks starting with a 2nd in the British 4X round at Afan and then last week an amazing podium spot at the 4x Pro Tour.

Here's his race report.  Also give him a follow on twitter @lewislacey

Round 1 - 4X pro tour.

Sunny meadow Poland

It’s been a long year since I was last here, and I broke the end of the plate that was in my shoulder in the first turn. As ever always amazed with how rad the track looks. This year the guys put a monster jump at the end of the last straight.

Went up for a track walk, to see what was what and to see where it all went wrong for me last year, Built the bikes, time for a play. I wanted to have some fun, then on to the more serious stuff later (lines and all that shit)

Feeling fine and chilled, riding and track speed all good (could always do with a bit more) on to XXL schnitzel that’s why we come to Poland.

Saturday,

Qualifying relaxed and feeling fine, maybe a bit too relaxed as I cruised my run I was gutted with myself, but turned out I qualified 8^th

A lot better than I thought, knowing I had a bit more in the tank was nice.

Rd1 there was only three of us on the gate these ones feel a bit unkind when only on person goes out, on to the next one.

Rd2 made a good gate the first straight seemed to feel effortless and a smooth run down saw me take the first spot.

Rd3 now things were heating up, with Slavik and Nate dogg on the gate I knew I needed to make a good start, gate dropped best start so far finding myself level with Slavik over the first two jumps following him closely in to turn one chasing him down making sure I could keep that 2^nd spot from Nate dogg.

Rd4 it’s getting harder every time Slavik and Beaumont again we all gated together super tight first straight as I just squeezed Beaumont into turn one it was again chasing Slavik down making sure Beaumont stayed behind, I was clear second in the semi making my first Pro tour main final.

Final Slavik Prokop Slavik Lacey it goes without saying what this race was going to be, I took gate 3 (wanting 4) Prokop 4 as the Slavik’s lined up on the inside got a good snap all banging bars down first straight it was tight. After getting a bit of a slap from Prokop sending me slightly sideways into turn one leaving Thomas and Prokop to lead in 1 and 2 me in 3^rd not knowing where Hannes was, bang he hit me right in the same spot as it all went wrong last year, taking my front wheel, causing me to almost hit the fence. That was it my final was over, I was never going to pull those power houses back. I sat down and took fourth place well happy with the night looking forward to round 2 Fortbill, love that first straight.

Props to the boy Master Lucas Cryer.

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Lewis Lacey #414

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An experiment on Duck Smart's Kit clean!

With its optical brighteners and unique little Duck Pad our Kit Clean Micro Kit has proved hugely popular since its launch as a Micro Kit last year.

So we put it to the test at the Red Bull Pro Nationals on our ground in and stained Wash Bay Karcher banners with months of dirt, grime and grease in them.  Watch the vid on the right to see the results.

Kit cleans uses are pretty varied but include, race shirts, race trousers, helmet linings, goggle straps, boots, gloves.... basically the optical brighteners and detergents in it bring out the colours and combat stains.



Here's how it works on your race kit!







For more info on Duck Smart and our range of cleaning products visit www.duck-smart.com

44Racing form Partnership with Duck Smart

The fast growing and innovative cleaning product company Duck Smart have stated their intent to further develop and expand their range and reach by announcing that they will be teaming up with the 44Racing Rockstar, Diamondback race team in 2014.

The 44Racing team compete in Enduro, Downhill, 4X and BMX racing all over the World with star riders including:

Lewis Lacey - Elite 4X, Elite Enduro
George Belk - Elite Downhill
Joe Mallinson - Elite 4X, Expert Downhill
Nick Geoghegan - Expert Downhill
Bear Belk - Junior Downhill
Sean Radcliffe - Expert Downhill, Senior Enduro
Rob Goodey - Elite Enduro
Jack Hudson - Senior 4X, 17+ BMX
Connor Hudson - Junior 4X, Male 16 BMX

44Racing Team Manager - Christian Hatcher said of the partnership “We are really pleased to be working with Duck Smart in 2014 as the team's official cleaning product sponsor. We will be using a variety of Duck Smart products to keep our factory race bikes, race kit and team vehicles spotless and looking like new whilst racing in the UK, Europe and selected World events. The team is based in the UK, as are Duck Smart and even better the Duck Smart headquarters is really near to us so we are really looking forward to working closely with the Duck Smart crew in order to assist however we can with their ever evolving, innovative and expanding product range."

Duck Smart have hit the scene pretty hard in recent times, with all of their products being manufactured, created, bottled and labelled in house at their Essex, UK, headquarters. Their Earth Mover bike cleaner has been a revelation in the Motocross and Cycle industry with its unique foaming action, the fact that it is non caustic, and due to its fresh sweet smell.

Duck Smart’s Rob Webb said “ We can’t wait to work closely with 44racing this year and to support the team and watch their riders in action. We like to work very hands on with our teams so we look forward to making sure the guys have all they need as they push for podiums places and victories, and we are glad to be behind them all of the way”.

For more information on Duck Smart cleaning products visit their website www.duck-smart.com

To follow the progress of the 44racingteam find them on Facebook or via Twitter @_44racing_