Duck Smart partners up with British UCI World Cyclo Cross round!

The Duck Smart cleaning brand has been announced as the Official Bike Cleaning Partner of the UCI Cyclo Cross World Cup round that takes place in Milton Keynes on Saturday 29^th November.

With the best riders from around the globe taking part a huge crowd is expected for what is the first time in the sports history that UCI Cyclo Cross World Cup round will be taking place outside of mainland Europe.

With Cyclo Cross renowned for being a muddy sport the Duck Smart team are providing the extensive wash bay and cleaning facilities for the event, as well as the British National Series round which follows the next day, with all of their PH Neutral & sweet smelling products on hand for the teams and riders to use.

“We are delighted to welcome Duck Smart on board as our official bike cleaning partner & supplier of cleaning products” said event director Simon Burney, “Duck Smart will be providing 12 high pressure cleaners to cover the pits and bike wash in the team area but just as importantly they will be providing the expertise to ensure the cleaning service, especially in the pits, works perfectly during the races.”

"The product, service & experience they will provide over the weekend will be invaluable & we cannot thank them enough for their commitment to the event."

Having provided wash bays for a host of Cycle and Offroad Motorsport events Duck Smart are no strangers to cleaning up in muddy conditions and Duck Smart's Gary Bennett is looking forward to stepping up to the challenge “we are very excited to be part of what is the first time a Cyclo Cross event of this scale takes place in Britiain. We are always proud to say that all of our products are made here in the UK so to support a British event of such scale is fantastic for us.”

He went on to say “We are really look forward to making sure that the teams and riders who are competing from all over the globe have tremendous wash and cleaning facilities as we know how important this aspect of the sport is”.

For Event and ticket information for the event visit www.miltonkeynesworldcupx.com

For further information on Duck Smart and their range of cleaning products visit www.duck-smart.com

Hit the Holeshot at the MX Nationals and bag some Duck Smart!

When it comes to 2015, we are already all over it like a rash, and alongside having already signed up our talented team of DS racers for the season we have also agreed to become Holeshot sponsors for the MX Nationals race series.  Still in its infancy , with it only being in its second year in 2015,the guys at the Nationals have worked their socks off and not only that, they have put themselves on the line to create something different for the sport and that is something we have huge respect for.

If you race MX and are on the look out for a series to race in then give their website a visit at www.mxnationals.co.uk Youth, clubman, Experts and Pro's are all catered for, so what your waiting for, give the link a click & get involved.

The official PR blurb went something like this......

THE MX NATIONALS TEAM ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE SUPPORT OF DUCK SMART, THE FASTEST GROWING BIKE, CAR & VAN CLEANING BRAND IN THE UK AND EUROPE.

Duck Smart has become famous for its Foaming Earth Mover Bike cleaner alongside its broad range of sweet smelling, PH Neutral cleaning products, which are now the first choice of cleaners for MX race teams such as CLS Kawasaki, Hitatchi KTM, Buildbase Honda, Team Green Kawaski and many more as well.

The MX Nationals are pleased to announce that Duck Smart will be providing their range of products as holeshot awards for the season and we look forward to working with them again. Its a great product and fits well with the MX Nationals.

For more information on Duck Smart visit www.duck-smart.com

On Facebook www.facebook.com/ducksmart

or twitter and Instagram @ducksmart

Mud Sliding Mondays! Post pics & win......

Well with the wet winter weather now doing it's stuff, and with there being nothing more that we love doing than sharing our filthy pics, let us introduce to you #mudslidingmonday.

To get involved and be in with a chance of winning on a weekly basis some of our dirt defying Mud Slider product, just visit our facebook page and post a pic, or use the #mudslidingmondays hashtag on twitter or instagram to be in with a chance.

Our facebook page is:  https://www.facebook.com/ducksmart

On instagram we are Duck Smart

On Twitter @ducksmart

Mud Slider is our product which when applied to your bike helps to reduce the build up of mud, dirt and grime and makes cleaning tons easier next time round.

Now its over to you, so let the Dirt be with you!

www.duck-smart.com

Wanna be part of Team DS in 2015??

Yep we are on the ball and looking at next years sponsorship applications over the next 3 weeks, so if cleaning your riding Swag is your bag and you want to join the Team DS bunch of misfits now is the time to whack over an email application.

As we already have an amazing crew of riders, racers and drivers there is only limited packages available in certain sports, as well as a number of support packages spanning the whole range but we would love to hear from you as we are a friendly bunch here and a great email could twist our arm to add you to the team.

We pride our members on being a different breed.  We love a podium as much as the next Duck, but that's just one part of it, as enjoying what you do, having fun with it, respecting your rivals and reveling
in the challenge to us is what its all about.

With all of the above in mind, hitting us with an email about winning this and that, I'm the don, yadda, yadda, yadda is not gonna appeal.  Show us a bit of personality, make us laugh and yeah, hit us with some of you goals and riding achievements but don't go overboard with it.  Ah yeah don't forget to tell us how you will promote Duck Smart as we love a bit of that....

Anyway over to you, and we look forward to hearing from yer so fire over an email in whatever style you think will give us a grin and a kick to beaduck@ducksmart.co.uk 

Take 2, the MXGP Treatment winners weekend!!

Ding Ding round 2 and all that, the MXGP Treatment winners weekend took place on the legendary slopes of the Asham Woods circuit near Frome which on memorable occasions in the past had been host to many an MX great.

This time round it was the Final round of the British Evo Series alongside the Sidecar Clubmans champs and the chance for our comp winner Martin Foster to get on the track and put pay to the gremlins which halted his winners weekend after a practice malfunction that couldn't be rectified last time round.

With the well wishing, back slapping and handing over of the race kit, pit board, and other goodies out of the way last time round this time it was down to business & the serious stuff of the racing.   C'mon can you imagine that from us??  Nay chance, full on banter, laughs and some old school male bonding was the order of the weekend, ah yeah and Martin surpassed his half a lap of practice last time and hit home with a full 3 laps and then 3 races to follow.

Team mechanic Steve (who has known and been going to MX with Martin since they were at college) used his pit board to full advantage and as well as some well informed motivational snippets, there was also a customary amount of MX cliches and witty remarks aplenty for good measure.

On board his immaculate 1989 YZ125 Martin looked trick in his Thor race kit (thanks Madison), and we kept his bike looking tip top throughout without water, using our Smart N Ezee Waterless Cleaner & polish , Mud Slider for under the mudguards and some Kit Clean on his boots.  

With the suitably retro and legendary Oil brand, Bel-Ray (cheers Rapid) on board as a partner the machine was prepped and singing like a 2 smoker banshee should when racing a flat out on an old school beast of a track, and Martin was greeted by whoops & hollers from Team Duck on each lap.  (I know your gonna ask this but nope there wasn't any girls on this occasion, they were booked and on their way for the first time but couldn't make it for attempt number 2).





So with two weekend's to savour did the comp winner Martin enjoy his prize?  Well your gonna have to wait a little bit until the vid comes out, but yep we reckon he did, and one things for sure we did and without doubt Martin and his best mate Steve were worthy winners of the competition and now classed as good friends rather than acquaintances.



We would like to say a big thanks to Nick from the Frome Motorcycle Club and his team for being so welcoming as well as Kevin Spencer of the British Evo Series who has been such a helpful host and great help throughout the two weekends. 

Also massive thanks to our distributors Madison and Rapid for supporting this weekend alongside Thor, Bel-Ray, Torc1 and Risk Racing as well as our friends at Freestyle Extreme and Print Shop Express.  Also all of the members of Team DS who sent in their good luck messages.

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

Keep your eyes out from October 2014 for next years competition and for your chance to enter and win!

If you missed it last time round here is the Good Luck messages we received for Martin.

Our UK team of distributing greatness!

So after a bit of old school boardroom shuffling, a coming together of Distributing giants, a whining American and some of the usual Duck Smart banter we now have a new found sense of oneness and team of Distributing awesomeness in the United Kingdom ready to share the DS love and products to a retailer near you.

So Introducing for Cycle shops

ISON Distribution 

201 Lancaster Way
Business Park,
ElyCambridgeshireCB6 3NX

01353 662662

www.ison-distribution.com

and for two wheeled Powersports

Madison

Roebuck Way

Knowlhill

Milton Keynes

Buckinghamshire

MK5 8HL

0870 034 7226

www.madison.co.uk

and 

Rapid Moto Distribution

Barrows Hill Farm
East Chinnock
Somerset 
BA22 9EY


01935 863988

www.rapid-moto.com

If you are a Car shop, valeter or Marine dealer and you would like to stock our products please
contact us direct at the Duck HQ on

01268 750300
or email info@ducksmart.co.uk

If you would like to Distribute our products elsewhere in the World contact us again at HQ on 01268 750300 or email info@ducksmart.co.uk

MXGP Treatment comp winners weekend - Take 1!

Well our 2014 MXGP Treatment competition winners weekend didn't go quite to plan although our winner Martin Foster and our team still had a great weekend and it all means we get to do it all over again.

This our worthy winner was 45 year old Martin who races in EVO meetings aboard his immaculate 1989 YZ125.  His email entry won us over explaining how he rocks up at meetings with his car, his bike on a trailer with his chief mechanic and friend from College Steve in tow. Yep old Skool.

The weekend kicked off for Martin with a suprise email containing good luck messages from DS racers and riders from all sports including legendary 3 X World MX Champion Dave Thorpe and current British MXGP star Tommy Searle.  (click the link on the side to view the vid)

The race meeting he was competing in was the 6th round of the British Evo Series at the Ham Lane track near Petersfield in Hampshire and by the time Martin had turned up the Duck Truck and DS set up was in place with dinner on the go.

Before the evening was out our winner was presented by a pimped up Thor race kit courtesy of our distibutors Madison with the printing done by our friends at Freestyle Extreme.

The Duck Truck was a bit of a squeeze but we all hit the bunks from there ready for a day of battle the next morning.    With the sun out, mechanic Steve was hooked up with a trick one off Pit board, (again thanks to our buddies at Freestyle Extreme and James at Print Shop Express), and the bike was prepped and lubed thanks to products supplied by Bel-Ray & Rapid Distribution.

All we thought was set to be an epic day as we headed down the track to watch Martin cruise round the track for his practice laps.  That was when the aforementioned YZ125 decided it was gonna have none of it and half way round lap 1 it stuttered to a halt, never to start again for the rest of the day.  Hours of frantic efforts to get the old girl back in the game were to no avail & with afternoon tea served up by our butler it was time to call it a day but not before Martin was given further goodies from Mark at Rapid Distribution in Torc1 grips, Bel-Ray lube and Risk Racing palm protectors on top of a large stash of DS cleaning goodies to keep the stubborn ol YZ gleaming.

So no video highlights package this time we are afraid but never fear we couldn't let Martin go without a full weekend of GP treatment so we will try again in a few weeks time and report back then.

A massive thanks to our distributors Madison and Rapid for supporting this weekend alongside Thor, Bel-Ray, Torc1 and Risk Racing as well as our friends at Freestyle Extreme and Print Shop Express.  Also all of the members of Team DS who sent in their good luck messages.

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