Duck Smart: Official Cleaning Partners of the UK Arenacross Tour!

Howdy there festive fellas!  This week has ended amazingly for us as we are proud to say we are the Official Cleaning Partners of the epic Arenacross Tour and what is by far the best Offroad event experience in the country.

We have been working with our good buddies at E22 Sports for some time now; first up with the Pro Nationals series, and last year with the Pro Nationals Festival and it has always been a partnership that has worked well and we have enjoyed.  

So now, like Spinal Tap we will be loading up the Tour bus and hitting the many cities in the series and providing Waterless Wash Bays for the riders and teams using a combination of our Smart N Ezee Drywash and Detailer and our Mud Slider aftercare which should stop too much dirt sticking in the first place.

On top of that we will be providing the products, equipment and manpower to keep the Arena signage, promo vehicles, tuff blocks, start gates........ clean, shining and smelling fresh throughout. 

With some of the Top racers in the World banging bars for Arenacross supremacy and the cream of the FMX crop going skywards you would be a fool to miss this so give their website and view and sign yourselves up for some tickets by visiting the below:

http://www.arenacrossuk.com/ 

It wouldn't be right of us not to fire up our Comp machine and offer you the chance to win something Arenacross related would it?

So in true DS style we blagged a couple of tickets for the first round at Manchester 
on the 3rd January.  To be sure these are gonna be the hottest ticket of the new year and as always we will throw in a good stash of DS goodies.

To have the chance of entering the comp just head over to our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/ducksmart and give the relevant post a Like N Share and one lucky festive elf will be winging themselves and a buddy over to Manchester.

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

It's Downhill from here for the Duck Smart Wash Bays!

We conquered the Motocross Pro Nationals Wash bays, toiled through the arduous 24 hour Wash Bays at Mountain Mayhem, and survived the chaos of a World Cup Cyclocross wash bay, and now we have committed to serving the British Downhill community in 2015 with the same facility.

The British Downhill Series garners huge respect in the DH and cycling World and we are looking forward to keeping them all clean and fresh throughout the 6 round series for 2015.  Below is the splurb............

Duck Smart at British Cycling’s National Downhill Mountain Bike Series (The BDS) in 2015.

BDS Racers, this is the news you have been waiting for! No more waiting in long queues for the hose pipe or filling up your buckets/containers and trudging across a muddy field!
The Duck Smart team will be at every round with their bike wash stations, Karcher jet washes and bucket loads of products to make sure your ride, rolls away spotless, sparkling and ready to race!

Duck Smart's Paul Oughton said “We are looking forward to following the BDS road show around the country in our Duck Truck providing our wash bay facilities at all of the BDS rounds in 2015. The reputation and quality of the BDS throughout the UK and around the World is something we are proud to be involved in, as we look to spread the word about the Duck Smart product range.

On top of our shower style wash facilities our full range of sweet smelling products are available for all competitors to utilise. We always like to communicate directly with riders for both feedback and a good old bit of banter. We are really looking forward to becoming a real part of the BDS and growing our brand to the race community and their followers”.

About Duck Smart.

Duck Smart the innovative new cleaning brand, will be manning up, donning their wellies, firing up their Karcher pressure washers and providing all the BDS racers with cleaning bays and their great products.

The company which hails from Essex, has already been creating waves in the Off Road motorcycle scene. Most notably the strong impact is in Motocross where they have teamed up with Karcher to lay on cleaning bays at the Red Bull Pro Nationals and in doing so convert many an unassuming MX racer with their foaming, sweet smelling and potent Earth Mover bike cleaning product, not to mention the charm and friendliness of the team.

Always innovative the Duck Smart team have mustered up a mighty impressive range of products, all of which are created, produced and packaged at their HQ in Benfleet, Essex.

The adventure doesn't stop there, as their in house team of chemists with over 20 years in the industry are working with a host of experts in the on and off road bicycle fields to develop new, fast working and innovative products to their range.

Their current array of products range from the aforementioned Earth Mover bike cleaner to the detailer and dry wash Bike Ezee, Bullitt Silicone Spray, Wagon Wash, Mud Slider, Launch Marine Cleaner and Rim Bling. 

Not forgetting their brand new  Kit Cleaner which contains Optical brighteners to really bring out those whites and colours.

All of their products are biodegradable with their bottles being made out of 100% recyclable materials, as being Duck friendly is all part of the agenda.

The Duck Smart team will be bringing their whole range of products to be part of the BDS. Such is the nature of their friendly team you won't be leaving the cleaning bays until your bike has had a good scrub, is smelling great and looking as smart as when you arrived that morning.

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

Follow them on Twitter & Instagram @ducksmart
Or give them a like on facebook www.facebook.com/ducksmart

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.