To help boost the sport to the next level Belfast based MTB specialists Real Cycles (www.realcycles.com) have launched a new fully supported DH team for the 07 season fielding riders in the Junior, Senior, Vets and Elite categories. The team has one simple aim for the coming 07 season: To win.

To help the riders achieve this Real Cycles has teamed up with one of the newest and hottest names in the DH scene: Commencal. So just like Commencals international star riders Cedric Gracia and Ann-Caroline Chausson Team Real Cycles riders will be piloting the awesome Commencal Supreme DH. The team has also been partnered by Halo wheels who will be keeping the boys in hoops for the season and Shimano who will be looking after the braking.

Says Real Cycles shop owner Steve Baskerville:

The support we've got from Commencal, Halo and Shimano has been immense. When we first thought of running a team for 07 we had a wishlist of sponsors, these three key brands were top of the list and to get all of them on board has been great. None of them needed any persuading, a few phone calls and all three jumped at the chance to support the Irish scene and offered far more than we initially asked for.

The riders will be Steven Beetie in Elite, Pete McDonagh in Seniors, Stevie "old git" Davidson in Vets and Dublin based Karl O'Sullivan in Juniors. Riders will be at all of the Irish races, as well as several of the English and Scottish event. Steve Beetie and Steve Davidson will also be racing in some of the European races. In Ireland the team will be supported by Real Cycles with Commencal looking after the boys when abroad.

To keep upto date with all that is going on inside Team Real Cycles keep an eye on the shop blog at www.realcycles.com/blog

For more information on the team contact steve@realcycles.com