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Welcome to Animal Bike Tour 2012. This is year ten and it just keeps getting better! Bike Tour legend Martyn Ashton has a big smile on his face in anticipation of another amazing year. Dirt jump supremo Blake Samson has spent the winter training in the USA again and is ready to unleash some big new tricks.

We are very excited about The Bike Tour here at Animal Towers with some amazing new dates lined up for the season. The gleaming rig based around vans courtesy of Mercedes Vito are ready to hit the road for over 50 days of shows at the highest profile sports events, festivals and city centres.

The show mixes the incredible skill, control and balance of World Champion trials rider Martyn Ashton with the spectacular aerial style of one of the world's most exciting jump riders Blake Samson. Keeping the riders under control is ring leader and MC James Thorne.

This year we welcome WD-40 to the team. The Bike Tour crew will now have the cleanest bikes ever – ckeck out the latest videos to see even slicker shows!

Alongside the riding there are opportunities to win some very special Bike Tour gear, including limited edition Animal Tour merchandise, Vito Sport goodies, WD-40 and MBUK magazines. Make sure you sign up to the Animal Facebook and the team Twitter to get all the latest news. You can find the links on the left under the menu.

We're looking forward to seeing you there!