Ambassadors
Riding, racing, and exploring on Pells bikes:
Eva Adamczyková
Snowboard Cross
The queen with a mustache, the queen of Czech snowboard cross, double Olympic medalist, two-time World Champion, horse lover. She started skiing at two, stood on a snowboard at seven, and at the start of her first race at ten. Freestyle charmed her first, but after breaking a leg and an arm, she switched to snowboard cross in 2008. Her star career launched in 2010 by collecting three consecutive Junior World Champion titles. And everyone knows the rest... Blue Mountain, Sochi, X-Games, Pyeongchang, Utah...
When she's not riding a board or a horse, Efka gets on a bike. Currently, it's the MTB Duke 2024 and gravel Raw 2025. Both custom.
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Tomáš Novotný
Ultramarathon
Tomáš claims to be more of a tramp or adventurer. To get as much done as possible, he rides a bike instead of walking. He rides to explore. His mileage would make your jaw drop. He rides ultramarathon races like the Bohemia Divide, 400 Ultra, or the Miles. He regularly places in the top ranks. If not the very first. What he likes most about ultramarathons is the amazing community of people surrounding them. And also the fact that he has to handle everything himself with whatever is at hand. That's when he feels he's living life to the fullest.
Tomáš uses a Duke FS 2 frameset, which he built up himself. And also a Raw 1 gravel bike. He tackles ultramarathon races with the Duke FS, and discovers new places on bikepacking trips with the gravel bike. Both at home and abroad.
Podcast with Tomáš: 
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Klára Novotná
Ultramarathon
Klára is a girl who found herself in wandering on a bike. The longer the distance, the better. She has loved bikes since childhood. It allowed her to feel free. It took her anywhere. First on longer rides around the house, later perhaps all the way to the sea. She feels comfortable in discomfort. She loves nature and loves being a part of it. When she lies down under the open sky in the evening, when she wakes up with it in the morning. Just like Tom (Novotný), she rides ultramarathon races. 1000 Miles Adventure. 400 Ultra. Wandering through Šumava... After all, that's where they met. She loves adventure expeditions on a bike most of all. Wherever they lead.
Just like Tom, she trusts the Duke FS on all ultramarathon races.
Podcast with Klára:
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Lukasz Helizanowicz
XCO
He got hooked on competitive cycling at age 13. The Polish MTB XCO Cup route passed by his backyard back then. Since then, he started working hard on himself, and success didn't take long to arrive. Just a year later, he won approximately 30 races in his category. Including all Polish Cups. His biggest success so far is the title of Vice-Champion of Poland in MTB XCO in the U23 category. Lukasz's goal and dream is to become World Champion in mountain biking and win a medal at the Olympic Games.
He collects one medal after another on the carbon Duke FS 1 bike.
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Petr Hampl
Road, XCO, Marathon
Czech Champion in Masters 2024, bronze in mixed relays at Masters World Championships in Denmark 2024, gold at Silesian Cup 2024... Vice-Champion of the Czech Cup Elite 2018, winner of the Czech Cup U23 in 2013. Our ambassador and test rider. He always wants to win. Or stand on the podium. And he often succeeds. Although he has already ended his professional career, he trains 5 to 6 times a week. Although he is a road cyclist and originally used the mountain bike only for training, today he gets on it as a racer too. Cycling is his life. Since childhood. Until today. It even provides his livelihood.
He collects titles on a custom Pells Airflow carbon bike. The base of his mountain bike is built on the likewise carbon Duke FS Ultimate.
Podcast with Peťa:
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Matúš Štrba
XCO, XCM
Matúš was practically born with a bike under his feet. He started racing at an early age and has been moving between the tapes for more than 25 years. He primarily focuses on XCO and XCM disciplines, where he collects one podium after another. His latest major success was recorded in 2024 when he won the Master A category in the Slovak XCO Cup. Currently, he is tempted to try racing on gravel as well. His biggest goal and dream is to participate in the legendary Cape Epic.
From the Pells fleet, Matúš saddles the full-suspension Duke FS, Stormer FS2, and the AirFlow 1 road bike.
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