“What motivates you?” I was asked this question a few years back and I didn’t really know how to answer it. It wasn’t as much asked in an athletic way but more in a generalised life approaching way. I have never been one to reflect much on things, with a childhood experience to be forgotten […]
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Mongolia Bike Challenge Stage 2 – Steppe Suffering
Related Event: Mongolia Bike Challenge
Stage 2 of the Mongolia Bike Challenge for 2017 was dubbed the ‘Queen stage’ for this year’s edition. Indicating that it is regarded as the most difficult of the race. Upon conversation with riders everyone fully agrees that they hope dearly there is no stage more difficult than today! Day two in Mongolia Many broken […]
Wallace on the top step at BC Bike Race
Related Event: BC Bike Race
Day 1 Cumberland Presented by BC Ferries 45km/28 miles, average time: 4:12 1159m/3802 ft Climbing The BC Bike Race has officially begun it’s tenth anniversary edition with 600 riders from 36 countries completing a cool and rainy Stage One in the forests surrounding Cumberland, BC. Their journey through months or years of preparation was rewarded […]
Bulls taking 2015 Transalp by the horns
On the second stage of Transalp, race leaders Karl Platt and the Swiss Bull Urs Huber have come out victorious of another finish sprint of the best four male teams at this year’s Craft BIKE Transalp powered by Sigma defending their small lead successfully. Team Bulls 1 finished the second stage from Saalfelden/Leogang to Mittersill (64.34 […]
Overtaking étiquette in Mountain Bike Racing – according to Shippo
There is a huge elephant in the corner of the mountain bike room. He’s been there for a long while, but recently he has started to make a bit of noise. Elephants can do that. The elephant I speak of is the one that pertains to riders of different abilities sharing the very same bit […]
Calender Update: The next 5 weeks. Are you ready?
The Mountain Bike Marathon and Stage Race season is in overdrive. Here is a rundown of what’s to come, and what MarathonMTB.com racers will be covering.
Santa Vall: Kickstarting the European Gravel Season
Santa Vall was the opening race of this years Gravel Earth Series, a series which defines what gravel should be, fast racing with an equal amount of fun and partying. The series has a total of 20 events with five headliners, which include The Traka in Girona Spain, The Rift in Iceland and Ranxo Gravel […]
The Rift Iceland- a racing adventure
Nothing can prepare you for the spectacular nature that greets you in Iceland, to race through this landscape is a dream come true. Raylyn Nuss perfectly summed up the route, “it was definitely the prettiest, most scenic, beautiful race I’ve done in my life.” The race course starts out of a small town along the […]
Battle on the Beach 2023 – Racing on the golden sands of Wales
Sun, sea and bike racing, what a recipe and year upon year Battle on the Beach delivers, this year was no expectation. This was the first big race of the year, race organiser A Cycling claim this is now the biggest offroad event in the UK. The arena was packed with trade stands, the start […]
Yarns from the back of the Otway Odyssey
This guest post has been provided by Lachlan Murray Having cut my teeth in mountain biking around Victoria, the “VES” Six hour Enduro Series (enduro meaning endurance) was my first foray into competitive mountain bike racing. The fun of being able to ride as part of a team quickly changed to thoughts of “let’s enter […]