Cycling is steeped in history. There are characters that have developed the sport in the public conscious in recent times and past. Races themselves carry the competitive history of the sport, and create the characters that let our sport continue and prosper. Although you can have a race anywhere – some iconic regions or specific […]
Archives for December 2011
Real Insurance and MTBA sponsor Australian National Series
MTBA is proud to announce that Real Insurance has been secured as the Naming Rights partner of the All Mountain Cup and Gravity Cup, part of the Australian National Series. The sponsorship continues Real Insurances’ support of cycling, after sponsoring the Real Insurance XCM Series and Real Insurance Summer and Point Score Series’ in 2011. […]
Maxxis Ikon Tyre Review
The Scott 24h and the 5th installment of the Singletrack Mind Series at Mt Annan a few weeks prior both left me with the need to wrap some new rubber around the Spark. I had been using Continental Race King Race Sports as tubeless, without much success. Whilst super light and fast, leaky sidewalls had […]
To Hell and Back
120km over two days. Walk in the park would one think. Not quite. 12 November saw me and another 300+ of riders set off on the 2 day To Hell and Back MTB race in South Africa’s Swartberg mountains. The race involved cycling 60km into the Gamkaskloof valley (also known as ‘The Hell’) where […]
Prize money sets the stage for joBerg2c
Contenders in the Old Mutual joBerg2c, South Africa’s longest paired mountain bike race, will now compete for prize money on every stage, organisers announced today. The third edition of the nine-day event, which sets off from Heidelberg south of Johannesburg on April 27 next year, will give daily winners a greater share of the increased […]
Furious 3: Quality Stage Racing
Following the huge success of its first ever 3 day stage mountain bike race in Fernie, Furious3 has announced that it will add 2 more cities to its calendar in 2012, offering racers the ability to compete in both Canada and the United States. With planning already underway for Furious3 Fernie 2012, Mark Kaltenbach, owner […]
Crocodile Trophy 2012 – new route, and new logistics!
As has been been publicised, the 2012 Crocodile Trophy route will be markedly different from pervious years. Dropping a day from 10 to 9 days, a circuit XC event to start with, and in general a more ‘mountain bike’ focused event than before may well change the face of the Croc as we know it […]
New Route announced for the Craft Bike Trans Germany 2012 Powered by Nissan.
The route for the Craft Bike Trans Germany 2012 powered by Nissan has been announced. On 6th June 2012 the established mountain bike stage race will start in Sonthofen, moving on to Pfronten, Lermoos (AUT) and Seefeld (AUT), finishing after four stages on 9th June in the picturesque Garmisch-Partenkirchen. With Seefeld the organisers are presenting […]
Black Mountains 3 Day
We all know that do a Mountain Bike Stage Raceis to truly live. What better way to spend your time, than wake up, have some breakfast, and realise your only key task for that day is riding your bike as fast as possible. If that sounds like you, save the dates in your diary now […]