As our sport of Mountain Biking continues to grow, the different sectors and sub sectors continue to split. No longer just ‘DH’ or ‘XC’ – infact that has been the case since before Cannondale tried to trademark the term ‘Freeride’. Cross country racing has made obvious splits, with Short Track, Marathons, Stage Races (both XC […]
Archives for January 2012
Radical Lights to help Australian endurance MTB talent shine
Three of the highest profile endurance cyclists in Australia, Jason McAvoy, Andrew Hall and Garry James, have come together under the Radical Lights banner to form Australia’s newest mountain bike endurance team. Radical Lights, an Australian innovator producing some of the lightest and brightest racing lights on the market, announced the team of World and […]
New Berg2c gives riders a break
Mountain bikers who find South Africa’s longest paired mountain bike race, a bridge too far, may want to consider the exciting six-day derivative announced by the organisers of the nine-day Old Mutual joBerg2c today. The new Old Mutual Berg2c starts on April 30, four days into the main event, and picks up the existing route […]
Meet the Subaru-MarathonMTB.com Team for 2012
2012 has seen plenty of development for the world of Marathon Mountain Biking and Stage Racing. The ABSA Cape Epic has forgone the Time Trial ‘rest day’; The Real Insurance XCM Series continues to grow in Australia; The UCI has expanded its Marathon Series – and made it global; The Croc Trophy has become shorter; […]
Tubulars: Moving into XCM and SR
This article carries on from Tim Bateman’s previous piece on Tubulars It is no coincidence that it was Swiss former Cyclocross World Champion and MTB legend Thomas Frischknecht who reintroduced tubular tyres to MTB, especially in the XC disciplines of XCO and XCC (Short Track). Frischknecht was a constant innovator who actively developed his bikes […]
Duo Classic
Paired racing can conjure up images of Mountain Bike Stage Races like the ABSA Cape Epic, Craft Bike TransAlp, Terra Australis, BC Bike Race or many more. And although some Stage Race teams choose to race a marathon together in training, it is rarely a category. Saturday 14th saw the running of the Duo Classic […]
Putting bonkers into perspective
Sean Conway – racing round the world For many of the non-cyclists in my life – family, friends, work colleagues – some of the stuff I do on a bicycle seems a bit daft. Indeed probably to some cyclists as well. To take a couple of examples: riding the queen stage of the 2010 Transalp, […]
Your guide to mountain bike racing in Poland
In today’s world, where national borders are less and less noticeable and freedom to travel is growing, the number of places we can spend our spare time is also expanding. If you live in countries such as Belgium and Denmark, Slovakia or the Czech Republic, it’s more than likely that the bike-mad inhabitants will have […]
Tubular Tyres “Everything Old is New Again”
Ask any racing cyclist in the other disciplines and if they have raced with any serious intent they will have used tubular tyres. Tubular tyres were the original bicycle tyres, and comprise of a tube sewn within a closed cylinder. The tubular is then glued to the concave surface of the rim. Advances in material […]
Ritchey TrailMasters coming to Britain this summer
The Ritchey TrailMasters powered by Mercedes-Benz Vito Sport – the follow up event to the infamous TransWales and the Mashup – is the newest British XC enduro event of 2012. On August 17-19, solo riders and teams of three will get the chance to test themselves over three demanding days filled with classic cross country […]