As the days have grown shorter in the Southern Hemisphere, they have grown longer in the Northern Hemisphere – a sure sign that the Mountain Bike Stage Racing Season is upon us. Mountain Bike racing around the world never seems to stop – you can’t actually follow a season, you need to create your own […]
Archives for May 2012
English and Douglas win WEMBO 24hr solo titles
Jason English and Jessica Douglas became the first WEMBO 24 hour solo world champions in the toughest single day mountain bike race in the world. Riders from Europe, Australia and America competed over 17.16km of perfect trails, skirting the cliffs, high above the town of Finale Ligure. The course is well-known by Europe’s 24-hour riders, […]
Rock Volley
If I had to pick one event on the calendar that has all the ingredients of the best clost-to-home race around, the Rock Wallaby would be it. It’s a techy, mountain biker’s course, it’s longer than an XC race but not as long as a marathon, I can sleep in my own bed the night […]
Day wins with daylight at Rock Wallaby Enduro
With a blisteringly fast time of 2 hours, 8 minutes and 44 seconds over the 44km distance, Newcastle rider Trenton Day made it a day to remember as he convincingly won the Rock Wallaby Mountain Bike Enduro at Appin. Day established a gap early in the first of two laps and never looked back, his […]
Sight for Sore Eyes
“Where do you want me to start?” Eye specialist, Dr Ross Fitzsimons, looked over a list of vision difficulties that filled up half a page. If you’re Google searching your own eye specialties words like myopia, astigmatism, strabismus (squint), severe dry eyes and “is Lasik surgery really good idea if I don’t understand why neither my […]
Mt Perry Gold Rush 2012
I am very excited to report that in 2 weeks (June 10th 2012) I will be back at Mt Perry riding the amazing Mt Perry Gold Rush 6 hour. Last year this race was cancelled due to wet weather/flood conditions and there was a palpable gap in my race calendar and the race calendars of […]
Rocky Wallaby MTB Enduro – What’s in a Name?
Mountain Biking is fun. In part, that’s why you’re reading this. But it has a whole lot of ways to be interpreted. Cruising fire trails to a nice spot for a picnic with friends or loved ones can be mountain biking. Racing down ski slopes in coloured pyjamas, against the clock is also mountain biking. […]
WEMBO World Solo 24hr Champs
Our friends at Privateer traveled to Finale Ligure for the World Endurance Mountain Bike Organisation solo 24hr Championships this past weekend. While it’s a strange occurrence to have two ‘World Championship’ events in a year for the same discipline, the ‘WEMBO’ event is the first one, and had a great turn out. Australia was well represented, […]
Naomi Hansen’s Blog: My Week in Wonderland
I can safely say that this years’ Rapid Ascent Ingkerreke Commercial MTB Enduro was the most challenging race I have ever completed. My 63 hour lead up to the race was unexpected, the climate and terrain in Alice Springs are unlike anything in Noosa and then there was the night stage… The lead up: In […]
Rock Wallaby: New course set
The second running of the Rock Wallaby Enduro by Chocolate Foot is running this Sunday 27th May. Last year, racers were greeted by a cold start, great technical trails, and a lot more work than was expected for a shorter marathon. The 2011 Rock Wallaby was certainly a great indicator that a Marathon race doesn’t […]