For years Selkirk in the Scottish Borders (only a stone throw away from the famous riding locations of Glentress and Innerleithen) has been a regular on the UK mountain bike scene and a strong contender for the ‘best in series’ event in the MTB-Marathon Series. The series has been coming to Selkirk for the last […]
Archives for May 2012
Mood Therapy
Yesterday I rode when maybe I shouldn’t have. I was in a filthy mood and had the first symptoms of a cold. While the warning signs of a virus did nothing for my mental state they flashed a warning beacon somewhere in the back of my mind: “If you don’t ride today, you may not […]
Epic Event: Rally di Romagna
If you want to give a birth to your sought after ‘child’, it grows out of visionary ideas. Stefano Dalfiume had such a committed idea out of love for mountian biking. “We obviously didn’t have ‘The Idea’, with the capital I, what we had, though, is the inner desire to put up a race that […]
Champs sprint to first joBerg2c stage win
Defending champions Neil MacDonald and Waylon Woolcock proved they were well and truly in the mix as they chalked up their first stage win to move into second overall on day five of the Old Mutual joBerg2c on Tuesday. The 102km stage from Winterton to Kamberg in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands ended in a thrilling sprint […]