Saturday 30th June saw the 3rd running of the Stevens Bikes Husky 100 – and for a nice change, the skies were clear. For 2012, the ‘Husky’ is the fourth round of the Real Insurance XCM Series, and it was in the Series in the inaugural year too. Late June feels like an unfortunate time […]
Archives for June 2012
Jet Racing Team Launch
Jet Racing is a new team for 2012, and was born out of the coming together of Anthony Shippard and Mark Newton. Mark – who owns Jet Cycles – has a background in high-performance coaching – up to Olympic level. Anthony is an elite rider himself, but with a high level of coaching success as well. […]
Kowalski Classic: In Berms we trust!
There is a new race on the Marathon horizon, one that is set to become a great fixture on the calendar. The Kowalski Brothers do a lot of work building and maintaining trails in and around Canberra. If you have done any racing in the region, chances are you have benefited from their handy trail […]
The Stevens Bikes Husky 100 head to the coast
The 2012 Real Insurance XCM Series packs its board shorts this weekend with the running of the Stevens Bikes Husky 100 If you looked at the Real Insurance XCM Series calender at the start of the year you would have noticed a half time break for the months of May and June. While certainly not […]
Ritchhey TrailMasters open to pairs
With the summer (kind of) progressing in the UK the new big 3 day XC Enduro event of the year is getting closer and closer. The Ritchey TrailMasters powered by Mercedes-Benz Vito Sport will take place in August (17-18-19th) this year and will combine marathon style long distance rides over more than 220km with 6 timed special […]
Chris Hellman’s Sella Ronda Hero
This race report has been provided by Melbourne based racer Chris Hellman, who is currently in Europe racing some of the toughest Mountain Bike Marathons. If you were to imagine the most spectacular race setting imaginable, it would pretty much look exactly like the Sella Group of mountains in the Dolomites – huge exposed granite […]
Liam O’Dea – back to Kowen with a Singletrack Mind
This race report has been provided by bearded endurance rider and racer Liam O’Dea. A fan of all things singlspeed, especially with a fine ale. A couple of weeks ago I caught up with Mike Blewitt of MarathonMTB in the pub after the Australian Marathon Championships held at Mt Stromlo. I’d just had a bad […]
Stevens Bikes Husky 100: A view from Jet Racing
The Real Insurance XCM Series is about to fire up again, with the Stevens Bikes Husky 100 marking round four this coming Saturday 30th June. Jet Racing Team Captain Anthony Shippard is looking forward to an exciting weekends racing at Husky. “We’ve got contenders competing across all of the races and catagories. I took a 4th […]
Imogen Smith’s Diary: Support in the pits
This entry has been provided by Imogen Smith, an accomplished MTB racer, who is sneaking some more racing back into her full time academia. The first thing I need to say is that, as exciting as it is, the upcoming Rocky Trail Shimano MTB Grand Prix Enduro at Mt Annan is NOT the main reason […]
SRAM Singletrack Mind Series: Chilled in Kowen
Lap based Enduro racing has been highly popular in Australia, probably since soon after the first Mont 24 hour race at ‘the old’ Mt Stromlo in 1999. Plenty of stand alone 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 12 and 24 hour events have come and gone. Good ones have stayed – but for the most part […]