4 day stage race in the Beskidy Mountains of Poland on the border with Czech and Slovakia. www.mtbtrophy.com Not often that one hopes for a mechanical to get out of a race but that is what I was hoping for 30 minutes into stage one of Beskidy MTB Trophy 2012. Riders were passing me in […]
Archives for June 2012
Singletrack Mind Series Round 2: Kowen Forest
The second round of the popular SRAM Singletrack Mind Series is just around the corner. Sunday 24th will see the Chocolate Foot Event crew running one of their seven hour Enduro events at East Kowen Forest. You read right – 7 hours. With a distinct lack of daylight at this time of year, the first […]
Beskidy Trophy: Still punishing, yet motivating
After a wearing Rally di Romagna I hoped for milder weather, and most of all couldn’t wait to be back in Istebna after a 2 year hiatus. Also, these times my respect towards Beskidy diminished slightly after Romagnas enduro-like craziness. I took to the first stage fiercely, in a way I was astounded how well […]
Chris Sheppard Returns to BC Bike Race, Hunting a ‘Hat Trick’
Vancouver, B.C. – BC Bike Race – The Ultimate Singletrack Experience (BCBR) proudly welcomes back Chris Sheppard riding for Rocky Mountain Bikes – our defending champion and fastest man over seven days! This year Chris, aka ‘Shep,’ is hunting for his third consecutive victory – or as we say in Canada – a hat trick! […]
Beskidy Trophy: Rood takes the overall win.
It wasn’t meant to be for Peters. After Brzozka abandoned after 2nd stage Peters took over the command and it’s been only his countryman Rood being able to threaten the 1st place in the general classification. The final stage eliminated Peters completely after his fatal mechanical. Peters rode a wise race until shortly before the […]
European XCM Championships: Malevil Cup
The starting lists are filling-up and we can expect a really interesting race at the European XCM Championships this weekend. To this date there are many racers registered from almost 20 countries from all over Europe. Among those you can find Alban LAKATA (AUT) – 2010 World Champion and current leader of UCI ranking, Thomas […]
The Power of Tough
Most riders I talked to about last weekend’s Australian MTB Marathon Champs described it as tough. The full length course took riders up to the top of Mt Stromlo six times, forced them to pedal their legs off on an extended fire road journey around the Western side of the park, demanded good technical skills […]
Mt Perry Gold Rush 2012
Following a flood hiatus in 2011 the Mt Perry Gold Rush was back for 2012 and many seasoned campaigners rated it the ‘best track ever‘! In an attempt to limit rider numbers this year Mike and the Grindin Gearz team made the decision early to run a ‘solo rider only‘ six hour event. In previous […]
Silvio Wieltsching: Complete what you plan
What drives a seasoned marathon racer to get off the beaten path? Silvio Wieltsching, the renowned competitor, did just this, by lining up for a race, which has been for him a ‘terra incognito’. After the friendly support of www.bikeandmore.it, the idea was born, to go out and do some unprecedented races. “I didn’t think anything […]
Jodie Willett: My XCM Champs
This race report has been provided by Jodie Willett, Elite XC and XCM racer. It is an inauspicious start to a race when your crew are cleaning ice off the car windscreen with credit cards. We had been closely monitoring the weather forecast all week and with minus 4 to 14⁰C predicted CORC benevolently delayed […]