The overall ranking got pretty garbled on the second stage of the 15th CRAFT BIKE TRANSALP. Topeak Ergon Racing athletes Alban Lakata (AUT) and Robert Mennen (GER), who were dogged by bad luck yesterday, clinched today’s stage through Tyrol, which led over 77.90 km and 3,274 meters in elevation from Imst, Austria, to Ischgl, Austria, […]
Archives for July 2012
TransAlp Stage 2: Imst to Ischgl in the box
The day started in the TransAlp Camp which is an interesting experience in itself, especially for a female. The camp is comprised of a large open hall divided by bags and bed mats stuffed to capacity with, predominantly male, Euro mountain bike riders. This in itself is not a bad thing, but when they start shuffling […]
Transalp: Perfect debut for Platt and Böhme
Karl Platt and Tim Böhme have clinched the opening stage of the 2012 Craft Bike Transalp from Oberammergau, Germany, to Imst, Austria, thus approving that the team management made the right decision by reconfiguring its team pairings. Team Bulls 1 mastered the 97.80 km and 2,215 meters in elevation as fastest duo claiming the Yellow […]
Craft Bike TransAlp Stage 1: Wet days in the Alps
Here we are at the Craft Bike TransAlp, now the 15th time this event has run. There is a lot known about this event, and a lot assumed – especially by those outside of mainland Europe. Although Europeans still make up the majority of the racers, there is always a good contingent of Australians, Brtish, […]
On The Go Canberra 100 to serve up a pre-Christmas treat
Canberra based cycling apparel company On The Go will partner with iAdventure, producers of the Husky 100, to run the ‘OnTheGo Canberra 100 MTB Marathon’. The first edition of the race will be held in Canberra on the 8th and 9th of December, 2012. Visiting the well-known Sparrow Hill, the 100km marathon will be raced […]
Naomi’s Blog: Riding and racing with mates
This year I have the privilege of being on a cycling team, the Subaru-MarathonMTB.com Team, with a manager (Mike Blewitt) and team mates (Kath, Graeme, Tate, Stu, Will and Werner), it is a motivating and inspiring experience. I started cycling purely and simply because I like to ride my bike. I started racing because it […]
The Inaugural Czech MTB Trilogy: Success!
The first edition is in the bag. It kicked off without any ceremonial fanfare. Quite the opposite, it’s been rather a humble inaugural opening. I couldn’t help but having the notion that the majority of participants knew what was lurking in the days coming up. Knowing the race will take in the Sudety mountains, a […]
Ritchey TrailMasters fast approaching
Tour de France and Brandley Wiggins. Olympic road race and Mark Cavendish. Cycling fever is running high at the moment in the UK. Even mountain bikers are searching the MTB calendars for their next big challenge. One of those is the Ritchey TrailMasters – the follow up event to the famous TransWales. On the 17-18-19th August 2012 solo […]
MTB Powertap wheel
In my search for a Powertap wheel, to track my training more accurate on a mountain bike, I recently came across the guys from Strada Wheels. I found out that all their wheels are hand built locally by Darren, who trained with Mavic in the UK and DT Swiss in Switzerland. The fact that he […]
Top teams prepare for TransAlp
In less than a week, the 15th CRAFT BIKE TRANSALP will kick off thus promising a very tight race for the title as numerous pro teams have registered their riders. Although reigning champions Urs Huber and Konny Looser of Swiss Stöckli Pro Team are still the favorites for another Transalp title, Alban Lakata (AUT) and […]