With their first two races already full, organisers of the FedGroup Berg & Bush are giving mountain bikers another opportunity to experience one of the top multistage races in the country. The addition of the inaugural three-day Great Trek to the seventh running of the event now gives prospective entrants three options, which also include the […]
Archives for August 2012
CRC MTB Marathon Series 2012 – final event coming up
The team behind the CRC MTB marathon series has just returned from the first ever Ritchey TrailMasters which took place in Llanwrtyd Wells recently. The event really gave the riders the chance to find out who the real ‘Trail Masters’ out there is. It was a challenging weekend for man and machine with rather persistent rain on […]
HED Winter Short Track and Cyclo-cross Wrap
In early August an email landed in my inbox that went something like this: Hey Bick Our next CX race is on 25-Aug, then the Nationals are the 29/30-Sept. If I can hook you up with a very sweet bike will you come and race? Pretty please. I’m not sure if it was the pretty […]
Park City Point 2 Point: The Contenders
The National Ultra Endurance Series in the USA has twelve events, running from late April until early September. Save for two events, these are all 100 mile events. As a Marathon MTB race goes beyond 100km, it will also go beyond four or 5 hours – and this is when the races become truly epic. […]
Pro Bike: Brady Kappius’ Singlespeed
The recent Breck Epic Stage Race in Breckenridge Colorado had a race category for everyone. The jersey presentations each day took a long time, but there was so much good racing going on, it didn’t matter. Along with men’s and women’s paired and solo categories, open’s, age groups and clydesdale classes (not to forget the […]
Briars Highland Fling: Few entries remaining
With the Briars Highland Fling just over two-months away; now is the time to take a long hard look in the mirror and ask yourself if you’re ready to ride in Australia’s largest mountain bike marathon. If you answered yes – you’ll be happy to know Narcissus Corner will return in 2012 offering you the […]
Gears and guitars at Wollombi Wild Ride
With two races to run in the 2012 Real Insurance XCM Series the guitars are being tuned for the thrill of a relatively unknown course out at Wollombi. The CycleNation and H Events phones and in-boxes have been running hot with questions about the Yango State Forest course. Despite an increase in distance by 15km […]
Mongolia Bike Challenge: An also-ran’s view
Ulaan Bataar I think the best word for this city is dysfunctional. 20 years of rapid population growth since the fall of communism, combined with a ballooning middle class (who all buy cars) and no road construction means that traffic is a parking lot. No road rules are obeyed or enforced and crossing the street […]
Wollombi Wild Ride: The Protagonists
The Real Insurance XCM Series has been laying dormant since the Stevens Bikes Husky 100, at the end of June. There have been a few races going on through July and August to keep Australian Marathon racers content. Some went to the Three Ring Circus, others raced the JetBlack 12hr, went skiing, or went to […]
On the Horizon: Park City Point 2 Point
The Park City Point 2 Point (PCP2P) returns to the Wasatch Back for the fourth year in a row this Labor Day Weekend on Saturday, September 1. As the premier endurance event of the West, the PCP2P is the only sanctioned National Ultra Endurance Series with a distance shorter than 100 miles. Featuring thigh-busting climbs […]