The Flight Centre Cycle Epic has long appealed to me as a bike racer. This was a pioneer event when it first appeared on the radar whilst I was still racing in the Juniour MTB ranks in NSW. A long distance MTB event! As the years have passed, my calendar finally aligned to grant me […]
Archives for September 2012
Life is a balancing act
This was my eighth Flight Centre Epic and it ended in a dirty great big DNF at the 50km turn-around, not exactly what i had in mind when I started out this morning but in hindsight I should have seen it coming! My race started out swell, it was a beautiful sunny day at Spicers […]
English and Willett victorious at 10th Flight Centre Cycle Epic
It was a blue sky day at Spicers Hiddenvale today, Sunday 16th September. The 10th annual Flight Centre Cycle Epic was due to kick off at 8am, and the resort complex was full of keen mountain bikers. Some had camped overnight, others had driven in, and some had flown in to race for the generous […]
Shahrin Amir wins 4th Tour de Timor
Shahrin Amir is the first Malaysian to win the 4th Annual Tour de Timor after a hard and fast ride 56.53-kilometres down the mountain from the town of Gleno and east along the main coastal road into Dili to cross the finish line at Tasi Tolu. Cheering Amir on at the spectacular finish was former […]
Tour de Timor: Ashley Hayat wins Stage Five
Despite Stage Five of the Tour being won by Australia’s Ashley Hayat with the time of 4:54:55 it was Tour de Timor veteran Shahrin Amir who has made a dominant stand in all of the main categories. Shahrin Amir has regained the Yellow Jersey for the second time on the 4th annual Tour de Timor […]
joBerg2c creates three and six-day rides
Mountain bikers who are unable to ride the full nine days of the Old Mutual joBerg2c can now experience the event with the shorter three and six-day options in April next year. According to spokesman Craig Wapnick, organisers decided to offer the shorter options in order to give more riders the chance to experience the off-road […]
Kutschera grabs yellow in Tour de Timor
On the tenth anniversary of Timor-Leste’s independence, using cycling as a catalyst, Asia’s newest nation has made an incredible demonstration of the power of reconciliation and peace. The 4th Annual Tour de Timor – a six-day International Mountain Bike race historically crossed into the Indonesian territory of West Timor for the first time amd today […]
This bidon is not like other bidons…
It’s not often that a bidon is a conversation starter. I know this because I carry mine everywhere, and have done so for about 15 years. So imagine my surprise while, armed with a CamelBak Podium Bottle, I have witnessed not one, but several people interested to know more about it. This bidon is not […]
Malaysia’s Shahrin Amir takes Yellow Jersey and KOM
In a fantastic finish, Malaysian cyclist Sharin Amir has won both the Yellow Jersey with the time of 3:24:32, and King of the Mountain of Stage Three of the 4th annual Tour de Timor. It was his first Stage win after four consecutive tours. Shahrin Amir has snatched a 12-second lead from Australia’s Jarrod Hughes […]
The survivability of Team Subaru-MarathonMTB.com cycling clothing
Cycling is an expensive pastime, especially when you are just starting out as there are certain items of equipment that are mandatory (bike, helmet, shoes, pedals, lights) and then there are the luxury items like the appropriate attire. In the early days the price tag attached to good quality cycling attire seems horrendous, but as […]