G’day, Amakhurro, Hej and Hola, The past few weeks have been a whirlwind since the Crocodile Trophy. Many miles in the plane, train, bus, car, skis and bike have brought me here to Alicante, Spain. The racing season which is usually in a gradual taper from September was extended somewhat for myself this year. Prior to the Crocodile Trophy […]
Archives for December 2012
Blair and Lewis, racing with a common goal
It has recently been announced that two of the most successful and well liked endurance mountain biker racers in Australia will be racing together for 2013. Andy Blair and Shaun Lewis have trained together for a long time – and now they will be racing together too. Although they have been great mates for a […]
Gaining strength from racing Solo
Previously, we ran a feature on the last three Series winners of the SRAM Singletrack Mind Series, and delved into their motivation, their preparation, and what they have headed onto. Now, we have spoken to three women who also excel at solo races, be they lap based endures, or stage races. Racing long hours alone, […]
Hellfire Cup: Elite field will descend on Tasmania
The Avanti Plus Hellfire Cup is a new 4 day mountain bike race taking part in South East Tasmania. With 4 days and 7 stages of mountain bike racing running from January 25th – January 28th 2013, the action will be jam packed over the Australia Day Long Weekend. Race director Duncan Giblin explains what he […]
Video from the OSTC prologue
Team Subaru-MarathonMTB.com recently rode the Omnicane Southern Tropical Challenge, a four-day stage race in Mauritius. Now that they have returned to quicker broadband speeds, here is some footage of the 6k prologue, in which they came 3rd behind the eventual winners of the race, the GreenField Team of Yannick Lincoln and Ben Melt Swanepoel.
Dunford and Thomas join forces for 2013
Mountain Trax – Vauxhall Motors Cycling Team is a fresh mountain bike team specialising in endurance racing. The riders Ben Thomas and Tim Dunford have risen to the top of the sport in the UK and in 2013 they look to cement that position whilst also aiming for big results at some of the world’s […]
Iron Bike: Hard gets Harder
In July 2013 the Iron Bike stage race will celebrate it’s 20th edition with plans to make it even more memorable. The event, held in July and situated in the Italian Alps is regarded as the hardest MTB stage-race in the World by those who have ridden it. In recent years it has gained popularity […]
Routing Announced for 2013 Craft Bike Transalp
Less then one week before the official registration for the 2013 Craft BIKE Transalp powered by Sigma starts on December 11, 2012, on bike-transalp.de, the stage towns for the 16th edition of the mountain bike classic have been announced, and as a consequence the routing too. As has become traditional, the route switches from a […]
New final stage for Transandes Challenge
At 46 km, day 6 of the 2013 Transandes Challenge will be the shortest stage of the 6 day mountain bike stage race in the southern Patagonian Andes Mountain range in Chile. However, considering the tired legs after 5 days of racing, riders may not classify it as ‘easy’ as the first half of the […]
Heat works for Solo winner at JetBlack 24
The new JetBlack 24 Hour Solo Elite Champion is Chris Hanson from Darwin! More than 500 riders were at the start at The Australian Botanic Garden, Mt Annan at Rocky Trail’s fifth JetBlack 24 Hour race on the weekend and in the sweltering heat the passionate endurance rider from the Northern Territory deals with the […]