9 rounds in and the London Cross family of riders, dogs, kids, mums, dads, broken mechs and snapped chains steadies itself for the second start of the season, the bit where it gets COLD! In late September, it is basically tropical, your only issue is if you’ve glued your mud tyres to your one set […]
Archives for November 2013
Finale of Singletrack Mind Series goes off at Orange
Having been one of the most popular rounds of the 2012 SRAM Singletrack Mind Series, promoter Chocolate Foot decided that the trails in Kinross State Forest near Orange would make the perfect finale to the 2013 series and they didn’t disappoint. As weather events affected the series all year, it was of great relief to […]
Is Equal Prize Money Equal Recognition?
The debate about equal prize money for males and females spans all facets of the sporting world, it is the eternal struggle for equal financial recognition for female athletes. It is an interesting and convoluted debate as in most sporting disciplines the women are seen as the fairer sex and granted a shorter period of […]
Introducing the Maverick Marathon Series
Some of Australia’s most popular mountain bike marathon events have joined forces to create a new MTB series. It has been announced that a new event series will launch to capture the essence of mountain biking and encourage participation at all levels from Elite riders to weekend warriors and juniors. mav-‐er-‐ick: an Individual, who’s maybe a […]
Recipe Review: Wine and Soy Mushrooms
Just as there different reasons for why we ride, there are different reasons why we eat. Beyond survival anyway. Food can be consumed for comfort, as a social experience about sharing, or just to get quality nutrients and energy. For active or competitive cyclists, the latter can be very important The Feed Zone by Biju […]
Preview: Forrest Festival
Next weekend, the town of Forrest – Greatest Place on Eart to Ride Your Bike – in the middle of the Otways National Park will be the scene for the 3rd annual Forrest Festival. The town is well known amongst riders from all over Australia because of it’s amazing trails and many kilometres of single track […]
Losing the mojo
Mojo, confidence, groove, the zone, call it what you will – I’ve lost it. And it’s proving pretty hard to find again. Can anyone help? At the end of March 2013, I broke my hip in the closing kilometres of the ABSA Cape Epic. At the time it seemed like a hard fall but nothing […]
Women’s Purse to match Men’s at 2014 ABSA Cape Epic
Related Event: ABSA Cape Epic
The Absa Cape Epic will match the Ladies prize purse to the Men’s prize purse in 2014. The Absa Cape Epic is already the largest total prize purse in the world for mountain biking and the increase to R690 000 ($US68 048) for the Ladies purse now takes the race’s total prize purse for all […]
Williamson confirms a return to Mongolia Bike Challenge
Catherine Williamson, winner of the 2013 GENCO Mongolia Bike Challenge has announced that she will return to Mongolia in 2014 to defend her title. After years of triathlon and road racing, Catherine has cemented her place as a highly successful mountain bike stage racer. 2013 was an impressive year on the dirt for her which started […]
The Iceman Cometh
The ‘Iceman’ has folklore status in the American mountain bike scene. Traditionally it is the very last race of the year for the US based pro’s. But the status and prize purse of the race has grown so much over the 24 year history of the race that it now attracts an international field of […]