Growing up I only ever saw pristine trails in older copies of mountain biking magazines from the US. What was around me was rocky fire trail and walking trails with endless stairs and grumpy people on them. The 90’s on a beater bike in the Hawkesbury Sandstone Basin was a tough MTB upbringing. My first […]
Archives for December 2013
MTBA announce direction of the Australian National Series
Mountain Bike Australia announced that the 2014 National Mountain Bike Series will be brought back under MTBA control and delivery. “This provides a great opportunity for MTBA to engage with our clubs and our members to ensure that a series is delivered which meets the needs of mountain bikers while providing top-level competition for our […]
2014 Transalp Route – A Tyrolean Traverse
Race Organisers have announced the Craft-Bike Transalp course for next summer. From July 20 through to 26, 2014, the route will go past well-known stage towns whilst also providing a varying and extremely exciting route due to the arrangement of the stage towns and new trails that are going to be used. Transalp has always […]
Great racing and good times at Forrest Festival
What started out as a small event aiming to bring a bunch of riders together and show them have a good time, is now becoming a highly regarded race for all levels of rider that’s further establishing Forrest as one of Australia’s top mountain bike destinations. Race organisers Norm and Jess Douglas are now in […]
Riding with music
Do you or don’t you? Along with helmets, Campag /Shimano / SRAM, and what do you think of Lance [oh, hold on, we seem to have resolved that one…], the question of whether to ride with music or not always has the ability to divide opinion. Even such luminaries as Bradley Wiggins have expressed their views. […]
Rocky Trail celebrate 100th event at Mt Annan
The JetBlack 24 Hour mountain bike race was held at the iconic Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan last weekend. More than 500 racers were at the start of the 100th race hosted by organisers Rocky Trail Entertainment. Brett Bellchambers from Canberra took out the Solo Elite victory ahead of local Jonathan Battle from Campbelltown and […]
Stage Racing: A Greek Odyssey
Everyone at MarathonMTB.com feels that a mountain bike stage race can be one of the best ways to see a country, or a region, or a specific mountain range. Mountain bikes can take you places. They are a tool for a journey. While that may just be for post work escapism it can also be […]
Allen Lim’s Rice Cakes: The perfect race food?
I have a lot of, ahem, idiosyncrasies when in comes to food, both on and off the bike. I’ve been vegetarian for 17 years (that’s over half my life and way longer than I’ve been riding bikes). I eat the same thing for breakfast every day and have, with minor variations, for about four years. […]