The year is just starting, yet many mountain bikers are setting their goals and booking some big races for the months ahead. Transpyr is one of many races that have shortened their length this year. The Crocodile Trophy is shorter than it used to be, Transalp has dropped to 7 days from 8, and of […]
Archives for January 2014
Australian XCO National Round One: A Long Time Between Drinks
After what felt like a lifetime it was great to get back into some cross-country racing at the first national round in Adelaide. With a limited supply of XC races on the calendar through the winter it is hard to gauge how you are going compared to the rest of the field. Most of us […]
Sudety MTB Challenge celebrates 10 Years
Ask a keen mountain biker about international MTB stage races and they will likely list off some of the favourites: ABSA Cape Epic, Transalp, BC Bike Race. Maybe the Crocodile Trophy. There are some that get missed though, a few notables that bury great memories into the minds and MTB souls of those who have […]
Dirty Gran Fondo 2014 – looking after your Mum
The successful Gran Fondo format is well known in cycling circles. The semi-competitve road ‘races’ are popular through many parts of Europe, in the UK under the guise of a ‘sportive’ and of course in the US, where some people feel they are serious enough to warrant performance enhancing supplements. The numbers of people drawn […]
Training Camp: Reset for 2014
A little over a week ago, I wrote about heading to ‘Training Camp‘ in the NSW Snowy Mountains, basing out of Lake Crackenback Resort and Spa for 8 nights. While calling it a training camp was light hearted, it was about setting the right practices for the start of 2014. Ride, eat, sleep, repeat. Or […]
Report No. 39 – Inquiry into Cycling Issues
The rift between motor vehicle drivers and cyclists sharing the road is a self perpetuating continuum of angst for both parties and unfortunately it is the cyclist, the more vulnerable party, that often pays the ultimate price. I cycle and I drive, I have had a near death experience thanks to the ignorance of a […]