Jason English and Tory Thomas have won the Mountain Bike Australia (MTBA) 2014 Australian Solo 24 Hour Mountain Bike Championships at the Mt Annan Botanical Gardens in New South Wales this weekend. Riders faced exceptionally challenging conditions on a technical 9.8 kilometre trail, exacerbated by temperatures that climbed above 30 degrees for long periods on […]
Archives for November 2014
Rock&Road: Road vs MTB
Wild Horizons have run events for adventure-curious Australians for 20 years. They have focused on mountain bike events, including the CamelBak Highland Fling, one of Australia’s largest and longest running mountain bike marathons. “Across the years we’ve noticed that the once clearly distinguished lines between being a ‘roadie’ and a ‘mountain biker’ have somewhat blurred […]
Protective Bike Four Peaks in 2015
With a race organisation motto of ‘four days of concentrated mountain bike passion in a unique scenery’, the Protective BIKE Four Peaks recipe is off to a pretty enticing start. For 2015, the finished product is set to be an enthralling display of true European stage racing. Next year will see a re-invention of the […]
Redback to hit Alice Springs this August
Stage racing in Central Australia is not a new thing. I remember jealously watching team mates and friends pack up their bags 10 years ago to head out for a stage race at Alice Springs, and they came back raving about raw trails, an amazing event vibe, and thorns. Alice Springs has hosted various iterations […]
Anthony Shippard: Dissecting the Hellfire Cup
It’s very hard to write-up a stage race – so much happens within each stage that putting it all together makes for such a huge long list of events that it’s impossible to get the ‘feel’ for the event. Instead of writing up a blow-by-blow account of who won what, and who punctured when, let’s leave […]
4Shaw Wins Hellfire Cup Overall
Stage 6 of the Avantiplus Hellfire Cup is an optional night event at the end of Day 3 – it’s an XC dash for cash over 9km. This has the first man and woman across the line racing for $1,000 each from Laser Electrical and bragging rights as the King & Queen of Kellevie for […]
Counting the top 10 of 2014
I’ll readily admit that there is still a lot of 2014 left to go. About 10% of it actually. And living in Sydney, Australia, means that it’s actually one of the best times of the year to ride right now. But after the Crocodile Trophy, a few easy weeks have been very much enjoyed, and […]
Hellfire Cup: Day Three
The time trial course on day 3 starts after riders roll out of the village in a 6km cruise stage to the time trial start on the Marchweil property. Special access to the stunning private property has been arranged for the Hellfire Cup which follows the coast and is below the event’s namesake Hellfire Bluff. The […]
Anthony Shippard: The Hellfire Cup, back with a bang
Clear skies and dry trails greeted riders for Stage 1 of the Hellfire Cup. It was a very different vibe in the race village this year from last, and the relief of race organiser Duncan was palpable! All the work put into the local trails was finally going to pay off – with the riders […]
The World Shines on the Hellfire Cup – Day 1
The Avantiplus Hellfire Cup is back for a second year. The 4 day multi-stage Mountain Bike Race is held in Kellevie, South-East Tasmania. Attracting elite riders as well as weekend warriors, the event has attracted people from all over the country to 4 days of racing in the Tasmanian countryside. The event offers both pairs […]