The off-season can be paradoxical at times. One minute you’re glad to have some time off the bike to pursue other activities, like eating chocolate cake, and the next all you want to do is get back on the bike! After a long season skipping along to the, at times, monotonous beat of wake up […]
Archives for September 2015
Kowalski Classic 2015 Race Video
The Kowalski Classic is the proud sSingletrack King on the Australian marathon racing scene. No other single day marathon is capable of claiming such a volume of singletrack, without creating loops of the once course. This year, the course was again changed, but the attitude of the race, and quality of the trails wasn’t. You […]
Tips for finding the right stage race partner
Undertaking a big paired stage race might be the highlight of your mountain biking year – but if you pair up with the wrong person, it might be a real low point. Just because you’re great friends with a rider, it doesn’t mean you will end up as a good team. Stage races exist around […]
Bike Odyssey – your journey through the Greek mountains
A mountain bike stage race can be the ideal vehicle to discover new places, and meet new friends. The Greek Odyssey is an 8 day stage race in the Pindos mountain range that covers 600km and a huge 25 000m of climbing. It’s a pairs race, and offers a great opportunity to ride in, and […]
More riders accepted for Liberty Cape Winelands
Mountain bikers who thought they had missed their chance to ride South Africa’s most beautiful race, the Liberty Cape Winelands MTB Encounter, have another chance to enter thanks to an added investment from the title sponsor. Co-organiser Wynand de Villiers of ASG Events confirmed that Liberty had increased its commitment for the second edition of […]
UCI World Marathon Series – La Forestiere
My season will finish up with 3 rounds of the UCI World Marathon Series spread over 4 weeks. The first of these was held in Arbent, France which is in the Jura region. This round was part of La Forestiere which is a mini cycling festival with a packed schedule of events over the […]
Anton Cooper to contest The Pioneer
Related Event: The Pioneer
One of the most exciting new marathon stage races heads to the South Island of New Zealand in 2016 – the Pioneer is attracting interest around the world, including from Olympic hopeful Anton Cooper. Anton Cooper is fast establishing a reputation as one of the world’s leading mountain bike riders, having won world titles in […]
Transalp – the journey across the Alps
Related Event: Craft BIKE Transalp
Of all the mountain bike stage races, the Bike Transalp is perhaps the most complete journey. It’s a classic point to point stage race from southern Germany through to Riva del Garda. The route has changed its shape, as has the length of the race. Now a 7 day format, with an increasingly technical route, the […]
Blair and King crowned at the Kowalski
Related Event: XCM Series: Kowalski Classic
Is there a thing as too much singletrack? That’s a loaded question surely! Singletrack is great because nothing beats riding great, flowing singletrack when it all just clicks and you have got your groove on! What if you were to race almost 100km of singletrack? Self-Propelled Enterprises have once again laid down the challenge at […]
Perskindol Swiss Epic – the final push to Zermatt
Related Event: Perskindol Swiss Epic
While the Grand Tours might be lucky enough to have final stages as processions, in the world of mountain bike stage racing, there’s often quite a lot of racing left to do, and positions to decide. The 2015 Perskindol Swiss Epic was no exception, and across the Epic and the Flow race, many categories were […]