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The 2016 Absa Cape Epic route has been revealed and will contain more singletrack than ever before in the race’s 12-year-history. A total of 110km of the 647km route will be made up of singletrack trails as the eight-days of riding takes riders from Table Mountain to Tulbagh, Wellington, Stellenbosch and Durbanville. Although the 647km […]
Photos: Patrick Means The first 17 hours of the WEMBO World Solo 24 hour Championships in Weaverville California went great with 6 time World Champion Jason English and I cruising together with over a 30 minute lead on Josh Tostado in 3rd. The course was sweet with a 5 km fireroad climb followed with a […]
There is just one week to go before the 21st Crocodile Trophy kicks off in Tropical North Queensland. The Crocodile Trophy is Australia’s and the World’s oldest and most iconic mountain bike stage race. Since 2014, it has been endorsed by the International Cycling Federation (UCI) with the “S1” ranking and offers valuable points to participants towards […]
In 2014, Jan Leverton got a bunch of women who were new to mountain biking together on the Sunshine Coast to take part in a beginner mountain bike course. As part of this, Leverton sewed the seed of a women-only mountain bike event as a goal for some of these fresh mountain bike women to ‘have a crack’ at […]
The Pioneer MTB stage race has captured the attention of mountain bikers around the globe – but eight days of paired racing doesn’t work for everyone. Race organisers have launched a new 3-day MTB stage race option as part of the Pioneer 2016 event. ‘The Pioneer 3 Day Traverse’ is a shorter stage race option for those […]
After 12 years of being the man behind the Absa Cape Epic founder Kevin Vermaak is going to experience his race from a new perspective – on a bike. Since its launch in 2004 Vermaak has grown the eight-day stage race from what was effectively a one-man operation into one of the world’s leading mountain […]
This past week I’ve been in the Azores for the Azores MTB Marathon which is part of the UCI World Marathon Series. After a few successful races recently I was excited to see what was possible. 2 weeks ago I narrowly missed out on my first top 10 at the World Series. I’d have been […]
The Shimano MTB GP has come to a close for 2015, but not without a bang! Round six of the four and seven hour endurance mountain bike series was held at Mowbray Park Farm and on their 9km trail through picturesque bush and farm land with stunning views of the Wollondilly Shire. More than 1,200 laps were […]
Shimano have been in the mountain bike shoe game a while. In fact, they are celebrating 25 years of the SPD (Shimano Pedaling Dynamics) system this year, which gives you a good understanding of their time in the game – that’s not much less time than production mountain bikes have been around. In late 2013 Shimano […]
The 2015 Perskindol Swiss Epic has come and gone, with new category winners, hard fought battles, countless corners shredded, carved and railed, and much food and drink consumed. Let’s not mince words here – the Swiss Epic is a premium stage race that offers one of the best mountain biking, and racing, experiences out there. […]
