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Transalp Stage 2: 56.17km with 2126m climbing Today’s transalp stage once again treated riders to perfect racing weather, with beautiful sunshine and mild temperatures greeting sleepy riders in the tiny border town of Nauders, sandwiched between Austria, Italy and Switzerland. A compact stage, there was still plenty of ascent waiting in the form of two […]
Transalp Stage One: 88.85km, 2960m climbing Chris and I were just saying yesterday as we were stuck in a traffic jam in Germany on the way to TransAlp that we are much more chilled out about bike racing than we used to be. Years ago we would carb load on pasta the night before and […]
Previous years Euro races have been reduced to ‘not being lapped’ so this year I was eager to try a little something different. At least until my quads get a little bigger. So this year I’m targeting smaller races like this weekend’s Cat 2 at Pec Pod Snezkou in the Czech Republic. After the World Championships […]
BC Bike Race 2016 Day 7 Presented by Harbor Air Whistler 26km / 16 miles 1070m / 3510ft Average Time: 2:38hr After seven days of rain, rocks, roots, tears, and cheers all fueled by coastal singletrack, racers have finished the final stage of the BC Bike Race at Rainbow Park in Whistler. Whether you’re trying […]
As most readers are well aware; our sport is not the safest past time available to us. But as with most things in life, I believe the greatest joys always require a certain amount of risk and courage. Whilst I was growing up, my Dad used to wear a t-shirt that read- “If you’re not […]
BC Bike Race 2016 Day 6 Presented by Shimano Squamish 53km / 33 miles 1,944m / 6378ft Average Time: 4:57hr For the 10th year the BC Bike Race has come to Squamish and sent an international field of riders on an adventure into the woods in search of trails made famous by the world of […]
If you think of a marathon stage race, chances are you’ll come up with imagery from one of the oldest and greatest of them all – Transalp. This year, Transalp celebrates its 19th anniversary of crossing the alps from north to south. Having recently changed from eight days to seven, Transalp has also seen dramatic […]
BC Bike Race 2016 day 5 North Vancouver 15km/ 9.5 miles 847m/ 2778 Average Time: 1:55 Day Five of the BC Bike Race, presented by hometown bike company Rocky Mountain Bikes, may have been short in distance but turn for turn it was packed full of the most fun technical riding of the week. […]
Chris Pedder is a Brit (for the time being) mountain biker currently living in Luxembourg. When not investigating very small, very cold things in his day job as a theoretical physics researcher, he likes to daydream about mountain bike rides in proper mountains. Whilst Luxembourg doesn’t have many of those, it’s a lot closer to […]
BC Bike Race Day 4: Sechelt to Langdale 52km / 32 miles 1,508m / 4947ft 1,522m / 4994ft descending Average Time: 4:56hr Tides often turn for racers on Day 4 of the BC Bike Race as the arc of days dip to the finish and the trails begin to find a greater downhill trajectory. […]
