Running since 1995, the Crocodile Trophy has a reputation as one of the toughest mountain bike stage races on the planet. But just how well do you know the route? The race’s distance and days have steadily dropped over the past years. And now the 8 day race tackles a compact route based primarily on […]
Archives for July 2017
Preparing for the Mongolia Bike Challenge
With less than 3 weeks to go until the beginning of the 2017 Mongolia Bike Challenge the 108 riders who have signed up will be starting to think seriously about how they have or have not prepared for this race. The profile for this year’s edition has taken on a different look to years past […]
Northwave release the Ghost XC
Northwave launched a major innovation with its Extreme RR road shoes last year, the first display of the revolutionary XFrame® patented technology: it eliminated all pressure points on the upper and gave a super snug fit. Many have wondered when Northwave would extend the innovation to its top-level mountain bike shoes. Northwave will officially present its new […]
REVIEWED: The Camelbak Forge
If you live for coffee, tea, hot chocolate, chai – or any kind of hot drink, you’ll be interested in the Camelbak Forge. The 350mL insulated cup weighs 294 grams, stands 190mm high and fits neatly in a bottle cage (sort of), the side of your bag, your hand, or your car’s bottle holder. Numbers […]
RECIPE: Orange and cinnamon nut bars
It’s that time year where we are all either hibernating on an indoor trainer, getting up later to ride and just trying to keep our damn feet warm! Winter is usually base training for most cyclists, where the miles are put in to make the difference in the summer races. With miles come the large […]
Centurion Vaude and Meerendal CBC win 2017 Transalp!
Daniel Geismayr and Hermann Pernsteiner have successfully kept hold to their BIKE Transalp powered by Sigma title. The Austrian champion and his fellow countryman mastered the 544.80 km and 17,987 metres of climbing featured in this years anniversary edition in a time of 22:43.02,2. The Austrian Centurion Vaude duo therefore became the fourth pair in […]
Who can stop Geismayr and Pernsteiner at the 2017 Transalp?
Daniel Geismayr and Hermann Pernsteiner have not only clinched the sixth and penultimate stage of the 2017 BIKE Transalp powered by Sigma but also have taken an huge step to successfully keeping hold on their titles by winning their fourth stage this week. The two Austrians racing for Centurion Vaude 1 needed only 2:15.51,4 hours […]
Tight finish on Stage 5 of the 2017 Transalp
Daniel Geismayr and Hermann Pernsteiner have come out victorious of the fifth stage of the 20th BIKE Transalp powered by Sigma. The defending champions from Austria racing for Centurion Vaude 1 mastered the 84.73 km long leg from Kaltern to Trento (2,619 m) in the time of 3:31.31,3 edging off Jeremiah Bishop (USA) and Kristian […]
Kaess and Kaufmann earn 2nd 2017 Transalp stage win
Following their late stage win yesterday due to a jury decision Jochen Kaess and Markus Kaufmann have triumphed on the fourth stage of the BIKE Transalp powered by Sigma again. The German winners from 2013 to 2015 mastered the 98.44 km and 3,001 metres of climbing from St. Christina to Kaltern in a time of […]
Time penalties change 2017 Transalp results
St. Christina, July 18, 2017 – Following a jury decision, today’s winners of the third stage of the BIKE Transalp powered by Sigma Daniel Geismayr and Hermann Pernsteiner of Centurion Vaudehave been penalised with additional five minutes. The Austrians riding in the yellow jerseys had infringed the rule to not ride the mountain bikes in […]