Team rider Justin Morris whom also lives with Type 1 diabetes reports on racing the UCI XCM World Championship from the perspective of last place on the starting grid.
Archives for September 2019
Ferrand-Prevot and Paez win 2019 XCM World Championships
The 2019 UCI XCM World Championships started on a clear and crisp day in Graechen, Switzerland. Sitting in the canton of Valais, the area is known for wine, the Matterhorn, being the driest canton – and it should certainly be known for mountain biking. With men taking on a 91km race with about 3800m, the […]
UCI XCM World Championships Live Stream!
We hope it’s working, but the 2019 UCI XCM World Championships are being streamed live. Follow here and you can also follow us on Instagram for any updates via the feedzone at Kalpetran and from the finish. Not sure what the course is like – check out our preview. The race will be streamed in […]
The course and riders at 2019 XCM Worlds
The 2019 UCI Cross-Country Marathon World Championships are this Sunday 22nd September, in Graechen, Switzerland. Sitting on a plateau above the valley, Graechen’s surrounding forests are riddled with trails, as is the valley below. With a road only being put in for this village in 1951, there are countless trails in the area which had […]
Thoughts and Sensations of competing at a World Title
Close to 300 men and women will compete at the MTB marathon elite world championship this weekend here in Grachen, Switzerland. Some will be vying for the honour of spending the next 12months in the coveted rainbow jersey, a widely respected prize throughout the world of cycling. Others will be lining for the sheer experience […]
Skaidi Xtreme, a different experience
When I think back over the last week I remember so many great moments, many happy memories, Skaidi Xtreme is not like many events where you turn up, race, and then go home, this is a lifetime experience you’ll remember forever. From my centre aisle seat on the plane I’d catch glimpses of snowy peaked […]
Swiss Epic 2020 entries are open
With stories, aches, pains, memories and repairs from the 2019 Swiss Epic still fresh and ongoing, the registration for the 2020 edition of the Swiss Epic are now open. In 2020 the race will tackle a new route. The Swiss Epic has changed the route and trails it uses each year since the first edition […]
VIDEO: The 2019 Appenninica MTB Stage race
New for 2019, the Appenninica MTB Stage race set out to not be the biggest, hardest, most technical… but an immersive race away from Italy’s tourist hotspots. Traversing the Emilia Romagna region, the race would visit spa towns, travel through chestnut forests, past medieval fortifications and more. Get a look at how the race unfolded […]
The new Trek Supercaliber – the Goldilocks bike?
While we took a punt at what was going on with Jolanda Neff’s new Trek XC bike earlier this week, most of what we didn’t know is now revealed through an entertaining but a little weird parody video. It’s really short travel, looks like a hardtail and rides like a full suspensions bike apparently. The […]
CeramicSpeed conquer Driven shifting
About 14 months after CeramicSpeed unveiled their radical drivetrain concept that they said would reduce the large amounts of friction in drivetrains, they have made a rideable version that shifts. And it’s possibly even better than they expected. CeramicSpeed are pretty much the company devoted to marginal gains. Having spent time on their bearings in […]