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February 15, 2016 By Anthony Shippard Leave a Comment

The beauty of pairs racing

Pioneer Queen Stage

It takes Two to Tango… Pairs Racing Marathon racing is in decline in Australia. Make no bones about it. No matter how many cries of ‘there are just more races out there, so numbers are diluted’ I hear, the simple facts are that fewer people are attending marathon races – regardless of reason and when […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: marathon, MarathonMTB, Pairs, Stage Race, XCM

July 2, 2015 By Anthony Shippard Leave a Comment

Reviewed: C-Bear Press Fit 30 Ceramic Bottom Bracket

Back in the day, bottom-brackets would screw into frames, and there were only two standards – English or Italian (referring to the thread of the BB). However, screw in (BSA) BB shells are fewer and fewer with all sorts of new standards and types. A bewildering amount. I can count 10 distinct types without thinking […]

Filed Under: Tech Tagged With: Bottom Bracket, C-bear, Ceramic, PF30

November 25, 2014 By Anthony Shippard Leave a Comment

Anthony Shippard: Dissecting the Hellfire Cup

It’s very hard to write-up a stage race – so much happens within each stage that putting it all together makes for such a huge long list of events that it’s impossible to get the ‘feel’ for the event. Instead of writing up a blow-by-blow account of who won what, and who punctured when, let’s leave […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Hellfire, MTB, Shippo, Tasmania

November 21, 2014 By Anthony Shippard Leave a Comment

Anthony Shippard: The Hellfire Cup, back with a bang

Clear skies and dry trails greeted riders for Stage 1 of the Hellfire Cup. It was a very different vibe in the race village this year from last, and the relief of race organiser Duncan was palpable! All the work put into the local trails was finally going to pay off – with the riders […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Hellfire, MTB, Tasmania

September 1, 2014 By Anthony Shippard Leave a Comment

Kowalski Classic Course Preview

After its Winter hibernation, Australian Marathon racing comes back with a bang in September – with some classic races across most states. Whilst many will claim to be unique, tough, unusual or even ‘full of singletrack’ none of them will match The Kowalski Classic against those four criteria. The Kowalski – both the 50km and […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Kowalski, Maverick, XCM

July 17, 2014 By Anthony Shippard Leave a Comment

3 Ring Circus – a Winter Warmer

Next weekend sees the wonderful trails of Wingello host the ‘3 Ring Circus’. An event that you could be forgiven for leaving off your calendar. The ‘3RC’ is a race that is often overlooked by many – it is often a bit chilly, it is also not part of any series, although over the years […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Shippo, Wild Horizons, XCM

November 4, 2013 By Anthony Shippard Leave a Comment

2013 Camelbak Highland Fling form guide

The Highland Fling – it’s the marathon race of the year for an awful lot of people. Practice rides on the open parts of the course at Wingello are frequent, training progammes are designed to ‘peak’ for this weekend, and bikes are booked in for services in the weeks leading into it. There is no doubt […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Fling, Opinion, Race, Shippo, XCM

October 27, 2013 By Anthony Shippard Leave a Comment

Blair and Fay repeat overall wins at Cape to Cape

Ahhh, the joys of the final day of a stage race. That feeling you get knowing that there is just one more bit of pain to go… Stage 4 started out at Colonial Brewery, and was rumoured to be a flat fast ‘burn up’. The GC winners were unlikely to change today, but in the […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Cape to Cape, MTB, Shippo, Stage Race

October 26, 2013 By Anthony Shippard Leave a Comment

Blair and Fay take stage 3 honours at Cape to Cape

Xanadu winery hosted the start of stage 3, which included a neutralised 7.5km ride through the center of town to the delight of the watching public, and supportive local community. Going into the stage, the previous nights ‘Redbull Shoot-out’ hadn’t had any material change on the GC, other than awarding Andy Blair with an additional […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Blair, Cape to Cape, Fay, Margaret River, MTB

October 25, 2013 By Anthony Shippard Leave a Comment

Hatton and Fay win Stage 2 at Cape to Cape

Hamelin Bay hosted the finish of stage 1, and consequently the start of stage 2. What we know of beach resorts is that they are sea-level, meaning a climb to get out. Sure enough, the first 3km of bitumen pretty much just went up. A few snapped chains under the pressure (probably ruined in the sea […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Cape to Cape, Hatto, MTB, XC

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