Rob Parbery should need little introduction for those who live and breathe Mountain Biking in Australia’s South East. He was racing single speed (what else?) at the recent Wild Side MTB Stage Race. His updates from Day One and Day Two make a great read. Here’s the rest of the two wheeled tour. Day 3 […]
WildSSide, Day Two
Rob Parbery has been pedaling a variety of singlespeed bikes longer than you have been able to buy knives from Demtel. Yesterday we had his account of Wildside Day one – and now the saga continues… Day 2 Stage 3 – Sterling Valley Day 3 begins with a short cruise from Tullah to the start […]
WildSSide Day One
Rob Parbery is the, rugged, bearded, doyen of all things singlespeed. This past week he was racing in Wildside, at the competitive end of an ever growing singlespeed pack. Stage 1. Wildside gets underway with a short 4km cruise down the road before regathering down the road for the first race stage. With most of […]
Aussie XCM Series dates announced for 2012
CycleNation together with Real Insurance are excited to announce the event line up for Australia’s biggest Mountain Bike Series, the Real Insurance XCM Series. After a successful inaugural series in 2011 which saw more than 4,500 participants across all of the events, the series is expanding to Victoria with the inclusion of the Wombat 100 […]
Going Wild(side) with Rob Parbery
Rob Parbery is a Sydney, Australia, based Mountain Biker who has completed most Australian Mountain Bike Events singlespeed, on a ‘cross bike, fixed – or a combination of all of those. If you have had the chance to relax post-race with ‘Parbs’ and part of the cold selection from his Esky – count yourself lucky. […]
Radical Lights to help Australian endurance MTB talent shine
Three of the highest profile endurance cyclists in Australia, Jason McAvoy, Andrew Hall and Garry James, have come together under the Radical Lights banner to form Australia’s newest mountain bike endurance team. Radical Lights, an Australian innovator producing some of the lightest and brightest racing lights on the market, announced the team of World and […]
New Berg2c gives riders a break
Mountain bikers who find South Africa’s longest paired mountain bike race, a bridge too far, may want to consider the exciting six-day derivative announced by the organisers of the nine-day Old Mutual joBerg2c today. The new Old Mutual Berg2c starts on April 30, four days into the main event, and picks up the existing route […]
Meet the Subaru-MarathonMTB.com Team for 2012
2012 has seen plenty of development for the world of Marathon Mountain Biking and Stage Racing. The ABSA Cape Epic has forgone the Time Trial ‘rest day’; The Real Insurance XCM Series continues to grow in Australia; The UCI has expanded its Marathon Series – and made it global; The Croc Trophy has become shorter; […]
Ritchey TrailMasters coming to Britain this summer
The Ritchey TrailMasters powered by Mercedes-Benz Vito Sport – the follow up event to the infamous TransWales and the Mashup – is the newest British XC enduro event of 2012. On August 17-19, solo riders and teams of three will get the chance to test themselves over three demanding days filled with classic cross country […]
Magic trails and wonderful weather for Singletrack Mind decider
It was the race that no one thought would happen, after being originally scheduled for April then rescheduled for November. Both dates had to be canned after near biblical weather events. But third time proved to be a charm as the Hunter region put on perfect weather last weekend for the final round of the […]