Check out our on-course pictures from cross-country racing at the 2014 Cairns World Cup. If you missed the first set of images, click here. And to read a report on each of the 4 races, please visit here.
Real Insurance XCM Round 4: English and Fay win Tablelands Classic
About a year after the 2013 Australian Marathon Championships visited the Atherton Tablelands, the Real Insurance XCM Series ventured north for it’s 4th Round. Falling on ANZAC Day, and prior to the main events of the Cairns World Cup, no one was certain who would be attending. A home World Cup is a big deal […]
Atherton Tablelands set for ANZAC Day Marathon
The action from the Real Insurance XCM Series continues this weekend as competitors head to Atherton in North Queensland for the fourth round of the five race series. The Tablelands Classic and will be headlined by women’s series leader and XCM national champion Melissa Anset (VIC), as well as four time world 24 hour mountain […]
Lasseters Easter in the Alice launches Telegraph Station Trails
Alice Springs, in the Northern Territory, Australia, has long been known as a tourism destination. It’s on the map for grey nomads, backpackers, and 4WD enthusiasts alike. Plenty of Australian mountain bikers have known about it as well, thanks to the Central Australia Bike Challenge, that became the Red Centre Enduro and now the Ingkerreke […]
Lasseters Easter in the Alice – Day One
The first day has come, been raced, and gone, for Lasseters Easter in the Alice. Saturday 19th April held some dread – split stages. With a 27km time trial in the morning, and then a 27km night race starting at 7pm, it makes for a long day. Recent rains in Alice Springs have made the […]
24 Hour Racing floods the Australian Spring
24 Hour racing has been changing in recent years. While the crowds might not be as huge as they were around 2004 and onwards, the events are no less relevant to mountain bikers in Australia. The events themselves have changed, and each one has it’s own character and purpose. Mountain Bike Australia has just announced […]
Giant Obsess of Eliza Kwan
If you are cross country inclined in Australia, the chances are you have grown up on lap based endurance races, or ‘Enduros’ in the form we originally knew them. Both Rocky Trail Entertainment and Chocolate Foot run some stellar race series around the ACT and NSW, and clubs and other promoters get into in other […]
Wallace and Anset win Real XCM Round 3: Wombat 100
The Real Insurance XCM Series is not letting up, with Round 3 right on the back of Round 2 last weekend. Many of Australia’s Elite MTB races headed to Cammeray Waters, where the Wombat 100 is based. The race takes its name from Wombat State Forest, which is about 700 square kilometres size, about an […]
Shimano Unveil XTR M9000 – more gears, more options, more everything!
Shimano have chosen the Sea Otter Classic and the accompanying trade show to unveil the latest generation of XTR – M9000. Reportedly the most advanced XTR group set to date, the M9000 group has been completely redesigned – and offers riders more choice than Shimano have offered previously in gear range, actuation, ergonomics, chain ring […]
How to inflate tubeless tyres
Inflating tubeless tyres might not be straight forward if you don’t have a compressor at hand, or strong arms and a high volume track pump. Although some tyre and rim combinations seal up with ease, other compatible combinations prove to be difficult without a high, continuous flow of air. Thankfully, there are smart people out […]