With just a few days to go to register for the AMB100 Marathon on 9 February at Stromlo Forest Park Ed McDonald the 100-miler Champion from 2012 and 2013 has just confirmed that he will be at the start to defend his titles against some of the strongest endurance riders in the country, including SingleSpeed […]
Hansen and Spies confirm for 2014 Craft Bike Transalp
With the 2014 Marathon and Stage Racing year well underway, Subaru-MarathonMTB.com racers Naomi Hansen and Stuart Spies have confirmed their partnership for the Craft Bike Transalp, from 20-26th July, one of the most prestigious mountain bike Stage Races in the world. In 2014 the race is 7 days long, starting in Oberammagau, Germany, and racing […]
Mt Baw Baw Mountain Biking: Secrets Revealed
Victoria, Australia, has a great cycling history. And it also has some very impressive ski resorts that are close to the capital, Melbourne. Mt Buller, Hotham, Falls Creek, Lake Mountain – and of course Mt Baw Baw. The ski season is becoming shorter, and the amount of ‘green’ on the slopes is increasing. For years, […]
Lifting the Veil on Mt Baw Baw
Mt Baw Baw sits just 2.5hrs drive from Melbourne, yet even when you’re over an hour away you feel like you are in some seriously remote country. Driving in through Noojee, the Valley of the Bridges, Icy Creek and Tanjil Bren was unlike any other road I’ve driven on to a ski resort. The temperate […]
Eurobodalla to host 2nd Round of Real Insurance XCM Series
News has come from Cycling Australia that the rebooted Real Insurance XCM Series has a home for round two. Australia’s peak cycling body has been working hard to get the five race series into great locations for mountain bikers and their supporters alike. Although it used a different selection of events in 2011 and 2012, […]
Maintain Momentum through the Maverick Marathon Series
The Maverick Marathon Series was launched in late 2013, as a response by four key Australian race organisers to provide a coherent Marathon Series in accessible venues for a large portion of Australian mountain bikers. None of the events are new, all are well proven and have their fans. Get points and compare and race your […]
Stage Races opening, and filling up for 2014
The year is just starting, yet many mountain bikers are setting their goals and booking some big races for the months ahead. Transpyr is one of many races that have shortened their length this year. The Crocodile Trophy is shorter than it used to be, Transalp has dropped to 7 days from 8, and of […]
Sudety MTB Challenge celebrates 10 Years
Ask a keen mountain biker about international MTB stage races and they will likely list off some of the favourites: ABSA Cape Epic, Transalp, BC Bike Race. Maybe the Crocodile Trophy. There are some that get missed though, a few notables that bury great memories into the minds and MTB souls of those who have […]
Dirty Gran Fondo 2014 – looking after your Mum
The successful Gran Fondo format is well known in cycling circles. The semi-competitve road ‘races’ are popular through many parts of Europe, in the UK under the guise of a ‘sportive’ and of course in the US, where some people feel they are serious enough to warrant performance enhancing supplements. The numbers of people drawn […]
Training Camp: Reset for 2014
A little over a week ago, I wrote about heading to ‘Training Camp‘ in the NSW Snowy Mountains, basing out of Lake Crackenback Resort and Spa for 8 nights. While calling it a training camp was light hearted, it was about setting the right practices for the start of 2014. Ride, eat, sleep, repeat. Or […]