Entries are now open for the adrenaline pumping Bike Buller MTB Festival presented by Kona, at Mt Buller Victoria over the March long weekend, 8-10 March 2014. This is the start of a busy three months for Marathon and Stage Racers in Australia, with a heavy schedule that runs until late May and crosses almost […]
Port to Port MTB Classic Launched!
We have talked before about the lack of stage races in Australia, and what the newer Australian MTB Stage Races are doing right. It looks like another race is set to follow in the successful footsteps of the Cape to Cape. Member for Port Stephens, Craig Baumann yesterday launched the Port to Port MTB (Mountain […]
WEMBO – talking to contenders
The 2013 WEMBO Solo World 24hr Championships are just days away, taking place at Mt Stromlo outside Canberra, Australia. We know the course, we know what some of the riders think of it – but surely people have questions. How many solo races can someone do? What do you eat? How do you keep going?? […]
Entries Open for 2014 Giant Odyssey Marathon MTB Race
Rapid Ascent have welcomed Giant Bicycles Australia as the new naming rights sponsor of the legendary Giant Odyssey Mountain Bike Marathon, now set for Sunday 27th April 2014 in Forrest, South-West Victoria. “Giant Bicycles Australia is extremely proud to be partnering with Rapid Ascent as naming rights sponsor of the Giant Odyssey.” Said Ben Johnson, […]
Riders reactions to the 2013 WEMBO Course
The course for the WEMBO Solo 24hr Championships has been announced, and it has spread around the racers who will be competing on it from the 12th to 13th of October, vying for the World Championship title. Mt Stromlo has been used for XCO, DH, 24hr and XCM titles over the past years. This place […]
2013 WEMBO Course Finalised
The course for the World Endurance Mountain Bike Organisation (WEMBO) Solo 24hr has been set. The race will be taking place from the 12th to 13th October at Stromlo Forest Park – the site of the 24hr Solo World Championships in 2010. At a length of 16.9km with 397m altitude gain, the trails selected will be a […]
Perfect weather on order for Round 3 of the SRAM Singletrack Mind Series
Weather has been a significant factor in the SRAM Singletrack Mind Series throughout 2013 with rain hampering the early rounds while the wind made things challenging for the last round at Nowra. No such problems are expected for Round 3 on 29 September as glorious spring weather is forecast for this weekend at Awaba Mountain […]
Kowalski Classic: Passion Breeds Success
Having now attended many marathon mountain bike races at home and abroad, I have become accustomed at recognising what makes a new race take off. The Australian race calendar is flooded with events, and clashes are frequent. This is not a terrible scenario given how spread out our population is, but it makes it very […]
Blair and Willett claim Flight Centre Epic Titles
Now celebrating its 11th year, the Flight Centre Active Travel Cycle Epic mountain bike marathon also attracted a record crowd out to Spicers Hidden Vale, Queensland on 15th September. Queenslander Jodie Willett continued her dominance in the women’s section of the Epic while national champion Andy Blair and two-time winner Jason English fought out a titanic […]
Swiss Epic – the Stage Race we Need
Earlier this week, it was announced that Switzerland will finally have the MTB Stage Race to showcase the terrain that the country boasts. Switzerland’s new six-day mountain bike stage race from Verbier through Leukerbad and Grächen and ending in Zermatt will take place in 2014. This week’s test ride let the first riders experience the […]