With AROC Sport breaking the news on Tuesday 19th February that their race, Capital Punishment, would not be part of the Real Insurance XCM Series, many of Australia’s passionate mountain bike racers were taken aback. Together with AROC Sport, Max Adventure pulled the Wombat 100 and Convict 100 out of the series, the Kowalski Brothers […]
Jongewaard and Bucher victorious in Kona Odyssey
Rapid Ascent have a premier event in ‘The Odyssey’. Every year, the field is impressive, and the racing is top quality. With a hard course from Apollo Bay, into the Otway Ranges and then racing around the single track networks of Forrest – they were onto a good thing. The course ran this way with […]
Rocky Trail 100 sees record field attend
The third running of the Rocky Trail 100 attracted a record field size, with almost 300 racers. More impressive than that was the depth of elite riders in the race. Many elite men chose to race the Rocky Trail 100 instead of the 2nd National XC round in Thredbo. Everyone will have their own reasons […]
Swell-Specialized – leaders in all disciplines
2013 has seen the launch of a new team on the Australian Mountain Bike scene. The Swell-Specilized Team has combined much of the leading Olympic Cross Country (XCO) and Cross Country Marathon (XCM) talent with leading gravity riders from around Australia. Swell have been involved in Mountain Bike Team sponsorship for quite some time, as […]
Michelin Wild Race’R Tyres – Fitted for Review
Mountain Bike tyres, commuting tyres, road tyres, cyclocross tyres – they are all different beasts yet have many similarities. The key one is that everyone has an opinion on them, and a favourite. Favouritism can be born from exceptional wear life, or traction, price or marketing. But just as we may have favourite tyres, there […]
Singletrack Mind Series set for 2013
The Chocolate Foot team is proud to announce that the SRAM Singletrack Mind Series is again set to hit the trails for 2013. This endurance series offers singletrack obsessives the opportunity to race at some of the best tracks around NSW, and is firmly established as the premier east coast endurance series. Not content to […]
Jason English back from injury with Rocky Trail 100
Australia’s double 24H Solo World Champion Jason English has confirmed that he will race at the Rocky Trail 100 endurance mountain biking event at Stromlo Forest Park this Sunday, 10 February. It will be the first appearance back on the competitive racing scene by English after a collar bone injury and he is expected to […]
Kappius Components Hubs: The Ride
This is the third part of our series reviewing the design philosophy, performance and ride of the Kappius Components Hubs. You can see our first look, plus part one and part two by following the links. Much has been written about the Kappius Components Hubs since they were shown to the world at the 2012 […]
How to fit a Praxis Works Bottom Bracket Converter
New frame materials and progression in bike design have created more ‘standards’ across the bike industry than you can easily keep track of. Take a look at your bike and it’s easy to see where there are many changes in what is meant to be a standard. From the front end of your bike to […]
The new Odyssey
The Kona Odyssey has been regarded as one of Australia’s premier Marathon MTB races since the first race in 2007. For me, it had all the ingredients of a truly epic mountain bike marathon. There was a mass start right on the main street of Apollo Bay, and this lead into a big climb that […]