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November 25, 2019 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Cory Wallace raises money for Nepal mountain bikers

If you know who Cory Wallace is, you know how passionate he is about riding and racing in the high mountains – and Nepal is at the heart of that. Cory has been at the centre of setting up and organising funding for the training centre for Nepali cyclists, and has organised a major training […]

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November 21, 2019 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

All about the Madeira Bike Race

Be honest, do you even know where Madeira is? The Portuguese island located in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean has been carving its way to become one of the best mountain bike destinations in the planet, noted for the freeride scene and of course hosting rounds of the Enduro World Series. The small island […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: biking, madeira, madeira bike race, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, Stage Race, visit madeira, XCM

November 20, 2019 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

7 bike events not to miss in 2020

2019 is drawing to a close, and while there are some big events still to play out, like the 2019 edition of The Pioneer, most riders firmly have their focus on 2020. To that end, we have been updating our calendar, and as events confirm their dates for 2020 you can be sure we’ll keep […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Bike, biking, events, marathon, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, Stage Race, XCM

November 16, 2019 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Ramses Bekkenk heads back to The Munga

Ramses Bekkenk will enter into adventure in South Africa by riding ‘The Munga’ again. The race with mainly headwinds over 1070 kilometres from Bloemfontein to Wellington has to be ridden within five days. All participants racing have to decide how often and how how long they stop at one of the five race villages along […]

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October 23, 2019 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Big wigs to contest Whaka100

The 13th edition of Emerson’s Whaka100 Mountain Bike Marathon presented by CamelBak is taking place this weekend in Rotorua, New Zealand. With over 1400 people signed up for the race across all distances, it is shaping up to be the biggest one yet!  The packed schedule of events serves up something for everyone, including the Rotorua Isuzu […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: MarathonMTB, mountain bike, New Zealand, rotorua, whaka100, XCM

October 20, 2019 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Wrapping up the 2019 Cape to Cape

Cape to Cape, Port to Port and Reef to Reef are some of the best promoted mountain bike races in Australia at the moment. But does that mean they are the best? That is something worth thinking about, as it really depends what you define as best. This has been my fifth visit to Western […]

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October 19, 2019 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Middle Earth mind games at Cape to Cape

In 2019, the stage plans for Cape to Cape had a bit of a shuffle. While the past two years have seen the final day start and finish at Colonial Brewery, this year that stage is stage 3 (today) and tomorrow we will finish on Margaret River’s finest singletrack. This stage is all about Middle […]

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October 18, 2019 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Going long at Cape to Cape

At 72km, the second stage of the 2019 Cape to Cape would be one of the longest stages ever at the 4-day mountain bike race in Western Australia. Starting and finishing at Leeuwin Estate winery, the course would be less hilly than stage one, and likely to be super fast. But you may not have […]

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October 17, 2019 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Cape to Cape kicks off!

The Melbourne Cup is the race that stops the nation, but for mountain bikers with a penchant for endurance mountain biking, Cape to Cape is the bike race that grabs a lot of attention. With 1300 riders swamping Margaret River for the four days of racing, Cape to Cape sits head and shoulders above any […]

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October 4, 2019 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

The bikes that won XCM World Championships

In September, two new Cross Country Marathon (XCM) World Champions were crowned in Graechen, Switzerland. The demanding routes for men and women saw both riders arrive at the finish line solo – the course was truly decisive. But what bikes were the riders racing on to win the XCM World Championships? With Pauline Ferrand-Prevot racing […]

Filed Under: Tech Tagged With: BIke Check, canyon lux, giant anthem, mountain bike, pauline ferrand prevot, SRAM, XCM

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