On Friday before the World Cup in Albstadt, Merida unveiled the new hardtails they have been developing. While it was no secret that Merida had a new racing bike in the works, given Jose Hermida has been racing on a ‘camouflaged’ version so far this year – we just didn’t know the specifications, save for […]
Women’s only multi-day MTB event announced
News has come that a women’s only mountain bike stage race will be run this August. With the breadth and depth of mountain bike stage races in South Africa, it should come as no surprise that the initiative can be found there. The inaugural Evox Tour de Femme, a ladies-only multi-day mountain bike experience, will […]
Counting down to Port to Port
Related Event: Port to Port MTB
The 3rd Port to Port mountain bike stage race is less than two weeks away. NSW’s premier mountain bike stage race offers four days of unique riding between Port Stephens and the Port of Newcastle. With routes that take in Awaba mountain bike park as well as the Glenrock trails, the stage race takes in […]
Training in the Tropics – Bump Track and RRR route
Related Event: RRR Mountain Bike Race
Growing up in a southern state, I never learnt much about the history of Tropical North Queensland. Well not beyond the basics. So that means that each time I visit – I learn something new. 2011 and during my first Crocodile Trophy, it was a real eye opener to the life and times on the […]
Training in the Tropics – Smithfield
Smithfield sits about 20km north of the CBD of Cairns, right at the bottom of the road up to Kuranda. It’s just inland from the beautiful Trinity Beach, and also home to James Cook University. Smithfield is one part of Tropical North Queensland that the infamous Mud Cows called home. Wait – the Mud Cows? […]
British XCM Championships announced
In a late move, British Cycling have announced that they will endorse a national Marathon Mountain Bike (XCM) Championships event for 2016. Set for August 28th, the race will take part in Crychan Forest, a mostly pine forest in Mid Wales. With the race starting and finishing in Llandovery, the event aims to have a 40km […]
Training in Tropical North Queensland
With the first round of the 2016 XCO World Cup landing in Cairns on the 24th April, a plan was hatched earlier this year to head up to Tropical North Queensland to support our XCO racer, Sebastian Jayne, on race day and then get a few good days of training in the legs too. Taking a […]
Cannondale officially release the Scalpel Si
Last month we noticed that the stage winning bike of Cannondale Factory Racing on stage 7 of the Cape Epic was in fact something different. This shot of Manuel Fumic laying his bike over through a corner highlighted that this wasn’t a standard Cannondale Scalpel. It was something new. And today, Cannondale have announced the release […]
Australian XCM Championship team announced
Today, Mountain Bike Australia (MTBA) announced the selection of seven Australian riders to compete at the 2016 UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Champions to be held in Laissac, France on 25-26th June. The team has qualified via results in the National XCM Series, National XCM Championships, and via the UCI XCM Series. Elite Women Peta […]
Bike Four Peaks is on the horizon
Related Event: Protective Bike 4 Peaks
There are only 50 days until the start of the 2016 Protective BIKE Four Peaks mountain bike stage race, which runs from June 15th to 18th in the Salzburg and Tyrolean countryside. It looks like we can expect a tight battle for the win after 2015 defending champion Juri Ragnoli (ITA) announced that he won’t be able to […]