Paris Basson and Brooke Rowlands won the last round of the GP4-hour Shimano Mountain Bike Grand Prix at The Australian Botanic Garden, Mt Annan. In the GP7-hour competition turned out to be a nail-biter: Canberra’s EdMcDonald persisted on the challenging track and won ahead of Quantum racers Michal Kafka and Ondrej Slezak. But it was Callum McNamara that […]
Racing the 2014 Transalp
In 2014, the Craft Bike Transalp ran over 7 days, from the centre of kitsch, Oberammagau, Germany, down to the favourite holiday location of Dutch and Germans alike – Riva del Garda, Italy. Two of our Subaru-MarathonMTB.com Team were riding as a mixed pair, and although Naomi Hansen and Stu Spies didn’t have an ideal […]
Grand Raid 25th Anniversary
The 25th anniversary edition of the Grand Raid, from Verbier – Grimentz, promises a unique show, thanks to a start list that holds many of the best in the world. In 2013 the victory escaped Christophe Sauser after a flat. What will happen this year, while the world champion admitted that the Grand Raid was […]
Singletrack Mind Series race 3 at Awaba
The race for series honours heats up at Awaba With wildly fluctuating forecasts in the lead up to the third round of the Finish Line Singletrack Mind MTB Series, competitors and the organisers Chocolate Foot were very pleased to be blessed with perfect weather including a light overnight shower which would add grip to the […]
Transalp and BIKE Four Peaks set 2015 dates
Just after the 2014 Craft BIKE Transalp finished, the dates for the 2015 event, and that of it’s sister event, BIKE Four Peaks, have been announced. The Transalp has run since 1998, and until 2013 ran as an eight day stage race from southern Germany to Lake Garda, Italy. In 2014, the race shifted to […]
Sudety MTB Challenge 2014: Stage 4, Wallowing in mud to Warim
Stage 4 Bardo to Walim, 44.2 kilometres What happened? With plenty of rain from the award ceremony onwards, Stage 4 would be wet. And it wasn’t a case of the water just coming up from the ground, it was falling from the sky as well. This race has a jovial vibe, people are having fun. […]
Sudety MTB Challenge 2014 Stage 2: Vuelta a Stronie Slaskie
Stage 2: Vuelta a Stronie Slaskie: What happened? After what felt like a brutal stage yesterday on Stage 1, today was a little friendlier, earning a ‘3’ for difficulty rather than the ‘4’ of yesterday (from a scale of 1-6). What this meant was that the climbs were a little less steep, the descents a […]
Lavis rides away with the Circus
Across the weekend Wingello State Forest, in the Southern Highlands of NSW, turned on perfect winter weather and set the perfect stage for performers taking part in both the Night and Matinee 3 Ring Circus mountain bike races. The Night Performance (Saturday 26th) Over 100 riders blazed a trail of light in the forest for […]
Sudety MTB Challenge: Prologue and ‘Pure MTB’
The Sudety MTB Challenge has begun, and for a race that promises to be ‘Pure MTB’ and an “Unusual event” plus being “an above average race” I’m surprised more people don’t know about it. Today the Prologue began in the afternoon, one that was forecast to be plagued with rain but in reality just had an […]
Journeys through Bohemia
I think the beauty of mountain biking lies beyond the cool equipment, the buzz of railing singletrack, the euphoria of twisty alpine climbs, the relief of cleaning a section you always baulk at and even the perverse joy of having funny tan lines. For me, adventure and travel are at the heart of what I […]