The Maverick Series was created to give ‘mountain bikers exactly what they need – a great series featuring key established events conducted over a manageable race calendar’. The inaugural Maverick Series unified four established marathon events across 2 states and a territory, spanning a nine-month time period from March to November. The events incorporated into […]
Naomi Hansen Signs Off: Camelbak Highland Fling 2014
The Camelbak Highland Fling is the final race of the 2014 Maverick Series and my final mountain bike race for a while… I am not one to say never again but it will be a little while. I first raced the Highlang Fling in 2012 in the 100 mile category and although the distance was […]
Stage 7 Transalp 2014: 62.73km and 2325hm
The final day of a multiday race such as Transalp is never as easy as the guidebook depicts and our stage 7 was equally as tough as any of the 6 stages we had completed prior. On paper the stage looked simple… 62.7km with a mere 2300hm from Trento to Riva Del Garda… an uphill […]
Transalp Stage 4: Naturns to Sarntal (73km and 2645hm)
The most important thing to remember about a race like Transalp is that there is NEVER an easy day.. today was a mere 73km on paper (very sociable compared to yesterdays 100km and the preceding days of 87km and 97km) but the fine print includes a 30km climb from around 32km to 62km taking us […]
Transalp 2014 stage 3 “The Queen Stage”
Firstly, I will have to up-speed on the events of stage 2 (yesterdays stage from Imst to Nauders) Stu and I were otherwise occupied and failed to log a full report. Stage 2 started in Imst, in the rain and the rain continued for the entire stage… Stu and I rode well (to clarify […]
Yak Ru Preeminent MTB Race 2015
Have you ever wanted a reason to visit Nepal? I recently stumbled across the Yak Ru website .. an annual mountain bike event in Nepal that takes riders along to an altitude of 5416 metres. The eight day event (5 days racing, one day resting and 2 days recovering) covers a mere 240km through […]
Craft Bike Transalp 2014
With a mere 7 days before the start of Craft Bike Transalp 2014 the butterflies are swarming and the neurones starting to tingle (i.e. I am starting to feel a little SCARED). This is not the first time I have races at Transalp and I have completed the infamous Cape Epic on 3 or […]
Preparation is key: Craft Bike Transalp 2014
With a mere one month and 5 days remaining until the start of Craft Bike Transalp in Oberammergau it is time to start thinking about more than just the physical preparation. Training the body is now an autonomic response so it is time to look to the ancillary details that ave to be addressed: the […]
Langkawi International Mountain Bike Challenge 2014
There are only 130 days remaining in the countdown to the Langkawi International Mountain Bike Challenge 2014 and with over half a million Ringgit Malaysia (USD 150,000.00) up for grabs this event is destined to attract the pinnacle riders of the mountain bike community from all nationalities. This year there has been a major change to the […]
2014 Craft BIKE Transalp powered by Sigma
With only two months remaining until the start of the 2014 Craft Bike Transalp powered by Sigma I though it time to start reviewing the 2014 course. This will be my third Transalp and I am pumped to be racing alongside team mate Stu Spies, a prominent member of our UK faction. Stu is currently […]