After a winter break, the Dirty Gran Fondo is back! This time, Big Hill Events is having their Double Cross edition, another battle of mountain bikes versus cyclo cross bikes on the dirt roads and climbs in the Victorian Bunyip State Park, less than an hour’s drive from Melbourne. Riders can choose from two […]
Reviewed: Magellan Cyclo 505 HC Bike Computer
The riders on the Subaru-MarathonMTB.com team were lucky enough to get Magellan on board for the 2014 season, supplying them with their Cyclo 505 HC bike computer. After almost 12 months of extensive testing on and off road, in the mud and on sunny days, here’s the final test report by Roeland Suys. The Magellan […]
Dirty Gran Fondo 2014: It’s not a race! Or is it?
Of course it is a race! But nothing like any other enduro race out there! The Dirty Gran Fondo is one of the most unique concepts on the enduro mountain bike calendar, a race for the masses. It’s an epic journey through the lush forrest of Mt Disappointment where riders choose what bike and distance […]
Preview: Belgian Mountain Bike Challenge – BeMC
The month of May is traditionally a turning point for road cycling in Europe. Summer is just around the corner and the spring classics are all done and dusted, riders have packed away their winter gloves and Belgian booties and are looking forwards to a summer of stage racing and Grand Tours. It’s not just […]
Race Report: Giant Shorty 50km
The Giant Odyssey is known as one of the toughest marathon mountain bike races in Australia. With a reputation like that, it’s no surprise that many participants decided to enter the easier version of the race and take on the 50 km Shorty. The course of the Shorty is very different from the Odyssey but […]
Bike Buller: Mountain biking on top of the world
While many of Australia’s top mountain bikers were over in Bright battling for the green and gold jerseys in Downhill, XCO, XCE and XCM, the more recreational riders were out riding in one of the most spectacular mountain bike destinations in Australia; Mt Buller. Over Victoria’s long labour day weekend, the Mt Buller Alpine Village […]
AMB 100: Singletrack surfing at Mt Stromlo
When Rocky Trail Entertainment organisers Martin and Juliane announced that the AMB100 Marathon was going to be shortened by 25km for the 100km-ers and 35km for the 100-milers, some might have said this was going to be an ‘easy race’. But when temperatures that day hit 39 degrees on the unforgiving and shade-less singletrack of […]
Nicholas Smith, youngest Aussie at CX World Championship
Nicholas Smith: The youngest Australian rider ever to compete at the Cyclo Cross World Championships looks back on his time in Belgium and the Netherlands. After finishing fourth at the inaugural Australian National Championship Cyclo cross held in Melbourne, Nicholas Smith qualified for the World Championships for U19 riders in Hoogerheide, the Netherlands. After extensive […]
Six Australians represent at 2014 CX World Championships
In the European winters of 2011/2012 and 2012/2013, Lewis Rattray was the sole representative for Australia at cyclo cross races all over the world. Together with his support crew (a mix of Belgian and Australian manager, mechanics and soigneurs), he endured the freezing cold to race World Cups, World Championships and several pro and amateur […]
Melissa Anset about competing at the 2014 Cyclo Cross World Championships
Melissa Anset is a well know name in Australian mountain biking but now she’s put the mountain bike aside for a few weeks and has a crack at the 2014 Cyclo Cross World Championships in Hoogerheide, the Netherlands. After watching her friends compete during the 2011 and 2012 Dirty Deeds CX Series in Melbourne, she […]