What started out as a small event aiming to bring a bunch of riders together and show them have a good time, is now becoming a highly regarded race for all levels of rider that’s further establishing Forrest as one of Australia’s top mountain bike destinations. Race organisers Norm and Jess Douglas are now in […]
Preview: Forrest Festival
Next weekend, the town of Forrest – Greatest Place on Eart to Ride Your Bike – in the middle of the Otways National Park will be the scene for the 3rd annual Forrest Festival. The town is well known amongst riders from all over Australia because of it’s amazing trails and many kilometres of single track […]
Paul Van Der Ploeg interview: XCE World Champs and Chinese CX
Only two weeks after his amazing win at the 2013 XC Eliminator World Championships in South Africa, Paul Van Der Ploeg travelled to Bejing to be part of the 2013 Qiansen Trophy, the first ever UCI cyclo cross held in China. We caught up with him after the race and had a chat about his […]
Aussie Women Shine in Bejing
After the success of the international cyclo cross races in Tokyo, Japan, the internationalization of the sport continues throughout Asia with the Qiansen Tropy UCI Cyclo Cross in the Chinese capital Bejing. After a week of morning showers, skies cleared on race day and the course dried out from slippery to lightening fast yet dusty […]
2013 “Qiansen Trophy” UCI International Cyclo Cross
Tomorrow, the 21st of September, the city of Bejing will host the first ever UCI cyclocross race on Chinese soil. Subaru-MarathonMTB.com rider Roeland Suys joined the Aussies and Kiwis that made the long trip to the 2013 “Qiansen Trophy” UCI Cyclocross Event. Representing Australia are some riders that have made a name for themselves on […]
Taking your dog to the trails
I am now training with a training mate that smashes me on every steep climb, flies past me on the very technical sections and just stays on my wheel on every descent. And that’s not just because I’m in not such a great shape… She’s pretty fast, loves shredding the trail and jumps way higher […]
Australian National CX Champs photo gallery
Allan Iacuone took out the inaugural Australian National Cyclocross Championship title in the men elite category. After a great and exciting race under sunny skies, it is Allan Iacuone who gets to wear the green and gold jersey for the next twelve months. It was a fast and hard race on the grass of Cranwell […]
Rifle Butts MTB Park Mansfield
After a few weeks of cold and wet weather in Melbourne, it was nice to finally go on a Saturday training ride under clear skies and a beautiful 15 degrees. While the ski and snowboard fanatics of Victoria get their rush on the slopes of Mt Buller, I went to the nearby town of Mansfield […]
How to: Stepping up a gear
What does it take to step up from racing for fun to getting right up there with the big names of marathon mountain bike racing? 1- The bike Lose some weight. You’ll need a bike that doesn’t put much more than 10 kg on the scale, maybe a little bit more if you go for […]
I got fondo’d at the Dirty Gran Fondo
As I wrote earlier in the Dirty Melbourne article, the Dirty Gran Fondo is an enduro (gran fondo) on the dirt roads (dirty) in and around Wandong, Victoria. Together with another 250 riders, teammate Mike Blewitt and I lined up for the second edition of this event. We arrived in Wandong around 6 am, […]