I wouldn’t call myself the most travelled bike racer in the world, having only done two overseas trips so far. In 2012, I travelled to Europe for six months, racing from Belgium to Austria and England and a fair few others. It may sound weird but the only time I said to myself “wow I’m […]
The Spectacle of Nove Mesto
Last race report I spoke of the romance and history of some big road races and how I wished mountain bike racing could be similar. This was of course, silly. Road racing might have hundreds of years of history, but what it does not have is over 20,000 crazy spectators crammed around a 4.5km course. […]
Nove Mesto World Cup Race Preview
Their food tastes a little different, and I am yet to taste the Czech Republic’s dirt but their single track that weaves across that dirt is some of the best I’ve ridden. Full of roots and natural doubles. It is loads of fun to practice on and should be a great track to race on come […]
Biking the Rock
Germany Capital: Berlin Dialling code: +49 Currency: Euro Longest word: Donaudampfschifffahrtselektrizitätenhauptbetriebswerkbauunterbeamtengesellschaft… It is also the home of Heubach and the Bike the Rock race. One thing I admire about road cycling is the heritage that the big races have. To do a race and think that Eddy Merckx cycled on the same road many years […]
Cairns – a launch pad to Europe
Eight flights, one world cup, two crashes, four countries and one yoga session in an airport. These past few weeks have been very busy, and as you can see from the video below, all did not go smoothly. I knew the Cairns World Cup was going to be a rocky affair but I hoped that […]
Seb’s Diary: The Wombat 50km
Sorry about the delayed race report! Things have been a bit hectic lately, with an impending European racing trip and Cairns world cup within the next few weeks. Two weekends ago I set up a double race weekend with a Melbourne Northern Combine road race on the Saturday and the wombat 50km mountain bike race […]
Oceania Championships 2014
If you have heard anything about the track that was used for the recent Oceania Championships in New Zealand, you will probably understand where this first paragraph is headed. It was a proper XC track. Not a track you would take grandma on to show her how to ride a mountain bike. It didn’t take […]
Champions of Bright – the Subaru Australian MTB Championships
The 2014 Subaru Australian National Mountain Bike Champs would be held in Bright, Victoria, after having held a round of the national circuit last year with most riders happy with the course. The course changed slightly for the better this year, with a bit faster and more open start and some more of Bright’s best […]
Subaru National Series Round 3: Eliminating Echuca
I found out at the final round of the MTBA National Series, the admittance of defeat may lead to the discovery of success. The Defeat The final National Series round for 2014 had crept up on us like a Bugatti doing 250km/h. It seemed like it was only yesterday we were lining up on the […]
Previewing the XCO course at Echuca
Ahead of the 3rd Round of the Subaru Australian National MTB Series, Sebastian Jayne previewed the course at Moama. Location: Echuca/Moama on the shores of the Murray River Course: The course is fairly flat but as we found out in the Thredbo point-to-point last year, around Lake Crackenback, a flat course doesn’t necessarily make a […]