‘Just one alarm snooze’ is what I told myself when my alarm when off at 4:00am Saturday. It was the Abergavenny round of the CRC MTB Marathon event and we had to load bikes and leave London at 5:00am for Wales. Between snoozing sessions I noticed that the weather forecast was still showing thunder storms. […]
CRC MTB Marathon Series 2012 – Abergavenny round report
Abergavenny saw the 4th round of the CRC MTB Marathon Series powered by Mercedes-Benz Vito Sport and the Vitus Road Sportive Series. With the new destination, the event also saw an exciting change in format, running the MTB Marathon on Saturday and road event in the Sunday. The weather in the week leading up to the event was perfect […]
CRC MTB Marathon – round 3
Last weekend the 3rd round of the CRC MTB Marathon Series powered by Mercedes-Benz Vito Sport took riders to Marshbrook in Shropshire. A few miles south of Shrewsbury and with ample of hills around it, things were looking promising for the summer round of the series. Similar to the last round in Selkirk, the Marshbrook round […]
Ritchey TrailMasters fast approaching
Tour de France and Brandley Wiggins. Olympic road race and Mark Cavendish. Cycling fever is running high at the moment in the UK. Even mountain bikers are searching the MTB calendars for their next big challenge. One of those is the Ritchey TrailMasters – the follow up event to the famous TransWales. On the 17-18-19th August 2012 solo […]
MTB Powertap wheel
In my search for a Powertap wheel, to track my training more accurate on a mountain bike, I recently came across the guys from Strada Wheels. I found out that all their wheels are hand built locally by Darren, who trained with Mavic in the UK and DT Swiss in Switzerland. The fact that he […]
Black Mountains 3 Day
‘It is so well organised.’ I kept on hearing these words from different people over the course of the Black Mountains 3 Day event and I have to say I fully agree with them. The personal touch started as soon as you took the turnoff at the Estate with a marshal directing you the camping […]
Ritchhey TrailMasters open to pairs
With the summer (kind of) progressing in the UK the new big 3 day XC Enduro event of the year is getting closer and closer. The Ritchey TrailMasters powered by Mercedes-Benz Vito Sport will take place in August (17-18-19th) this year and will combine marathon style long distance rides over more than 220km with 6 timed special […]
CRC MTB Marathon Series 2012 3rd event only a month away
Only as little as a month to go before it is time to head to Marshbrook, Shropshire for the 3rd round of the CRC MTB Marathon Series powered by Mercedes-Benz Vito Sport as well as the 2nd round of the VITUS Road Sportives powered by CycleOps Power. The event will be based at the Shropshire Hills Mountain Bike & Outdoor Pursuit […]
Two weeks to go until Black Mountains 3 Day 2012
June 29th will see riders begin a three day mountain biking adventure in the remote and rugged Brecon Beacons in Wales. There is still time to enter this unique and much loved event. Bearded Man HQ, Brecon Beacons – May 29, 2012 – The organisers are ready. The hills are ready. The sheep are ready. […]
Lee-Anne Dippenaar on her Beskidy MTB Trophy
Lee-Anne is relatively new to MTB stage racing and doesn’t classify herself as a pure racer but does like a tough challenge. We caught up with Lee-Anne after she completed the 4 day MTB stage race in Poland. Here is what she had to say about the race and about mountain biking in general. MMTB: […]