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October 17, 2013 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Big Hitters Arrive for the Crocodile Trophy

The 19th Crocodile Trophy starts this Saturday with a cross country race at Smithfield in Cairns. As the world’s oldest mountain bike stage race the Crocodile Trophy has become known as one of the hardest and most adventurous races around. This year more than 80 riders will race for 900 km through the Outback and […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Croc Trophy, Crocodiles, Euros, FNQ, Sand

October 9, 2013 By Anthony Shippard Leave a Comment

Who’s who at the Cape to Cape

For a few years now mountain bike stage racing in Australia has been growing. Whether it was Terra-Australis, Mountains to Beach, The Red-Center Enduro or even Wildside in Tasmania – racers had a few options, but there never seemed to be one that hit the nail on the head with location, time of the year, […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Cape to Cape, Sand, Shippo, Stage Race, Western Australia, Wine, XCM

October 9, 2013 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

WEMBO – talking to contenders

James Heraty used his ABSA Cape Epic fitness, riding to a strong 7th place in his age group. Photo: Matteó Cappe/WEMBO

The 2013 WEMBO Solo World 24hr Championships are just days away, taking place at Mt Stromlo outside Canberra, Australia. We know the course, we know what some of the riders think of it – but surely people have questions. How many solo races can someone do? What do you eat? How do you keep going?? […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: 24hr, Chuggers, CHUGWO, Jason English, Jess Douglas, WEMBO

October 2, 2013 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Riders reactions to the 2013 WEMBO Course

Jason English on his way to the WEMBO Victory. The arm warmer partway down fashion is unlikely to catch on. Photo: Matteó Cappe/WEMBO

The course for the WEMBO Solo 24hr Championships has been announced, and it has spread around the racers who will be competing on it from the 12th to 13th of October, vying for the World Championship title. Mt Stromlo has been used for XCO, DH, 24hr and XCM titles over the past years. This place […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: 24hr, Stromlo, WEMBO

September 25, 2013 By Roeland Suys Leave a Comment

Paul Van Der Ploeg interview: XCE World Champs and Chinese CX

Paul VDP wins XCE World Champs

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 […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: China, CX, Paul VDP, World Champion, XCE

September 17, 2013 By Anthony Shippard Leave a Comment

Overtaking étiquette in Mountain Bike Racing – according to Shippo

There is a huge elephant in the corner of the mountain bike room. He’s been there for a long while, but recently he has started to make a bit of noise. Elephants can do that. The elephant I speak of is the one that pertains to riders of different abilities sharing the very same bit […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Attaquer, Etiquette, MTB, Passing, Race

September 12, 2013 By Richie Tyler Leave a Comment

Rocky Mountain presents their Staycation

Rocky Mountain Team Staycation. Photo © Margus Riga

If you’re prone to fits of jealousy, you might not want to watch this. The seasons have started their march towards winter for the northern hemisphere, but rather than head south, the Rocky Mountain team stayed put in British Columbia. As the video below shows, they had a blast. The accompanying grab from the press […]

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August 24, 2013 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Mongolia Bike Challenge Pros: Cory Wallace

Cory Wallace took strong team mates to the Mongolia Bike Challenge in 2012, and came away with a deserving victory. Wallace is a renowned 24 hr racer and excels in tough conditions. We spoke to him ahead of the 2013 Mongolia Bike Challenge, where he is keen to defend his title. 1. With a strong […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Cory Wallace, Log Splitter, Mongolia, Stage Race, Yaks

August 22, 2013 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

The 2 Oceans MTB Race – The Race Australia Needs?

Australia is a vast country, where great distances can need to be covered to travel between cities. Australia is also a country with highly a centralised population, most notably in the South East corner of the country. The size of the country and the spread of our population dictates transport and utilities infrastructure – and […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: MTB, Munda Biddi, Stage Race, Western Australia

August 20, 2013 By Arran Pearson Leave a Comment

Racing the Tour Divide: You must climb.

Arran Pearson has just returned from the Tour Divide. This is the third part of his story. You should read part one and part two to catch up. Although there is a lot of climbing in the first 1/2 of the route, it’s in Colorado where you hit serious altitude with several passes over 10,000 […]

Filed Under: Diaries, Features Tagged With: Arran Pearson, Black Sheep, Lonely, MTB, Tour Divide

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