There are some races in the world that become house-hold names by reputation – either for drawing amazing fields and deep racing, for promise of spectacular scenery through beautiful parts of the world, or for amazing adventure. TransAlp, BC Bike Race and the Cape Epic spring to mind. New Zealand’s equivalent is the Motatapu – […]
English and LeMaitre win JetBlack 24hr titles!
For the first time in it’s 10-year history, the JetBlack 24 Hour with its JetBlack 6+6 Hour offspring took place at Rydal Showgrounds near Lithgow on 3+4 March 2018. In the men’s 24 hour solo competition, it was the race favourite and multiple 24-hour Solo World Champion Jason English from Newcastle who claimed his seventh […]
Muddy fun in the sun at the Mt Somers Classic
For all the slick and commercial events of the world, sometimes some of the best experiences are delivered by the small club-level races. The Mt Somers Classic is an excellent example – a fundraising race organised by the Mayfield Lions club that has run for 13 years and generated over $200,000 of reinvestment into the […]
Sensational Trails and Spectacular Views at Andalucia Bike Race
Related Event: Andalucia Bike Race
It was the hardest Andalucia Bike Race to date but the marathon king Tiago Ferreira still dominated the competition. Hildegunn Hovdenak took the ladies after winning the final 2 stages. The inclement weather in this year’s edition resulted in shortened stages plus a cancelled stage 5. Whilst the whole of Europe suffered with storms the […]
The 2nd Great Otway Gravel Grind (GOGG) treats riders to a 2nd day of racing in the Otways.
Related Event: Great Otway Gravel Grind
After a stellar Otway Odyssey XCM race on the Saturday promoters Rapid Ascent have made the classic XCM race part of a weekend of solid racing or riding in the beautiful Surf Coast region aside the Great Ocean Road in Australia. Defending champion Peta Mullens (Bendigo) and Jay Vine (Canberra) have taken top honours to […]
Standish and Mullens victors at 2018 Otway Odyssey after an eventful 98km!
Related Event: Otway Odyssey
The 12th edition of the Otway Odyssey was run and won under grey skies in the singletrack wonderland that is Forrest, Victoria, Australia. With the national XCO championships occurring on the same weekend a number of key big name riders were notable absent. However, the women’s field showed significant depth with 4 former winners on […]
24 Hours of Old Pueblo – according to Quadsworth
Related Event: 24 Hours of Old Pueblo
The saying goes that everything in the Sonoran Desert wants to kill you. Seems the perfect setting then for one of the oldest and largest 24 hour races in the world. Epic Rides season of shred kicked off with a bang this past weekend as some of America’s finest endurance athletes gathered in “24 Hour […]
Racing a Classic: the Coppermine
Before the days of Trailforks, finding an epic trail was all about distant magazine articles. One of the most lauded trails was the Dun Mountain loop, a short back-country loop based out of Nelson, New Zealand. Like many of New Zealand’s back country rides, it follows an historic route through the hills, tracing the old […]
Canyon Topeak cinch Tankwa Trek
The third and final stage of the Momentum Health Tankwa Trek, presented by Biogen, was won by Nicola Rohrbach and Daniel Geismayr (Centurion Vaude by Goldwurst Power), and Yolande de Villiers and Mariske Strauss (Silverback Volvo OMX); but despite a tense moment for the leading women neither the pink or yellow jerseys changed hands. No […]
Report: Imogen Smith at the 2018 Oceania Championships
I headed off to Oceania Champs on my own this year, a week after my 37th birthday. Last year was meant to be my last year racing XCO, but I had an accident and couldn’t, so this year I’m doing all the stuff I’d planned to before I hit the deck, making up for lost […]