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Alright, I’m going to be honest here. If you’re expecting a highly detailed race report, expect to be disappointed. It’s 9:30pm, I’ve been racing for 3 days straight, I’ve eaten about 6 tacos, and the effect of several glasses of Ironhouse Porter is taking a hold of my fatigued body. So I’ll keep things brief. […]
Photos by Nat Jeanneret and Kai Fuller Today’s race entry includes a tale of a love story. It’s a story about how two riders, set deep in the heart of competition, came together as one during the Team Time Trial at the 2015 Avanti Plus Hellfire Cup. There was hardship, there was sweat, there were […]
All photos by Nat Jeanneret or Nick Miller Day 2 of the Avanti Plus Hellfire Cup would see just one stage held for the day, but it was to be the longest stage of the entire 4-day race. The 50km Half Marathon stage was designed to test competitor’s endurance, after yesterday’s harder and faster-paced […]
Hmm. “So what you’re saying is that I have to do the four laps on my own? I can’t just do 2?” That was the question I had to pose during the downtime between Stage 1 and 2 this afternoon. After having a fantastic ride this morning on the opening 25km stage of the 2015 […]
Designed to attract mountain bikers from all over the country, the Hellfire Cup enters into its 3rd year for 2015. It’s a stage race, but it’s a little different to your average mountain bike stage race. And after you meet event organiser Duncan Giblin, you’ll understand why. First and foremost, the Hellfire Cup is primarily […]
Days of much-needed rain on the KwaZulu-Natal north coast left the trails around Sugar Rush Adventure Centre awash with mud for the Bestmed Ballito Expedition, on Saturday. But the swampy conditions were not enough to deter those hardy mountain bikers who took on the 50km feature race, which was won by 19-year-old Matt Wilkinson in […]
‘What if’ – A worded construct that, if allowed, can taunt and tease a person. The phrase has remained omnipresent throughout history to play on the minds of those who could smell victory but instead tasted defeat. At times a bike race can be a metaphor for history, or even life in general. A compression […]
Waking up in your own bed on race day is a pretty rare thing, and this weekend’s Bayview Blast, held just 45 minutes from my Brisbane home, was the first national-level race this year that’s afforded me the privilege. On the other hand, being pretty spoiled for good singletrack really close to home (about a […]
All photos by Ian Moses One of the long-time event locations for the Chocolate Foot crew, Nowra really delivered for the final round of the 2015 Finish Line Singletrack Mind MTB Series. Although the NSW South Coast can be an unforgiving place at times, as the local weather has caused more than a few rescheduled […]
With a seventh stage win on the final day at the 21st Crocodile Trophy the Swiss Urs Huber claimed his third race victory since 2009 and 2010. Soren Nissen from Denmark claims the second place ahead of Australia’s Marathon National Champion, Brendan Johnston from Canberra. Nicholas Pettina comes in fourth overall and the young Austrian […]
