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September 26, 2015 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Bike Odyssey – your journey through the Greek mountains

A mountain bike stage race can be the ideal vehicle to discover new places, and meet new friends. The Greek Odyssey is an 8 day stage race in the Pindos mountain range that covers 600km and a huge 25 000m of climbing. It’s a pairs race, and offers a great opportunity to ride in, and […]

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September 22, 2015 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Transalp – the journey across the Alps

Related Event: Craft BIKE Transalp

Of all the mountain bike stage races, the Bike Transalp is perhaps the most complete journey. It’s a classic point to point stage race from southern Germany through to Riva del Garda. The route has changed its shape, as has the length of the race. Now a 7 day format, with an increasingly technical route, the […]

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September 10, 2015 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

2015 Sudety MTB Challenge Video

Related Event: Sudety MTB Challenge

There’s not much left to say about the Sudety MTB Challenge. We all love it. The trails are what you hope for at a mountain bike stage race. The organisation are caring, efficient, and organised. The racing is hot. And the experience… hard to beat. https://vimeo.com/137501756  

Filed Under: Video Tagged With: MTB, MTB Challenge, Singletrack, Stage Race, Sudety, video

August 12, 2015 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

How to climb steep hills

Sometimes the most technically difficult challenge on a trail can be maintaining traction on a steep climb. But with the right approach and technique, you will be amazed at what you can climb up.

Filed Under: Video Tagged With: climb, climbing, how to, Subaru, Tech

August 4, 2015 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Vittorio Brumotti goes off in Livigno

Livigno has long been regarded as a training haven by riders from the Subaru-MarathonMTB.com Team. The altitude of about 1800m, with road passes to 2350m nearby, and off road passes to over 2700m means not only does it have the altitude, but also the options required for training. Even better, there is plenty of flat […]

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July 31, 2015 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

VIDEO: Transalp 2015 highlights

The 2015 Transalp finished a week ago, but while memories are still fresh, legs are still a bit tender, and friends are awed by routes posted to Strava… there’s also the highlights video to watch. If you missed the coverage, recap on each stage here: Stage One | Stage Two | Stage Three | Stage […]

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July 29, 2015 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

How to ride in sand

Mountain biking can take you to many places, and some areas are always going to be harder to ride than others. Along with mud, wet tree roots and pea gravel – sand can be pretty hard to master. Whether you’re racing in central Australia, in a beach race, or maybe in the Crocodile Trophy – […]

Filed Under: Features, Video Tagged With: how to, Sand, Subaru

June 17, 2015 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Beskidy MTB Trophy 2015 Teaser Video

Related Event: Beskidy MTB Trophy

The Beskidy MTB Trophy, like the Sudety MTB Challenge, are visual feasts. Chances are you might miss the scenery when racing. But thankfully their photographers and video crew do a fantastic job of capturing it. The teaser video has just been released – the full version should be epic! Did you see our race coverage […]

Filed Under: Video Tagged With: Beskidy, Poland, Stage Race, Trophy

May 31, 2015 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Albstadt World Cup XCO course preview with Sebastian Jayne

Sebastian Jayne has just kicked off his 2015 European season. After races in Austria, and the first World Cup round in Nove Mesto, Seb will take to the course at 9am European time for the U23 men’s World Cup XCO. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSmCC9z88_M

Filed Under: Video Tagged With: Albstadt, video, World Cup, XCO

May 30, 2015 By Ben Thomas Leave a Comment

Beskidy MTB Trophy – the hardest mtb stage race in Central Europe!

Related Event: Beskidy MTB Trophy

On the 4th of June the legendary Beskidy MTB Trophy begins. I’m told the race is an absolute must. The organiser claim it’s “the hardest bike race held in this part of Europe and one of the most demanding ones worldwide”. This race has been on my raider for a number of years but never […]

Filed Under: News, Video Tagged With: Beskidy, Europe, Poland, Stage Racing, Trails

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