Almost one year ago I placed an order for a carbon mountain bike wheel set from Light Bicycle. I used their online wheel builder and chose the XC923 asymmetric rims, 28 DT spokes per wheel, and the always reliable DT240 hubs. It was less than two weeks until the wheels were built and delivered to […]
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Suess and Stenerhag eye Transalp victory
With their official registration for the 20th BIKE Transalp powered by Sigma a few days ago, one thing has become crystal clear: the main favourites for the win in the women category are Esther Suess (SUI) and Jennie Stenerhag (SWE) who are set about securing another 2017 stage race title after triumphing in the Cape […]
Alpentour Trophy: Geismayr and Kollman seal victory
Top three in the elite men’s, first and second rank in the women’s. That’s the Austrian answer to last year’s Italian triple at the Alpentour Trophy, which had its big finale today in Schladming with a time trial onto the Planai Mountain. Daniel Geismayr wins overall ahead of Hermann Pernteiner and Alban Lakata; Christina Kollmann […]
Alpentour Trophy: Geismayr takes the lead
Four Austrians were among the first five place getters – that´s the red-white-and-red result of today’s second stage at the Alpentour Trophy. The newly crowned Marathon National Champion Daniel Geismayr claimed the stage win and takes over the race lead. Double World Champion Alban Lakata was second ahead of Hermann Pernsteiner. The Italian Christian Cominelli […]
Polished Performance – Jelenia Gora Bike Maraton
Eastern Europe has an abundance of quality races such as Bike Maraton Jelenia Gora. MarathonMTB are big fans of the racing here, it’s about time the delights of racing in Poland and Czech Republic where better known. Bike Maraton have a series of 12 events with the Jelenia Gora round also holding UCI World Marathon Series […]
Survivor contestant takes aim at Liberty Waterberg Encounter
Self-confessed adventure addict, Letshego Zulu, has earmarked the three-day Liberty Waterberg Encounter mountain bike race as her next personal challenge. The former Survivor South Africa contestant from Johannesburg said she was amped for her debut in the Waterberg event, which takes place near Bela-Bela in Limpopo from June 9 to 11. “I’ve looked at the […]
2017 route for Perskindol Swiss Epic announced
It is almost summer in Europe, and the trails scouts for the Perskindol Swiss Epic have had access to many trails in the warm spring weather. So much of the route has been set, and is ready to be confirmed. More details on each stage will follow in the coming weeks. The 2017 Perskindol Swiss […]
Belgian Mountainbike Challenge – Lessons Learnt In Battle
Related Event: Belgian Mountainbike Challenge
As a cycling coach I find myself recommending events to clients, one of my coaching riders, Matt, joined me at Belgian Mountainbike Challenge, the event was part of the programme we put together to prepare him for Transalps. So here are his thoughts on the BEMC event and what it’s been like preparing for this […]
Belgian Mountainbike Challenge – The Battle of La Roche Part 1
Related Event: Belgian Mountainbike Challenge
Belgian Mountainbike Challenge is billed as the toughest bike race in the Benelux but I was left wondering if it’s actually the toughest in the World!? The Ardennes is a famous location for road racing and has a rich history of mountain bike racing with the town of Houffalize hosting the UCI MTB World Cup […]
Five reasons Alice Springs is worth the trip
Related Event: The Redback
While Alice Springs might be the closest town to every beach in Australia, it’s also prohibitively far from all the nation’s capital cities. For many of us, this means a longish flight or maybe two; it means a fair bit of holiday budget sunk into airfares and accommodation; and it means we might think twice […]