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May 21, 2020 By Justin Morris 1 Comment

My favourite event: The Simpson Desert Bike Challenge

Justin Morris Simpson Desert Bike Challenge MarathonMTB Subaru

With the enforced hiatus from racing upon us, many including myself are reminiscing of race days gone by. I am extremely grateful to have had the opportunities and support to make racing across most corners of the world happen. It’s given me a pretty broad appreciation for how the world works and more specifically how […]

Filed Under: Diaries Tagged With: Central Australia, fat bike, norco bicycles, norco sasquatch, Queensland, simpson desert, Simpson Desert Bike Challenge, Stage Racing, XCM

August 27, 2019 By Justin Morris Leave a Comment

Course Records Blown Apart at The Redback 2019

Paul Van der Ploeg thumped the final right hand corner into the Mercure Hotel on Sunday morning in Alice Springs to claim his 5th stage win of the 2019 Redback and overall Redback Crown. And he smashed the course record by four minutes while he was at it—coming home in a tick over two hours. […]

Filed Under: MarathonMTB.com, Reports Tagged With: Alice Springs, Briony Mattocks, Central Australia, MTB stage race, MTB stage racing, Paul VDP, Rapid Ascent, Redback, Specialized, Stage Race, the redback

April 22, 2019 By Justin Morris Leave a Comment

Riders race in honour of local legend on final day of Easter in the Alice 2019

The final stage of this years ‘Easter in the Alice’ was more than another 40km of fast, flowy desert racing it also marked a memorium for local MTB community organiser and former race director Paul Darvodelsky. Darvodelsky lived in Alice Springs for close to a decade drawn to the town from his native Sydney by […]

Filed Under: MarathonMTB.com, Reports Tagged With: Alice, Alice Springs, Andy Blair, Anna Beck, Briony Mattocks, Central Australia, easter in the alice, Jenny Fay, Justin Morris, northern territory, outside

April 21, 2019 By Justin Morris Leave a Comment

Easter in the Alice Day 2: Sprint finishes & short course gallops on windy day of racing

Day 2 of the Outback Cycling Easter in the Alice began in the backyard of the official race hotel and sponsor the Double Tree Hilton, Alice Springs. Meaning many riders whom were staying here were awarded a slightly extended sleep in and the ability to roll down the elevator and straight onto the start line. […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Alice Springs, Andy Blair, Anna Beck, Briony Mattocks, Central Australia, easter in the alice, Justin Morris, marathonmtn, northern territory

April 20, 2019 By Justin Morris Leave a Comment

Racing on a Frontier: Easter in the Alice stage 1, Alice Springs

The Easter in the Alice Springs has become somewhat of a pilgrimage for the Australian MTB community over the past 10-15years. With the drawcard of one of the finest single trail networks in Australia couples with a unique and spectacular location it really has become an event that most MTB’ers agree is a ‘must do’ […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Alice Springs, Andy Blair, Anna Beck, Briony Mattocks, Central Australia, easter in the alice, Jenny Fay, Justin Morris, MTB stage racing, Stage Race

August 26, 2018 By Justin Morris Leave a Comment

The Redback day 4: Final stage again finishes in sprint. De Rooze and Thomson take GC crowns

Related Event: The Redback

A few tired legs on the start line in downtown Alice Springs for the final and arguably hardest stage of this year’s Redback MTB stage race. Rider’s today faced 45km of predominantly the rocky, well cambered singletrack that typifies the riding in central Australia. Chatting among the riders there was more or less complete agreement […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Alice Springs, Cape to Cape, Central Australia, Maddog, MarathonMTB, MTB, Rapid Ascent, Stage Race, Stage Racing, the redback

August 25, 2018 By Justin Morris Leave a Comment

Redback MTB day 3: A sprint finish after riders rewarded with Alice Spring’s best trails!

Related Event: The Redback

Day 3 of The Redback MTB stage race is the first single stage day of the race. A longer and more challenging 42km course from the race hotel to the lush ‘Telegraph Station’ just north of Alice Springs took riders onto some of the finest trails of the region. A perfect mix of singletrack, fire […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Alice Springs, Central Australia, Maddog, mountain bike, MTB, Redback, Stage Race, Travel

August 23, 2018 By Justin Morris Leave a Comment

The Redback day 1: Thomson and Gadsen take GC lead

Related Event: The Redback

The increasingly famed mountain bike trails of Central Australia again are playing host to quality racing at a high quality event. ‘The Redback’ MTB stage race run by event organiser Rapid Ascent is now in it’s 11th edition and with an honour roll including names like Andrew Blair, Jason English, Rowena Fry, Holly Harris and […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Alice Springs, Central Australia, Rapid Ascent, Stage Race, the redback

August 17, 2018 By Justin Morris Leave a Comment

Stage set for The Redback MTB race

Related Event: The Redback

Mountain bikers from across Australia will race along kilometres of hand built single-track in Alice Springs next week as part of The Redback, a four-day, six-stage bike race held around Alice Springs, NT. All the action begins Thursday 23rd August with a 39km stage and continues with racing each day, finishing on Sunday 26th August. […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Alice Springs, Central Australia, Redback, Stage Race

January 15, 2018 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Everything you need to know about Alice Springs

Related Event: Easter in the Alice
Easier in the Alice, Alice Springs

Alice Springs is easy to spot on the map of Australia – it’s smack bang in the middle! So while it’s equidistant to every beach in Australia as some locals like to say, the mountain biking in Alice Springs is completely different to what you normally find on the east coast, where most of us […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Alice Springs, Central Australia, easter in the alice, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, MTB tips, Singletrack, the redback

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