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February 5, 2019 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Riding through history at the Convict 100

Convict 100 MarathonMTB

Here in Australia, we don’t have the amount of historical paths and routes that fall into everyday use like some parts of the world. While we still have plenty of examples where indigenous routes of travel have become major traffic corridors, we don’t have quite the same connection with the lived history. We don’t have […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: biking, Convict, Convict 100, marathon, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, MTB, new south wales, XCM

May 6, 2017 By Sam Moorhouse Leave a Comment

Kafka wins 2017 Convict 100

Related Event: Convict 100 - Sydney's marathon mountain bike race
Convict 100 MarathonMTB Photo: @mozimage

St Albans is a sleepy town on the banks of the MacDonald River, a tributary of the Hawkesbury River about 2hrs drive north of Sydney. Settled in 1842 it doesn’t see a lot of heavy traffic other that 1 weekend in May for the Convict 100. Due to the location from Sydney, many opt to […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Bike, Convict, Convict 100, MarathonMTB, Mozimage, MTB, Sam Moorhouse

April 7, 2017 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

The Convict 100 – the marathon that doesn’t make sense

Related Event: Convict 100 - Sydney's marathon mountain bike race
Convict 100 XCM MarathonMTB mountain bike

At the start of this year, we published a post outlining the ingredients that make for a great marathon MTB race. One of the stand out components is the route – it needs to be challenging and interesting, and you’d also expect there to be singletrack. So how come, the Convict 100 has no singletrack, and […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Bike, Convict, Convict 100, marathon mountain bike, MarathonMTB, MTB, sydney, wiesmans ferry, XCM

May 1, 2016 By Imogen Smith Leave a Comment

English and Smith crush the Convict 100

Related Event: Convict 100
Convict 100

I wasn’t supposed to race the Convict 100 – not at all. Instead, I was supposed to be at a team training camp with my road team to prepare for the NRS race Battle on the Border. BUT it turned out that I was going to be in Canberra last week for some skills training […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Bike, Convict, Convict 100, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, XCM

May 1, 2014 By Mike Blewitt 1 Comment

Convict 100 to decide Real Insurance XCM Series

Related Event: XCM Series: Convict 100
Convict

With the Convict 100, the final round of the 2014 Real Insurance XCM Series looming, we can cast our eyes over the current standings of the men’s and women’s elite, to ponder what the outcomes may be. The series has 5 rounds, and your best 3 results count. The National Championships had a bonus 10% […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Convict 100, Real Insurance, XCM

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