Racing a 24 hour mountain bike race in the solo category can be anything from a New Years resolution, a dare from a mate, a personal goal, or a professional accomplishment. But the challenge of riding your mountain bike isn’t diminished, not matter the reason for you to sign up to a solo 24 hour […]
Cory Wallace raises money for Nepal mountain bikers
If you know who Cory Wallace is, you know how passionate he is about riding and racing in the high mountains – and Nepal is at the heart of that. Cory has been at the centre of setting up and organising funding for the training centre for Nepali cyclists, and has organised a major training […]
Wallace and Ravaioli are WEMBO 24hr champions!
The municipality of Costa Rica, in the North of Mato Grosso do Sul State hosted the eighth edition of the 24-Hour Solo Mountain Biking World Championship, the first ever held in Latin America. After 24 hours of excitement and adrenaline, Canada’s Cory Wallace and Italy’s Gaia Ravaioli were crowned world champions in the elite category. […]
Cory Wallace in Costa Rica
Trans Costa Rica is a 4 day UCI S2 stage race in its 3rd edition which includes 3 marathon stages and a time trial up a Volcano. Costa Rica is a mountain bikers paradise with its mountainous terrain, tropical climate and very friendly and enthused mountain bike culture. This World Class event is the perfect showcase of […]
The Samarathon Desert MTB Race – Cory Wallace checks in.
Israel is a Middle Eastern country of 8.7 million people located on the shores of the Mediterranean sea. It has a predominantly Jewish population and is regarded as the biblical Holy Land. Racing a bike in Israel has been on my to do list for a long time as I have heard many conflicting stories […]
Cory Wallace on winning another WEMBO 24hr World Title
This post was provided by Cory Wallace. Photos by Candace Mihalcheon Scotland is part of the United Kingdom and covers the Northern third of the Island of Great Britain. Having some bloodlines from Scotland and having watched the movie Braveheart where William Wallace battles the English for Scottish Independence I had a dream of going […]
Cory Wallace: In the wilderness at Singletrack 6
Related Event: SIngletrack 6
All photos by John Gibson and Jean McAllister for Singletrack 6 Singletrack 6 has grown into a great multi day race in BC as it incorporates a tour of some of the most beautiful towns in Canada with some great singletrack riding. The days are short at around 30-40 km which makes it appealing to the […]
Cory Wallace: Remembering Narayan
On June 13th the World lost one of its rising cycling stars when Nepal’s National Mountain Bike Champion met his last day on this earth. Narayan Gopal Maharaja fell off a dam while in a race in Sri Lanka and drowned in the river below. I hadn’t cried in years but I was shedding tears the […]
Cory Wallace relives the Glacier 360 in Iceland
Iceland “the land of fire and ice” is a small island nation lying just south of the Arctic circle in the North Atlantic ocean. It has become a tourist hotbed as people come in droves to see its extraordinary landscape full of Volcanic activity, geothermal energy, glaciers, waterfalls and vast expanses of moon like rock fields. […]
Cory Wallace catches up on the Singletrack 6
Related Event: SIngletrack 6
The Singletrack 6 was born when the legendary TransRockies went dormant a few years back and is turning into one of North America’s premier races. Each year the host communities change as the organisation seeks out new riding areas to showcase 6 days of the best of what Western Canadian singletrack has to offer. The […]