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May 25, 2020 By Mike Blewitt 1 Comment

An insider’s guide to WEMBO 24 hour racing

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 […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: 24 hour solo, 24 solo, armidale, Australia, Bike, Cory Wallace, kate penglase, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, new south wales, Travel, WEMBO

November 25, 2019 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: annapurna 24, Cory Wallace, MarathonMTB, nepal

July 30, 2019 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

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. […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Bike, Cory Wallace, MarathonMTB, MTB, solo24, WEMBO

June 12, 2019 By Cory Wallace 2 Comments

Cory Wallace in Costa Rica

Trans 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 […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Cory Wallace, Costa Rica, kona bikes, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, Shimano, south america, Stage Race, trans costa rica, Travel

February 26, 2019 By Cory Wallace Leave a Comment

The Samarathon Desert MTB Race – Cory Wallace checks in.

Samarathon Israel MarathonMTB

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 […]

Filed Under: Diaries Tagged With: biking, Cory Wallace, israel, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, paired stage race, samarathon, Shimano, Soren Nissen, Stage Race, Travel, UCI

October 27, 2018 By Cory Wallace Leave a Comment

Cory Wallace on winning another WEMBO 24hr World Title

Cory Wallace WEMBO MarathonMTB Photo: Candace Mihalcheon

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 […]

Filed Under: Diaries Tagged With: 24 solo, Cory Wallace, kona bicycles, mountain bike, Ride XTR, Scotland, Shimano, WEMBO

August 21, 2018 By Cory Wallace Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: BC Bike Race, biking, Canada, Cory Wallace, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, Singletrack, Singletrack 6, transrockies

June 30, 2018 By Cory Wallace Leave a Comment

Cory Wallace: Remembering Narayan

Narayan Gopal Maharaja

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 […]

Filed Under: Diaries Tagged With: Cory Wallace, mountain bike, Narayan, Narayan Gopal Maharaja, Narayan MTB, nepal

November 22, 2017 By Cory Wallace Leave a Comment

Cory Wallace relives the Glacier 360 in Iceland

MarathonMTB Glacier 360 Iceland MTB Stage Race

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. […]

Filed Under: Diaries, Features Tagged With: Bike, biking, Cory Wallace, Glacier 360, iceland, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, Stage Race

August 10, 2017 By Cory Wallace Leave a Comment

Cory Wallace catches up on the Singletrack 6

Related Event: SIngletrack 6
Cory Wallace MarathonMTB 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 […]

Filed Under: Diaries Tagged With: Bike, Canada, Cory Wallace, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, MTB, Singletrack 6, Stage Race, XCM

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