We’ve just spotted some early release photos of the updated Specialized Epic FSR – and while we don’t have official details, it looks like one of the most successful cross-country full-suspension platforms has had a bit of a makeover. We heard a new one was coming but it looks like a RedBull athlete (note the […]
MTBA announces 2016 Cyclocross National Series
Cyclocross has become the lost cousin in Australian cycling. If you’re reading this somewhere outside of the world’s largest island, you’ll probably be chuckling, wondering how cyclocross races can run in Australia. Do we have to race kangaroos? Wrestle a sheep? Is it too hot? Do we even have mud? While I can attest that […]
Nicholas Smith, youngest Aussie at CX World Championship
Nicholas Smith: The youngest Australian rider ever to compete at the Cyclo Cross World Championships looks back on his time in Belgium and the Netherlands. After finishing fourth at the inaugural Australian National Championship Cyclo cross held in Melbourne, Nicholas Smith qualified for the World Championships for U19 riders in Hoogerheide, the Netherlands. After extensive […]
Six Australians represent at 2014 CX World Championships
In the European winters of 2011/2012 and 2012/2013, Lewis Rattray was the sole representative for Australia at cyclo cross races all over the world. Together with his support crew (a mix of Belgian and Australian manager, mechanics and soigneurs), he endured the freezing cold to race World Cups, World Championships and several pro and amateur […]
Melissa Anset about competing at the 2014 Cyclo Cross World Championships
Melissa Anset is a well know name in Australian mountain biking but now she’s put the mountain bike aside for a few weeks and has a crack at the 2014 Cyclo Cross World Championships in Hoogerheide, the Netherlands. After watching her friends compete during the 2011 and 2012 Dirty Deeds CX Series in Melbourne, she […]
Paul Van Der Ploeg interview: XCE World Champs and Chinese CX
Only two weeks after his amazing win at the 2013 XC Eliminator World Championships in South Africa, Paul Van Der Ploeg travelled to Bejing to be part of the 2013 Qiansen Trophy, the first ever UCI cyclo cross held in China. We caught up with him after the race and had a chat about his […]
Aussie Women Shine in Bejing
After the success of the international cyclo cross races in Tokyo, Japan, the internationalization of the sport continues throughout Asia with the Qiansen Tropy UCI Cyclo Cross in the Chinese capital Bejing. After a week of morning showers, skies cleared on race day and the course dried out from slippery to lightening fast yet dusty […]
Australian National CX Champs photo gallery
Allan Iacuone took out the inaugural Australian National Cyclocross Championship title in the men elite category. After a great and exciting race under sunny skies, it is Allan Iacuone who gets to wear the green and gold jersey for the next twelve months. It was a fast and hard race on the grass of Cranwell […]