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March 30, 2018 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Preparing for Easter in the Alice

Related Event: Easter in the Alice
Easter in the Alice LEITA Alice Springs XCM (c) Tim Bardsley-Smith

Lasseters Easter in the Alice starts tomorrow, with the first stage sending elite racers on a 75km singletrack-heavy loop of some of the best and some of the roughest trails in Alice Springs. Racing in Alice Springs at this event, or The Redback in August, combines a number of unique demands. The trails in Alice […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Alice Springs, Bike, easter in the alice, mountain bike, Shimano

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

December 21, 2017 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Take a look at the stages for Lasseters Easter in the Alice

Related Event: Lasseters Easter in the Alice
Easter in the Alice LEITA Alice Springs XCM (c) Tim Bardsley-Smith

There is a time and a place for stages races to be long, epic stages back to back. But thankfully, that’s not what Lasseters Easter in the Alice is about. The three days of mountain bike racing in Alice Springs is a mix of a long marathon, with two shorter days filled with challenging, hand-built […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Alice Springs, biking, easter in the alice, explore, Lasseters, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, National Series, XCM

October 27, 2017 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Why ride and race in Alice Springs?

Related Event: Easter in the Alice
LEITA Easter in the Alice XCM MTBA (c) Tim Bardsley-Smith

Here at MarathonMTB.com we have a soft spot for Alice Springs. With over a dozen visits between the whole Subaru-MarathonMTB.com Team over the past decade, we are repeat offenders when it comes to visiting the Red Centre to ride (and race) our mountain bikes. We often get asked what draws us back, why go again […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Alice Springs, easter in the alice, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, MTB, Stage Race, Travel, XCM

May 16, 2017 By Imogen Smith Leave a Comment

Five reasons Alice Springs is worth the trip

Related Event: The Redback
The Redback

While Alice Springs might be the closest town to every beach in Australia, it’s also prohibitively far from all the nation’s capital cities. For many of us, this means a longish flight or maybe two; it means a fair bit of holiday budget sunk into airfares and accommodation; and it means we might think twice […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Alice, Alice Springs, desert, easter in the alice, LEITA, mountain biking, Racing, Redback, Singletrack, Stage Race, uluru

April 17, 2017 By Justin Morris Leave a Comment

Easter in the Alice stage 3, A close call after a fast stage

Related Event: Easter in the Alice

The third and final day of the Lasseters Easter in the Alice MTB stage race took riders on a 40km stage of fast, flowy and smooth trails in stark contrast to yesterday’s rocky trails. With a short neutral section on sealed roads out of the historic Telegraph station riders then took at turn onto sandy […]

Filed Under: MarathonMTB.com, Reports Tagged With: Alice Springs, easter in the alice, MarathonMTB, Stage Race, Stage Racing, XCM

April 16, 2017 By Justin Morris Leave a Comment

Easter in the Alice stg.2 Rock riders rewarded.

Stage 2 of the Lasseters Easter in the Alice MTB stage race took place this morning under a welcome cover of cloud in Australia’s red centre. The race HQ of the historic Alice Springs ‘Telegraph station’ provided a welcome backdrop of green grass and a convenient brew shop for post race recovery beverages. Although only […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Alice Springs, easter, easter in the alice, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, MTB

April 15, 2017 By Justin Morris Leave a Comment

Easter in the Alice stage 1. Johnston & Blair prevail in the desert.

Related Event: Easter in the Alice

Stage one on the Lasseters Easter in the Alice MTB stage race was also round 3 of the Australian XCM national series. With valuable national series points on the line, today’s 75km stage was bound to be the hardest fought of the 3 day race. Current national champion Brendan Johnston came to this race as […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Alice Springs, easter in the alice, MarathonMTB, Stage Race, Stage Racing, XCM

March 15, 2017 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

What to expect at Lasseters Easter in the Alice

Related Event: Easter in the Alice
LEITA Easter in the Alice XCM MTBA (c) Tim Bardsley-Smith

The Lasseters Easter in the Alice is just a month away. In 2017 the 3 day stage race in Alice Springs has refined the iconic Central Australian bike race to 3 stages. All killer, no filler. With time to travel over the Easter long weekend, and race lengths meaning you’ll have the afternoon to yourself, […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Alice Springs, easter in the alice, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, MTB, northern territory, Stage Race, XCM

March 28, 2016 By Imogen Smith Leave a Comment

One hot lap – Easter in the Alice stage 4

Related Event: Easter in the Alice
Easter in the Alice LEITA Alice Springs XCM (c) Tim Bardsley-Smith

They say you’ve got to be careful what you wish for. Just before heat-induced delirium set in about half-way through today’s stage I reflected that I’ve been walking around for years trumpeting my taste for hot races. Well, today I got what I wished for and more on the final stage at Easter in the […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Alice Springs, desert, easter in the alice, night racing, Stage Racing

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