The Rwandan Epic is a new face on the global mountain bike stage race circuit. Having first run earlier this year after some delays to get rolling, the second edition just finished on the November dates where the event has now found its home. The Belgian team of Jens Schuermans and Frans Claes, who won […]
Stage set for 24th Crocodile Trophy in Cairns
Related Event: Crocodile Trophy
The iconic Crocodile Trophy has long established itself as one of the most difficult and spectacular MTB stage races on the calendar. Somewhat of a pioneer in this format of MTB racing The Crocodile Trophy has seen many adaptations since it’s first edition in 1995 that ran from Darwin to Cairns. The race now takes […]
Centurion Vaude win Queen Stage at 2018 Cape Epic
Related Event: ABSA Cape Epic
Centurion Vaude’s Daniel Geismayr and Nicola Rohrbach have won the 4th stage of the 2018 Cape Epic, yet still find themselves in fourth place on the general classification – five minutes behind Canyon Topeak. Catch up! Prologue | Stage One | Stage Two | Stage Three After a solitary night in Worcester, the race transitioned […]
Specialized teams lead Cape Epic
Related Event: ABSA Cape Epic
After the 2018 Cape Epic’s longest stage, Team Songo Investec Specialized’s top men’s and women’s teams will both start Thursday’s crucial Stage 4 of the Absa Cape Epic in the respective category leader’s jerseys. Catch up!: Prologue | Stage One | Stage Two Former five-time winner Christoph Sauser has become a super mentor to the […]
Epic Rides launch Hail the Trail
After a successful inaugural year raising more than $USD26,000 for trails, the second-annual Epic Rides “Hail the Trail” fundraiser has launched on March 1 with a goal of raising $USD40,000 by raffling off four high-performance mountain bikes worth $USD6,000 each. Hail the Trail will benefit the four host communities in the Epic Rides Off-Road Series […]
Racing a Classic: the Coppermine
Before the days of Trailforks, finding an epic trail was all about distant magazine articles. One of the most lauded trails was the Dun Mountain loop, a short back-country loop based out of Nelson, New Zealand. Like many of New Zealand’s back country rides, it follows an historic route through the hills, tracing the old […]
Backcountry Beauty: The St James Epic
The St James is a loose name for a backcountry area of New Zealand’s south island around the headwaters of the Waiau river, spanning from the alpine divide down towards the Hanmer Plain. In the 1990s, the New Zealand Government purchased the area from the landholders for a tidy sum of $40,000,000. Given that this […]
End of the beginning: Imo races the Flight Centre Epic
Related Event: Flight Centre Epic
Last year when Queensland’s biggest and oldest MTB marathon, the Flight Centre Epic rolled around, I had recently returned from World XCM Championships and had had some time off. It had also been raining. The prospect of pedalling through thick black mud for five hours held little attraction for me, and Mike and I sat that […]
Backing up at the Hidden Vale Giant 3plus3
Returning to racing Recovering from injury has taken longer than I’d hoped (you can read more about what happened in my last blog), but I finally got rid of my walking stick about five weeks ago and got the all-clear to start some strength work on my weak left arm and shoulder, so it’s time […]
A closer look at the new Specialized Epic
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 […]