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September 28, 2022 By Ben Thomas Leave a Comment

Alternative racing for the win: National Gravel Champs

Alternative races give you the opportunity to leave behind the normal pressures of the race season. It’s like how we first start cycling, zero pressure, pure fun, just how it should be. At these races you can just have fun laying down some big watts and not care about the end race result.

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Gravel, gravel racing, UK

September 1, 2022 By Ben Thomas Leave a Comment

Racing Gravel in Belgium, the Heartland of Cycling

The new UCI Gravel Series comes as gravel cycling continues its rise in popularity, gravel is very much the buzz word this year. What better way to experience the growth of gravel than heading to the heartland of cycling, Belgium, for the seventh round of this new headline race series. After a long journey from […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Ardennes, belgium, Gravel, gravel bike, gravel racing, UCI

May 18, 2022 By Justin Morris Leave a Comment

Lessons learnt from gravel racing

Gravel racing has taken the cycling world by storm over the past decade. Events appeal to a broad range of cyclists from former pro tour roadies to novice riders wanting a massive physical challenge paired with a fun event experience. Is gravel racing simply a road race on a dirt road or is it a […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Bike, biking, coaching, Gravel, gravel racing, Justin Morris, MarathonMTB, Mind Matters Athlete Coaching, SPD, XCM

October 17, 2021 By Justin Morris Leave a Comment

King Island: An untapped cycling gem

Team rider Justin Morris recently took to the remote island of King Island with his CX bike to explore what the island had to offer,

Filed Under: Diaries, MarathonMTB.com Tagged With: Cycle tourism, Gravel, Norco Threshold, Tasmania, Travel, Victoria

July 4, 2021 By Justin Morris 1 Comment

The Devils Cardigan gravel race sets the scene in Tasmania with epic course and conditions!

Gravel racing has been taking the US cycling scene by storm for a few years now. With the ascension of a now world renowned races such as Unbound Gravel (formerly Dirty Kanza) gravel racing in parts of the northern hemisphere has become a legitimate professional discipline and arguably trumping in popularity the traditional road racing […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Blue Derby, Derby, devils cardigan, endurance, Enduro, Gravel, Gravel Grind, groad, Justin Morris, MTB Tasmania, nathan earle, Road, Road Racing, Tasmania, XCM

February 21, 2021 By Sam Fox Leave a Comment

Great Otway Gravel Grind wraps up the Otway weekend

The Great Otway Gravel Grind is, in my opinion, what makes the Oddysey weekend such a worthwhile event, and sets it apart from any other racing in Australia. After a hard day on Saturday racing the 100km MTB marathon, most riders returned to Apollo Bay, and enjoyed celebratory beers and chat to their mates, with […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: GOGG, Gravel, Gravel Grind, great otway gravel grind, Otway, otway odyssey, Rapid Ascent, sam fox, Tasman Nankervis, Victoria

February 23, 2020 By Justin Morris Leave a Comment

Nankervis gets redemption at Great Otway Gravel Grind!

The Great Otway Gravel Grind that happens the day after the famous Otway Odyssey is quickly becoming a drawcard event in itself. For many it makes a long trip even more worthwhile with the opportunity to attain 2 days of quality racing. Which from a training perspective is hugely beneficial to any rider training for […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Forrest, Gravel, Gravel Grind, great otway gravel grind, Otway, otway odyssey, Peta Mullens, Rapid Ascent, Tasman Nankervis, Trekky, Victoria

January 22, 2019 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

7 things you should know about the Otway Odyssey

Related Event: Otway Odyssey

In a time when Australia is losing some classic marathon races, our National Championship is a glorified XC race run on laps in a bikepark, and there is increasingly less focus on elite athlete development from the governing body – it’s worth giving credit where credit is due. One part of that is appreciating how […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Bike, Forrest, Gravel, Gravel Grind, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, otway odyssey, Rapid Ascent, Victoria

May 16, 2018 By Justin Morris Leave a Comment

Gravel or bust at the Michigan Coast to Coast

Related Event: Michigan Coast to Coast Gravel Grinder

The sport of a cycling used to be a reasonably straightforward and easy to follow sport. There was road racing with track and cyclocross being the winter alternatives. Also since the 1990s there has been mountain biking with usually either XC for the fitness oriented shaved leg variety of rider and downhill for the more […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: camelbak, camelbak chase bike vest, Gravel, Gravel Grind, Justin Morris, MarathonMTB, Michigan, Norco, USA

September 23, 2016 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

The Otway Odyssey returns for 2017 – with a Gravel Race

Giant Odyssey, Justin Morris

In a nod to the growing interest in ‘gravel grinding’ and adventure rides, the organisers of the always epic Otway Odyssey have added another range of events to make an amazing weekend of off-road cycling. In 2017 the Otway Odyssey will be presented by Focus, and celebrates its 11th year of long distance mountain bike racing in […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: focus bikes, Gravel, Odyssey, Otway, Victoria, XCM

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