This new items has been provided by Team Spur On Sunday morning, 30 September, Team Spur’s Ariane Lüthi lined up in Einsiedeln, Switzerland, close to the southern shores of Lake Zurich for the start of the Swiss Marathon Championships. One hundred kilometers – and over 3,700m of climbing – later the Swiss powerhouse came home ahead of […]
The Cape Epic route for 2019
The Cape Epic has released the route for 2019, and as you would expect from the world’s most high profile mountain bike stage race, it is really going to deliver a huge challenge for those who atake the start. With a prologue on the iconic slopes of Table Mountain’s National Park through to trails on […]
Equipment choices for MTB stage races
After finishing the recent Tour de Timor I have been giving my bike a post stage race overhaul. Going through my bike and all my personal equipment after many of these ‘adventure style’ stage races over the years has given me a deeper insight into appropriate equipment selection than I had before. By ‘adventure style’ […]
Langvad and Avancini win 2018 XCM World Championships
Related Event: 3Epic
Annika Langvad won her 5th Marathon World Title today, as Brazilian Henrique Avancini won his first Marathon World Title. Both riders would no doubt have thought the victory in the XCM World Championships was even sweeter after the XCO World Championships in Lenzerheide. With the courses set as 89km for women and 102km for men, […]
Who can win the 2018 XCM World Championship?
The 2018 UCI Cross-Country Marathon Mountain Bike Championship is upon us. And if you haven’t heard already – the start lists are intense. While we’ve already given our thoughts on the course, the question of who can win on it isn’t so simple. Firstly, you should go and read the entry lists on the UCI […]
First Look: EIE carbon A29C25D22S wheel build
You may not have heard of EIE Carbon, but chances are you will hear of them more in the future. They make a big range of rims, but what I was looking for in a rim needed to be something that hit the following numbers: internal width of 24-26mm Asymmetric for more even spoke tension […]
Otway Odyssey and Great Otway Gravel Grind bring epic races for mountain bikers this Summer
Related Event: Otway Odyssey
Over a thousand riders are expected to race on some of Australia’s best single track at the 13th annual Otway Odyssey MTB Marathon presented by Focus, with entries for this iconic event opening today. Regarded as one of Australia’s most respected off-road cycling events, the Otway Odyssey delivers an incredible mountain biking experience for riders […]
Tour de Timor Day 3: The majestic mountains take their bite!
Related Event: Tour de Timor 2018
Justifiably many competitors for Tour de Timor woke this morning a little lack lustre in energy level for the 70km stage and 2100m of elevation scheduled for today’s stage. Although the distances of stages here are short in comparison to other MTB stage races of similar difficulty regard such as the Mongolia Bike Challenge, what […]
Tour de Timor stage 2: Riders get wet on tour’s shortest stage.
Related Event: Tour de Timor 2018
Tour de Timor stage 2 greeted riders with another early morning wake up call. Early starts are a trend in this race predominantly to allow riders to complete the bulk of racing before the brutal heat of the afternoon sun here. So the 7am start had some riders reaching for the arm warmers and undershirts […]
Stage set for 10th anniversary Tour de Timor
Related Event: Tour de Timor
Timor Leste in the Timor Sea north of Darwin, Australia lays claim to being one of the youngest country’s on the planet. Hence, hosting the 10th anniversary edition of the ‘Tour de Timor’ international MTB stage race is even more remarkable. Riders are now congregating in the nations capital Dili ready to start 5 days […]