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January 15, 2025 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

7 Tips for Success at the Otway Odyssey

The Rapid Ascent Otway Odyssey is one of the toughest and most rewarding mountain bike marathons in Australia. The event has earnt a reputation as a true test piece, one where riders know that a top performance isn’t a fluke – it’s an achievement worth recognition. With its steep climbs, technical descents, and challenging singletrack, […]

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January 1, 2025 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Alps Epic 2025 adds UCI status

Alps Epic mountain bike stage race French Alps

The Alps Epic, has forged a place in the world of mountain bike stage races, with the 5 day event in the Hautes-Alpes in France delivering not just a physical challenge, but a technical test for riders as well. For the event’s 10th year in 2025, the Alps Epic joins the official UCI Marathon calendar, […]

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September 20, 2024 By Ben Thomas Leave a Comment

Newcastleton Trails Shine at the UK National Marathon Championships

The coveted stripey jersey, the symbol of a national champion, awarded only to the one who gives it their all and emerges as the best in the country. I’ve raced for that title, that jersey, and that honour many times. As an under-23 rider, I came close with a silver medal, and as a senior […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: mountain bike, MTB, national championship, Scotland, UCI, UK

July 29, 2024 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Shimano launch Trail Born trail initiative

Shimano have just announced their Trail Born initiative, which aims to increase and susatin a range of mountain bike trails around the world. This includes donating $USD1 million per year for the next decade, but it also covers working closely on trail projects and advocacy groups both locally and globally. Given trails typically cost $USD15-80k […]

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April 30, 2024 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

What bike for Sunday Creek Classic?

MarathonMTB Sunday Creek Classic

The Sunday Creek Classic is a young event in Queensland, and 2024 will see the 3rd edition held on May 25 from Kenilworth. Like a classic marathon, the event starts and finishes in the one spot, and like a quality rural event in Australia, that spot is the local showground. The course covers about 120km […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Bike, biking, factor bikes, Gravel, MarathonMTB, Mike Blewitt, mountain bike, MTB, sunday creek classic, XCM

April 2, 2024 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Tips for racing the Appenninica MTB Stage Race

Photos: The Outdoor Lab The Appenninica MTB Stage Race celebrated its 5th edition in September 2023, with many riders returning for another epic mountain bike experience in the Emilia Romagna region of Italy. From the outset I was attracted to this mountain bike stage race as it focussed not just on the riding experience, but […]

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February 25, 2024 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Henderson and Lane-Welsh snare 2024 Otway Odyssey victories

On a day for the history books, the Otway Odyssey delivered another epic race of high quality, hard racing on Saturday 24 February, 2024 at the 18th edition of the event in Forrest, Victoria. The early starts saw the elite women onto the 100km course first, with a truly formidable line up. With World Cup star […]

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September 15, 2023 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

2024 Cape Epic route

The ABSA Cape Epic is the brute of the marathon stage race game. Plenty of events will claim to be the hardest, some claim the best trails, some claim the best event services – but there is no escaping the fact that the Cape Epic is the biggest of the bunch. As we have published […]

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September 11, 2023 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Otway Odyssey returns for 18th edition in 2024

If you think of mountain bike marathons in Australia, only a few come to mind as long-running events that still offer unique experiences for Australian mountain bikers or those visiting from further afield – and the Otway Odyssey is one of them. Event promoter Rapid Ascent have just announced that entries for the 2024 Otway […]

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September 10, 2023 By Imogen Smith Leave a Comment

Appenninica MTB Stage Race 2023 – stage 6

The final stage Humans are great at forgetting pain. When we sign up for a stage race, we aren’t remembering the aching muscles, the stomach problems and nausea, the legs so swollen they barely fit into your jeans for the pasta party. We aren’t remembering that it’s not just the legs that hurt, but the […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: appenninica MTB, Bike, Imogen Smith, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, MTB, Stage Race, XCM

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