For the majority of mountain bikers, travelling to a mountain bike race is about more than just the time you complete the event in, or your position. It is also about the event itself, the atmosphere, the destination, the people… everything that makes up the total experience. A new mountain bike stage race has started […]
VIDEO: Transpyr – the adventure along the Pyrenees
Transpyr has continued to grow, from an event that wasn’t strictly a timed race, to a very competitive and difficult crossing of the Pyrenees. With a mountain bike and road route on offer, and brilliant hotels to stay in, it’s as much a holiday as a riding adventure. Of course, 800km and 20000m climbing might […]
Big Changes for Cape Pioneer Trek in 2015
For the seventh edition of the Cape Pioneer Trek mountain bike stage race in South Africa there will be significant changes, including a point-to-point format, a coastal start in Mossel Bay and back-to-back ascents of the formidable Swartberg Pass. Running from 18-24 October 2015, the Cape Pioneer Trek, which is a UCI-graded event, will cover a […]
Racing in Europe on a Backpacker Budget: Part One
It is easy to get jealous of what other cyclists get up to. Sometimes I wonder if the only reason for social media is to make others jealous – the success theatre as my partner would say. And sometimes, what you end up looking at looks good. Really good. When I was in my mid-20s, and […]
Bike Buller open Australian Alpine Epic Trail
Long trails in high places are not unique. Mountain bikers in North America have the luxury of countless miles (and kilometres) of singletrack in some pristine environments. Be they in alpine resorts, or just on high plains, or even at sea level actually… it’s there. Often multi-use, or historical trail, but it’s there. A huge […]
Transalp announce 2015 route: 5 new stage towns
Registration for the 18th Craft BIKE Transalp powered by Sigma, is opening on December 9th, and race organisers have just announced the route for 2015. In 2015, the routing provides five new stage towns, a huge change compared to recent years. Besides the town of Ruhpolding, which will host the start of the race on July 19th, […]
Convict 100 to reverse for 2015
Related Event: XCM Series: Convict 100
The 2015 season is shaping up to be yet another awesome year to be a mountain biker. With a jam-packed national series kicking things off early and then new races being added to the mix like the Evocities series and Rock & Road race. Another exciting development has also come, with the news that the […]
Redback to hit Alice Springs this August
Stage racing in Central Australia is not a new thing. I remember jealously watching team mates and friends pack up their bags 10 years ago to head out for a stage race at Alice Springs, and they came back raving about raw trails, an amazing event vibe, and thorns. Alice Springs has hosted various iterations […]
Anthony Shippard: Dissecting the Hellfire Cup
It’s very hard to write-up a stage race – so much happens within each stage that putting it all together makes for such a huge long list of events that it’s impossible to get the ‘feel’ for the event. Instead of writing up a blow-by-blow account of who won what, and who punctured when, let’s leave […]
Hellfire Cup: Day Three
The time trial course on day 3 starts after riders roll out of the village in a 6km cruise stage to the time trial start on the Marchweil property. Special access to the stunning private property has been arranged for the Hellfire Cup which follows the coast and is below the event’s namesake Hellfire Bluff. The […]