Form can be a complex maze to negotiate. A left turn instead of a right can have you on the start line feeling like you’re dragging bricks. But are your legs the only ones to fault? Since making the change to training myself for this season, I’ve done a lot of digging around on the […]
Lakata and Suess take Ashburton Investments Series Opener Titles
South Africa is the home of marathon mountain bike racing and stage racing early in the calendar year. Not only do the local racers provide very strong competition, but many of the best racers from Europe spend a lot of time in South Africa due to the better climate for training, the quality of racing, […]
Subaru National Series Round 3: Eliminating Echuca
I found out at the final round of the MTBA National Series, the admittance of defeat may lead to the discovery of success. The Defeat The final National Series round for 2014 had crept up on us like a Bugatti doing 250km/h. It seemed like it was only yesterday we were lining up on the […]
Sebastian Jayne: The Dizzying heights of the Mt Buller XCO
I’ve been to the dizzying heights of Mt Buller three times before in my short career as a mountain bicyclist. The first time it rained and my clothes got dirty, the second time my bike exploded and the third time only my pedal exploded! Progress! (note: it didn’t actually explode it just broke). I was […]
MTN Series: Luus and de Groot on top in Dullstroom
The opening event in the world’s largest marathon MTB series kicked off the 2014 season in the quant Mpumalanga Highveld town of Dullstroom. The MTN National MTB Series #1 Dullstroom is a new addition on the calendar of the popular series that spans five provinces over eight national events. The event attracted an unprecedented 2500 […]
MTBA announce direction of the Australian National Series
Mountain Bike Australia announced that the 2014 National Mountain Bike Series will be brought back under MTBA control and delivery. “This provides a great opportunity for MTBA to engage with our clubs and our members to ensure that a series is delivered which meets the needs of mountain bikers while providing top-level competition for our […]