It’s always exciting to see a National Series kick off. It signals the beginning of summer, and a time when riders can start to measure their form against the best and work out their goals and plans for the rest of the season. It’s a time to get some payback for all the pre-season training […]
Australian National XCO racing stirs up the dust in Orange
The town of Orange in NSW hosted the first two rounds of the National XCO Series with back to back races on both the Saturday and Sunday. Dry, hot and very dusty conditions greeted the riders who travelled from all over to compete in a range of junior, masters and elite categories. While the Orange […]
Australian National XCO Series to set Orange ablaze
For 2017 the Australian National Series has taken a slightly different approach. Gone are some of the more standard locations like Mt Stromlo, the You Yangs, or even Pemberton. Instead, Mountain Bike Australia (MTBA) are championing more double-headers, with 3 weekends of two races, then a standalone Oceania Championships at Toowoomba, and then National Championships […]
Finale of Singletrack Mind Series goes off at Orange
Having been one of the most popular rounds of the 2012 SRAM Singletrack Mind Series, promoter Chocolate Foot decided that the trails in Kinross State Forest near Orange would make the perfect finale to the 2013 series and they didn’t disappoint. As weather events affected the series all year, it was of great relief to […]