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February 25, 2023 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Mullens and McConnell win 2023 Otway Odyssey

Peta Mullens Otway Odyssey

There aren’t many certainties in mountain bike racing, but a few ring true for the Otway Odyssey: you can’t under estimate the course and the race’s difficulty – and you shouldn’t bet against Peta Mullens. Forrest, in Victoria has welcomed riders to the Otway Odyssey MTB Marathon since 2007. The event’s high standard is a […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Bike, dan mcconnell, Forrest, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, MTB, otway odyssey, Peta Mullens, XCM

December 15, 2021 By Mike Blewitt 1 Comment

#protips for the Otway Odyssey

Otway Odyssey, Forrest, Marathonmtb, bike, mountain bike Mullens. Photo: Richie Tyler

Don’t miss these #protips for success at the 2022 Otway Odyssey.

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Bike, biking, Forrest, Imogen Smith, Justin Morris, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, MTB, otway odyssey, Peta Mullens, Rapid Ascent, sam fox, Victoria, XCM

December 17, 2020 By Mike Blewitt 1 Comment

Roxsolt Liv SRAM coming to the Otways

There’s no doubt that the Otway Odyssey and Great Otway Gravel Grind (GOGG) making one of the best weekends of offroad riding and racing in Australia. This week, Team Roxsolt Liv SRAM – Australia’s only UCI Continental Women’s Team – have announced that they will be racing the two events in Forrest Victoria on the 20-21 […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: great otway gravel grind, MarathonMTB, otway odyssey, Peta Mullens

February 23, 2020 By Justin Morris Leave a Comment

Nankervis gets redemption at Great Otway Gravel Grind!

The Great Otway Gravel Grind that happens the day after the famous Otway Odyssey is quickly becoming a drawcard event in itself. For many it makes a long trip even more worthwhile with the opportunity to attain 2 days of quality racing. Which from a training perspective is hugely beneficial to any rider training for […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Forrest, Gravel, Gravel Grind, great otway gravel grind, Otway, otway odyssey, Peta Mullens, Rapid Ascent, Tasman Nankervis, Trekky, Victoria

February 22, 2020 By Justin Morris Leave a Comment

Hucker & Mullens win 14th Odyssey preceding big news for the 15th edition!

The Otway Odyssey has long established itself as one of the premier XCM events on the Australian calendar. Many other races have been and gone since this race has continued to evolve. The 2020 edition was an encouraging sign of the health, quality and depth of the XCM scene in Australia with a big entry […]

Filed Under: MarathonMTB.com, Reports Tagged With: Australian XCM, Australian XCM Championships, Cameron Ivory, Forrest, Otway, otway odyssey, otway ranges, Peta Mullens, Rapid Ascent, Robbie Hucker, Trekky, Victoria, XCM

February 25, 2018 By Justin Morris Leave a Comment

Standish and Mullens victors at 2018 Otway Odyssey after an eventful 98km!

Related Event: Otway Odyssey

The 12th edition of the Otway Odyssey was run and won under grey skies in the singletrack wonderland that is Forrest, Victoria, Australia. With the national XCO championships occurring on the same weekend a number of key big name riders were notable absent. However, the women’s field showed significant depth with 4 former winners on […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Australian MTB, Marathon mtb, Odyssey, otway odyssey, Peta Mullens, Ryan Standish, XCM

March 7, 2017 By Mike Blewitt 2 Comments

Bike Check: Peta Mullens’ Focus O1E

On the last weekend of February, Peta Mullens pulled on her new Focus-Attaquer MTB kit and raced on the dirt for the first time in months, aboard her new Focus O1E. Although Mullens has a number of mountain bike national titles to her name, her summer had consisted of road racing until she lined up […]

Filed Under: Tech Tagged With: Bike, BIke Check, cross country, focus, Focus o1e, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, Peta Mullens, SRAM, sram eagle, XCM

March 1, 2017 By Wil Barrett Leave a Comment

A new course for the Bendigo Golden Triangle Epic

Related Event: Golden Triangle Epic
Golden Triangle Epic Bendigo XCM

The 2017 Bendigo Golden Triangle Epic is just around the corner, and those riders gearing up for the weekend’s festivities can expect an exciting new course for the 12th edition of the popular mountain bike event. Following on from the record-breaking success of last year’s race that saw over 550 competitors descend on the Central […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Bendigo, golden triangle, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, Peta Mullens, XCM

February 25, 2017 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Nankervis and Mullens on fire in Forrest at Otway Odyssey

Related Event: Otway Odyssey
Otway Odyssey, Forrest, Marathonmtb, bike, mountain bike Nankervis. Photo: Richie Tyler

The Otway Odyssey started in 2007 as an epic event starting opposite the Surf Club in Apollo Bay and climbing up to the Otway Ranges. The course took riders through the trails around Forrest and beyond, before dropping them, with a lot of fatigue, back to Forrest for the race’s finish. Since 2013, the race […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: focus bikes, Forrest, marathon mountain bike, MarathonMTB, otway odyssey, Peta Mullens, XCM

February 20, 2016 By Justin Morris Leave a Comment

Hurricane annihilates field at Giant Odyssey

Related Event: Giant Odyssey

Chris ‘Hurricane’ Hamilton has unseated defending champion and 6 time winner Chris ‘Jblood’ Jongewaard at the 10th anniversary edition of the race. With the help of team mate Tasman Nankervis from Bendigo, the pair worked together to build up a sizeable lead over the chasing rivals. But, this was not the case for the entirety […]

Filed Under: MarathonMTB.com Tagged With: Chris Hamilton, Giant Odyssey, Peta Mullens, XCM

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