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May 21, 2020 By Justin Morris 1 Comment

My favourite event: The Simpson Desert Bike Challenge

Justin Morris Simpson Desert Bike Challenge MarathonMTB Subaru

With the enforced hiatus from racing upon us, many including myself are reminiscing of race days gone by. I am extremely grateful to have had the opportunities and support to make racing across most corners of the world happen. It’s given me a pretty broad appreciation for how the world works and more specifically how […]

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October 12, 2016 By Justin Morris Leave a Comment

The Simpson Desert Bike Challenge – looking back

Justin Morris Simpson Desert Bike Challenge MarathonMTB Subaru

One week on from finishing the epic Simpson Desert Bike Challenge has offered me time to reflect upon what I learnt during the 9 day adventure and 5 day race. The race is something so unique to every other mountain bike or road stage race, it offers not only a hard yakka 5 days of racing […]

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October 3, 2016 By Justin Morris Leave a Comment

Justin Morris wraps up the Simpson Desert Bike Challenge

Justin MOrris Subaru MarathonMTB Simpson Desert

2016 represents the 30th running of The Simpson Desert Bike Challenge, making it unofficially the world’s longest running mountain bike stage race. With early concerns regarding flooding in the area, there was some initial doubt as to whether the event could be held on the planned infamous ‘French Line’ crossing of The Simpson desert this year. […]

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September 25, 2016 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Justin Morris: Before the Simpson Desert Bike Challenge

Justin Morris has set himself a challenge of completing the Simpson Desert Bike Challenge. It has been in planning for many months, and his training has seen him ride countless laps of Curl Curl beach, reputedly the softest sand in Sydney. The event is set to start on September 27 – but when Justin sent […]

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September 19, 2016 By Justin Morris Leave a Comment

Why race the Simpson Desert Bike Challenge?

Subaru MarathonMTB Simpson Desert Justin Morris

The Simpson Desert Bike Challenge is unofficially the world’s oldest mountain bike stage race. It has been running annually since 1987 when a group of hardy cyclists attempted to race from one end of Australia’s largest desert to the other on rather rudimentary 26inch mountain bikes. Today the race takes on a slightly different appearance […]

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