The hub for marathon mountain biking
Since finishing my PhD earlier this year I’ve gone back to tutoring. Sixty per cent of the academic workforce in Australia is casual, an issue that I’m probably not going to explore in a blog about mountain biking, but one that I thought I’d mention in case you’ve ever wondered why I never seem to […]
In a repeat performance of the opening round of the Subaru MTBA National Series, Dan McConnell and Jenni King took the top steps of the podium in the men’s and women’s elite races at Mt Stromlo today. Dan McConnell had to push his bike over the line to win Round 2 of the 2015/16 National […]
It was a big weekend of mountain bike racing in Australia, with a National XCO round at Mt Stromlo, National DH at Thredbo, and the AMB100 marathon as well. As the marathon fell on sunday after XCO on saturday – and both were at Mt Stromlo – many wondered what the “spillover” from one event […]
The Subaru MTBA National MTB Series is on again this weekend, and although the downhill racing will take place in Thredbo, the cross-country racing will be on at Mt Stromlo, with Short Track (XCC) on Friday afternoon 6th February, and the Olympic Cross-Country (XCO) on Saturday 7th February. Entries are closing on Monday evening (today!) […]
One of the first races to kick off the Australian Marathon racing season is barely a month away. The AMB 100 will be held at Stromlo Forest Park on February 8th, 2015 – the day after round 4 of the Subaru MTBA National Series. Mt Stromlo is one of the best purpose built mountain bike […]
The fifth and final race of this year’s Shimano Mountain Bike Grand Prix Series will summon more than 300 racers to Canberra’s Stromlo Forest Park this Saturday. Organisers from Rocky Trail Entertainment expect a thrilling conclusion to the popular cross-country racing series that has seen a good 1500 riders cross their finish line since March. For […]
They say that those who forget history are doomed to repeat it… or to put it another way, you think I would have learned from the last time I was silly enough to try and ride my bike packing rig for 5 long laps of Stromlo. Last year as part of my preparations for Tour […]
When Rocky Trail Entertainment organisers Martin and Juliane announced that the AMB100 Marathon was going to be shortened by 25km for the 100km-ers and 35km for the 100-milers, some might have said this was going to be an ‘easy race’. But when temperatures that day hit 39 degrees on the unforgiving and shade-less singletrack of […]
With just a few days to go to register for the AMB100 Marathon on 9 February at Stromlo Forest Park Ed McDonald the 100-miler Champion from 2012 and 2013 has just confirmed that he will be at the start to defend his titles against some of the strongest endurance riders in the country, including SingleSpeed […]
The course for the WEMBO Solo 24hr Championships has been announced, and it has spread around the racers who will be competing on it from the 12th to 13th of October, vying for the World Championship title. Mt Stromlo has been used for XCO, DH, 24hr and XCM titles over the past years. This place […]
