The Appenninica MTB Stage Race launched in 2019 and is celebrating its 5th year now in 2023. This year rthe race lines up with 6 challenging stages in the Emilia Romagna region. After Scott Cornish raced abnd reported in 2020 and Gordon Wadsworth did the same in 2021 – it was time for Imogen Smith […]
Selle Repente Artax GL mountain bike saddle – trail tested
Earlier this year I reached out to Selle Repente about testing one of their saddles. I wasn’t very aware of the entire range, but had seen a few athletes (Italian riders specifically) using them, and their designs looked intriguing. While I have moved to the flat, wide, short style of saddles over the past few […]
Top 5 mountain bike races that no longer exist
What race do you miss the most? Team rider and contributor Justin Morris reflects on some of the races we longer get to pin a number on for.
Bikepacking the Swiss Alpine Bike #1 MTB Route
Last week I set off to ride the Swiss Alpine Bike #1 MTB route, which runs across Switzerland from Scuol to Aigle (or Aigle to Scuol), covering 670km and 24700m of climbing. It is suggested to cover the route in 16 days, but I planned around 8, booked my accommodation on Booking.com and arrived in […]
Bike Check: Imogen Smith’s Factor Lando XC
For 2023, our team riders made the move to the recently released Factor Lando XC full-suspension frames. The bikes were released in 2022, one of two mountain bikes that Factor have designed and built. Given their place in the high end road, gravel and triathlon markets, it is no surprise that both the Factor Lando […]
9 things I learnt from an overnight bikepacking trip
This weekend I packed up my bike and a few key things and joined a mate for a bikepacking meet up, called the Jimna Escape. The concept is simple – everyone meets at Jimna Base Camp, which is a school in a timber town that has passed it’s use by date. So now the school […]
Catching up with the Convict 100
On May 6th, Max Adventure hosted another successful edition of the Convict 100, with the premier 100km distances being won by National XCM Champion Em Viotto and Joel Green. With 2022 being a wash out (what wasn’t?) the event had a bumper field of riders ready to tackle the 44km, 68km and 100km routes. There […]
Malevil Cup returns for 2023
The Malevil Cup is one of the most traditional and prestigious mountain bike marathons in the Czech Republic. In recent years, the bike marathon in northern Bohemia has hosted the European marathonchampionships, the national championships and the prestigious UCI MTB marathon series. In 2023 the Malevil Cup has a UCI C1 classification, which should attract […]
Yarns from the back of the Otway Odyssey
This guest post has been provided by Lachlan Murray Having cut my teeth in mountain biking around Victoria, the “VES” Six hour Enduro Series (enduro meaning endurance) was my first foray into competitive mountain bike racing. The fun of being able to ride as part of a team quickly changed to thoughts of “let’s enter […]
Mullens and McConnell win 2023 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 […]