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May 21, 2023 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Bike, Bikepacking, biking, Jimna escape, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, MTB, XCM

May 14, 2023 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Catching up with the Convict 100

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 […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Bike, biking, Convict 100, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, MTB, mtb marathon, XCM

April 12, 2023 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Bike, biking, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, MTB, UCI, XCM

February 27, 2023 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Yarns from the back of the Otway Odyssey

Otway Odyssey MarathonMTB.com

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 […]

Filed Under: Diaries Tagged With: Bike, biking, cape epic, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, MTB, otway odyssey, Stage Race, XCM

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

February 11, 2023 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

All about the 2023 Convict 100 mountain bike marathon

Convict 100 MarathonMTB

The Convict 100 is one of Australia’s longest running mountain bike marathons, and it’s the closest marathon to Sydney, Australia’s most populous city. The hamlet of St Alban’s plays host to the iconic race run by Max Adventure, with riders setting off early in the morning, returning in as little as four hours later, even […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Bike, biking, Convict 100, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, MTB, XCM

January 29, 2023 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Legends return to 17th Otway Odyssey in Forrest

In 2007 Forrest in Victoria was put on the map by the Otway Odyssey Mountain Bike Marathon, and more recently the Great Otway Gravel Grind. The Odyssey’s original route from Apollo Bay through to Forrest quickly earned a reputation is a beautifully brutal mountain bike race that only ever crowned the absolute best riders. With the […]

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December 21, 2022 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

What’s new at the 2023 Dragon Trail MTB Stage Race in Tasmania?

In late 2019, Australian mountain bikers were delivered a treat; a 3-day mountain bike stage race on some of the best singletrack in Australia., and even the world. Geocentric Outdoors had launched a daring new event, racing point-to-point from Branxholm to St Helens in the north-east Of Tasmania, going through Derby and the Blue Tier […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Bike, biking, blue tier, branxholm, Derby, dragon trail, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, MTB, St helens, Stage Race, Tasmania, weldborough, XCM

December 7, 2022 By Mike Blewitt 1 Comment

Train with Mind Matters Athlete Coaching for the Dragon Trail MTB Stage Race

Dragon Trail Imogen

It’s one thing to enter a mountain bike stage race like the Dragon Trail, but how do you truly prepare? Riding your bike more before an event is a good start, but there’s more to it than that if you want to know you’ll get through the event and have fun – or be competitive. […]

Filed Under: Training Tagged With: Bike, biking, dragon trail, MarathonMTB, Mind Matters Athlete Coaching, mountain bike, MTB, Stage Race, Tasmania, XCM

November 11, 2022 By Justin Morris Leave a Comment

The 33rd ‘Iceman Cometh’; what is the appeal of the largest single day participation MTB race in the USA?

Team rider Justin Morris recently completed the largest single day MTB race in the USA; The Iceman. He reflects on what draws 5000 riders and their supporters to the woods of Northern Michigan.

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: biking, Iceman, Maddog, Michigan, mountain bike, MTB, Point to Point, USA, XCM, XCO

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