Norco Bicycles has announced the roster for the 2017 Norco Factory Team, which includes returning riders Haley Smith and Peter Disera, along with newcomer Quinton Disera. With a history of success in North American competition, the 2017 Norco Factory Team will compete for the first time on the full UCI World Cup circuit, as well as […]
Australian National XCO racing stirs up the dust in Orange
The town of Orange in NSW hosted the first two rounds of the National XCO Series with back to back races on both the Saturday and Sunday. Dry, hot and very dusty conditions greeted the riders who travelled from all over to compete in a range of junior, masters and elite categories. While the Orange […]
Australian National XCO Series to set Orange ablaze
For 2017 the Australian National Series has taken a slightly different approach. Gone are some of the more standard locations like Mt Stromlo, the You Yangs, or even Pemberton. Instead, Mountain Bike Australia (MTBA) are championing more double-headers, with 3 weekends of two races, then a standalone Oceania Championships at Toowoomba, and then National Championships […]
The pull of marathon MTB racing
To paraphrase Dan Atherton, I couldn’t wait to get school out of the way so I could get on with life, specifically racing and training full time. I finished my Abitur (German High School finals) in May having half-heartedly prepared for both the exams and early season racing. My first race was round one of […]
Norco Revolver MarathonMTB team bike builds
In 2016 our team switched from Bianchi Methanol bikes to Norco Revolver models. This wasn’t a decision made quickly or easily, and spawned from a quick bike test on one of the Revolver models before they were released in early August 2015. As an amateur sporting team, our bikes are purchased. Sometimes up-front, other times […]
Cape to Cape 2016: Stage One. Enter sand man.
Related Event: Cape to Cape
The Cape to Cape mountain bike race has gone from strength to strength, building with such a crescendo that the event in southern Western Australia that attracts riders from the local towns, Perth, the east coast and from overseas. With well over 1000 racers, Cape to Cape is one of the biggest mountain bike stage […]
Introducing Lomas Wefing – the next British XCM Champion?
I was on a bike before I could walk. Barely able to sit upright, my dad had me strapped into the child seat on his Edison 753. Born in Sheffield, England in 1998, I spent Saturday mornings with my dad racing across the city doing the weekend’s food shopping. As soon as my sister could stand, […]
Inside the latest Scott Spark – the perfect marathon bike?
In the middle of the year Scott Sports released a completely revamped Spark and Scale range. We have already taken a look at the Scale options, with an eye for spotting a great modern hardtail, but now let’s take a closer look at the Scott Spark. The Spark has come a long way since it […]
Out of Hibernation
Related Event: Trans Schwarzwald
Previous years Euro races have been reduced to ‘not being lapped’ so this year I was eager to try a little something different. At least until my quads get a little bigger. So this year I’m targeting smaller races like this weekend’s Cat 2 at Pec Pod Snezkou in the Czech Republic. After the World Championships […]
Riding Lapierre’s new XR full-suspension bike
Last week, French manufacturer Lapierre released their updated cross-country full-suspension bike – the XR. They’ve billed it as the bike for the racer inside. The Lapierre XR has sat within the Lapierre mountain bike range for a few years, and was one of the first bikes in the line-up to use the e:i automatic suspension management […]