Category Archives: Events

Stage Race Season in Tasmania

Strahan by night
Hobart’s North-South Track
The Octopus Tree
Glenorchy Mountain Bike Park
Ang took up riding only a year ago…
Riders celebrate crossing the finish line at Wildside

The summer vacation months saw two high-profile mountain bike stage races unfold in Tassie. The inaugural AvantiPlus Hellfire Cup took place in November half an hour east of Hobart, while January saw riders flock to the west coast for the Pure Tasmania Wildside.Continue reading “Stage Race Season in Tasmania”

Learning to Ride in 3D HD

I had laser eye surgery in June. Some people have it because glasses simply annoy them. I had it because my eyes had rejected contact lenses and my glasses prescription was so strong it hurt to see. I wrote a bit about this a year ago.Continue reading “Learning to Ride in 3D HD”

Boosting Women’s Particiation Through the NSW TTT Champs

So nice to see trees instead of buildings on the side of the road.
So nice to see trees instead of buildings on the side of the road.

The NSW Team Time Trial: One of the biggest events of the year for building pride amongst local road clubs, and one of the best events for pulling together a group of people interested in working as a group in a safe and not-so-scary race environment. This year’s event was held out at Nowra airport on Sunday. The course was basically an out and back along a fairly straight tree-lined road. There were a couple of rises people called ‘hills’ and a strong wind that meant you could give it a real nudge on the front of your group before tucking in for some recovery. Repeat.Continue reading “Boosting Women’s Particiation Through the NSW TTT Champs”

Riding as a Team at the Nedbank Sani2c

We did it
We did it!

Landscapes that stop your thoughts, roads that go whizzing by, more singletrack than I expected, floating bridges, pumped riders, infrastructure of a size and scale I’ve never seen before at a mountain bike race… There were so many things that made the 2013 Nedbank Sani2c stage race an unforgettable experience. One of the biggest was riding as part of a team.Continue reading “Riding as a Team at the Nedbank Sani2c”