Source: Sharon Payne
Talented BMX rider, Caroline Buchanan, who recently took out the National BMX Championships and the National Mountain Bike Four Cross title in January, is now aiming to go one better and claim a world title in both disciplines this year.
Source: 2009 MTB World Champs
Photo: IKON
The eyes of the world will be on Canberra as we host the 2009 UCI Mountain Bike and Trials World Championships on the 1st – 6th September 2009 at Stromlo Forest Park.
Source: Peter Siulczynski
Team Kenda Morewood had a spectacular weekend as Mitch Delfs takes 9th place at the 5th World Cup round of the season, in Maribor, Slovenia. Mitch Delfs was looking fast all weekend on the frighteningly fast track in Slovenia....
Source: Radical Films
Episode 5
features Rene Wildhaber aka the Piston ReJektd! Here the Bossman tries to add some excitement by trying a new format.
Source: Sharon Payne
Photos: Evan Jeffery
Canberra’s Caroline Buchanan took the win in her last World Cup Four Cross race in Maribor, Slovenia overnight. The 18 year old won the fifth round convincingly after avoiding the collision between Anneke Beerten (NED) and BMX Olympic bronze medallist, Jill Kintner(USA).
Source: 23 Degrees Sports Management
In a strong return to form all three Trek World Racing riders finished top 10 at Round 5 of the UCI Downhill World Cup, scoring enough points to make Trek World Racing the number 1 team for the weekend, and close the points gap on overall leaders Santa Cruz Syndicate.
Source: Sharon Payne
Rocky Trail Entertainment has launched yet another “first” in the Australian mountain bike industry. With a new online movie project the energetic Sydney-based sports events company promotes the sport of mountain biking....
Andrew Shandro and Wade Simmons take a road trip to Arizona. Featuring the XT line of Hydraulic disc Brakes
Source: Nigel Page
Images are courtesy of www.BikeRadar.com
Last weekend we attended the Donnington Park for the Bike Radar event.
An event similar to the bike show but outdoors, kind of like the UK version of the Sea Otter Classic.
Source: Kathy Sessler
Santa Cruz Syndicate’s Steve Peat (SRAM/RockShox) has just won the Lisbon Downtown race, yet again, for the 8th consecutive year, raising speculation that he somehow has some cheat lines, which of course is not the case..
Source: 23 Degrees Sports Management
24 year old Justin Leov scored a World Cup podium here today in Andorra, despite suffering from a miserable head cold. This is Justin's 2nd only World Cup podium in his racing career, the first coming back in 2004, and is a huge relief to the talented Trek World Racing rider who set as a main goal for the year, a long awaited return the rostrum.
Source: 23 Degrees Sports Management
22 year old Kyle Strait recorded a career best 11th place at the 2nd round of the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup in La Bresse, France, at the weekend, after deciding in October last year to focus more on downhill racing in 2009.
Source: Kathy Sessler
Santa Cruz Syndicate’s Steve Peat teaches a master class in downhill racing as he smokes the competition here in La Bresse, France at the second round of the Nissan UCI World Cup Downhill.
Source: Gennie Sheer
Jared Graves has continued his run of success with his second straight World Cup 4X (four-cross) victory.
Source: Diane Chanut
Now in its third year, the Netti MTB Enduro has become a much talked-about event in the mountain biking community and beyond! The ripper course and spot-on organisation is what's been bringing people back for more,
Source: Sharon Payne
The second rounds of both the Red Ass NSW/ACT Four Cross and Dual Slalom State Series were held last weekend near Windsor at Ebenezer by hosting club WSMTB..
Source: Kathy Sessler
Sunny skies and a warm weekend greeted racers for the annual Sea Otter Classic held this weekend. Having just flown in from the first world cup in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, many of the downhillers waited for bikes to arrive and adjusted to jet lag to prepare for the physical pedaling downhill course, and the fun dual slalom.
Source: Nigel Page
Words: Claire Buchar/Kovarik
After a monumental journey straight from South Africa via London and onto LA. Then the drive from So-cal up to Nor-cal for the Sea Otter classic with not much sleep and jet lag it must have been a mission for them. Thanks guys.
