Along with fellow Aussie World Cup racers, Dean Lucas has been one of our greatest podium threats in the last couple of years, most recently taking the podium at Losinj, Croatia for Intense Factory Racing. Now signed up for a new deal with Scott DH Factory team, alongside free-racer Brendan […]
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From our editor/publisher Ben Sykes comes the first in a little series focusing on the best or most memorable photos our contributing photographers had in 2018. My Best 2018 was a different year for me to 2017 in photo terms. Without a major international event in Australia like Derby (which […]
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Mount Stromlo in Canberra’s south-west is not much of a mountain to look at. Compared with the much higher peaks of the Brindabellas further out from Canberra that peak around 1900m, Stromlo with an elevation of 780m at its highest point and around 600m at the base of the MTB […]
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Coming up in September, our Aussie downhillers and XC riders head over to the mountains, hospitality and fondue sets of Lenzerheide, Switzerland for another year’s UCI World Championships. MTBA have announced the Junior squad that’ll be competing there, with some definite downhill talent in the mix this will be a […]
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Why do you need a full-face helmet like the 100% Status Helmet? If you’re racing downhill or suiting up for a chairlift day at an alpine resort it’s a given. Outside of that though, speed on trail and enduro bikes is ever-increasing, increasing the chances of bigger crashes and injuries. […]
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It’s always good to see Australian brands getting things done for us mountain bikers and Victorian brand Reckless Race Concepts have been around since 2016, designing clothing here in Australia. They sent us some of their gear, a spray jacket and their AM shorts to test out recently and here’s what […]
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You can’t always believe what you read on the Internet. In the lead-up to the race this weekend in Lošinj, Croatia there was rampant speculation from all kinds of commentators on the track being too short, too flat, too rocky, too different. With a high speed top section followed by […]
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Riders from all over NSW met once again at Thredbo, a crowd favourite, for 2 days of racing this weekend. Round 2 of the Superflow race series and the 2018 NSW State Downhill championships saw just under 400 registered competitors get on the chairlifts for a big gravity weekend. Day […]
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