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Insurance has been around for 4000 years. Some scholars of the history of insurance – there are some and, indeed, you might be one – think it’s more like 2500 years but either way, neither of those figures are typos. That makes insurance salesman the second oldest profession in the world. Interesting then that there [...]
For a cross country mountain bike glove, the Roeckl 809 has quite a rugged look. Known for their strong and well padded fingerless road cycling gloves, Roeckl carry their brilliant construction and heavy gel padding into their mountain bike line. Despite their first appearances, the gloves do feature a lightweight full mesh back, with a [...]
Andalucia Bike Race kicks off tomorrow in Cordoba Spain and Mountain Trax – Vauxhall Motors Cycling Team are in town reporting for MarathonMTB.com. Andalucia Bike Race enters its third year with popularity growing fast, its impressive to see the race sell out so quickly, and to see such a varied number of nationalities in attendance. [...]
After months of preparation the Mountain Trax – Vauxhall Motors Cycling Team took to the start line for their first race on Sunday 13 January. Resplendent in their new team kit the riders were keen to put on a good show and secure a solid result. Conditions were cold, especially in the wind which picked [...]
One of the worlds best mountain biking stars was killed in a training accident near Shelley Beach, South Africa, on Thursday 3rd January 2013. Burry Stander was just 25 years old, yet had achieved more than most cyclists could ever hope. More than that, Stander was an icon for South African mountain biking, and in [...]
Ben Thomas is one of the most prolific endurance mountain biker racers in the United Kingdom. 2012 took him to Spain, South Africa, the Czech Republic, France and many other locations to race his bike – fast! Now, he is looking to 2013. The time available to write blogs has been minimal since my last [...]
Another boomerang for the Czech Republic – Ondrej Fojtik claims his second stage win ahead of Ivan Rybarik (CZE) and Cory Wallace (CAN) after a gruelling stage. In the general classification the two Czech riders still dominate the field, with Rybarik leading ahead of Fojtik and Austrian Wolfgang Krenn was able to increase his gap [...]
Ondrej Fojtik won stage two of the Crocodile Trophy yesterday (92km with 2500 vert from Cairns to Lake Tinaroo), crossing the line with a 7:58 minute gap to second Ivan Rybarik. Canadian Cory Wallace came in third. Australian, Jason English, unfortunately saw his race ending too early due to a fractured collar bone from an [...]
This race report has been provided by another British cyclist who was chosen to represent Great Britain at the 2012 UCI Marathon MTB World Championships. Ben Thomas had been competing in International level Marathons all year in order to qualify. With a string of great results, he was selected and made it to Ornans. Its [...]
Nienke Oostra is a Sydney based veterinarian, who has qualified for the Xterra World Championships. With some great coaching help, and hard training, she is about to become the ‘bike racing triathlete’ that her coach told her she could be. Xterra is an offroad triathlon consisting of a 1500m swim, 30km challenging mtbike and a [...]
