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The Munga is a 1155 km non stop race across the heart of South Africa in the middle of their scorching summer.  It has been on the radar for a long time, but I kept telling myself “one day”..   That one day came on Dec 1st 2021, in large part thanks to Lachlan Morton.  […]

The Cape Epic in South Africa has grown into the premier mountain bike stage race in the World.  Every March riders from around the World descend upon Cape Town to take part in what they call the “Untamed African race”. It’s full of tough riding and adventure as teams of 2 take on 8 days,

BCBR Mountain Bike was going to be tough this year with a deep field. 3 past champions, Geoff Kabush, Felix Burke and myself, Karsten Madsen,  young gun, Carter Nieuwesteeg, and World Cupper, Andrew L’Esperance.  Andrew races short pinner races all year and was likely the favourite as these stages would fit right in his wheel

BCBR Doubleheader The BC Bike Race has grown into one of the go to stage races in the World.  This year we lucked out and had two of them to race within 2 weeks!  First up was the the Inaugural 5 day BCBR Gravel Explorer kicking off in late September in the Okanagan, then after

The Lead boat challenge in Colorado was the toughest two days of racing I’ve ever done back to back. Racing 168 km at 10 000ft + on Saturday at the Leadville Trail 100 MTB race is enough to send the system into shock. Toss in a 2.5 hr drive, bike maintenance, a 3 hr sleep,

Two of Americas biggest off road bike races are happening on the same weekend down here in the Colorado Rockies. The Leadville Trail 100 will go down on Saturday August 14th with over 1600 racers. It has grown into one of the top MTB races in the World and is known as the “Race Across

The Oregon Trail Gravel Grinder is a 5 stage, 560 km gravel stage race through the heart of the Cascade mountains in Western Oregon. It has big climbs, epic views, some rough stuff, but most of all a great camp life as the organizers set up a racer village every night full of good food,

The Skull 120 is a 204 km Gravel Race across the rugged and remote landscapes of Eastern Oregon above the town of Burns.  It claims to be the “Gnarliest” Gravel race in America and is a non profit event used to support the public lands which are free for anyone to access. I was blown away

Unbound is a 330 km gravel race across the flint hills of Kansas State in America which has grown into one of, if not the most competitive gravel race in theWorld.  It’s a race of attrition in which every rider faces adversity, whoever faces the least and does the best job dealing with it generally

With the current Covid 19 travel restrictions I’ve been looking for adventures closer to home this past winter. Last week I saw a 2 day weather window which doesn’t happen too often in the Rockies during April. Not wanting to let this opportunity pass I made a last minute plan for an overnighter. The idea