16-18 September 2017 The Hidden Valley Classic mountain bike race at Coolah had always been an event I was interested in attending. Some friends had attended a couple of times in the past, and when some others from Church decided…

16-18 September 2017 The Hidden Valley Classic mountain bike race at Coolah had always been an event I was interested in attending. Some friends had attended a couple of times in the past, and when some others from Church decided…
31 March – 4 April 2017 Last year, these were two separate events, I did the Mont over the weekend, came home on the Monday, and left for MTB camp on the Tuesday. At the time, some of the kids…
5-8 April 2016 For the last 4 years I’ve been part of our school cycling camp. Sometimes it has been pure mountain biking, other years we have mixed it up with some cycle paths around Canberra. This year, we decided…
I hadn’t ridden in a Mountain Bike Race for a while, and missed the 2015 Mont, so thought I’d have a crack at the 2016 version. I was completely underdone in terms of preparation and fitness, but agreed to join…
Let’s start with the awesome video from Chris, then there’s the story below! 2014 NOT Mont from Fuel on Vimeo. SO the 2014 Mont was cancelled! Vans hired, food and beer packed and leave passes were issues by the wives.…
23-25 August, 2013 For the third year running, we headed out to Parkes and the Back Yamma State Forest for a fun weekend away at a great mountain bike race – the Back Yamma Bigfoot. We were being joined on…
22-25 March, 2013 A regular event on my mountain biking calendar is ‘The Mont’. A team, 24 hour relay race. Some refer to it as the City to Surf of Mountain Biking, which is probably a pretty good description. Riders…
7-11 September, 2012 As winter draws to a close it is time to start thinking about getting back out in the camper again, and what better way to do that than to combine it with my favourite mountain bike race…
23-26 March, 2012 This is the third year in a row that I’ve raced in the ‘Mont 24‘ – a 24 hour mountain bike race held in the sweet single tracks of Canberra. One of the side ‘benefits’ of this…