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MTBSkills.com.au Express Session

Post author By P'An-Tau
Post date May 9, 2014
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With the next Hammer Nutrition 4hr Enduro coming up fast – 1st June – MTB Skills are once again running their Express Skills Sessions. The session is aimed at beginner to intermediate riders who wish to try out racing or hone their skills to get the extra edge on the burm.

The sessions include your race entry for the next race, so at only $59 it’s an amazing deal!

For more information, or to register, visit the MTBSkills.com.au website – click here

MTBSkills.com.au is a proud sponsor of Adelaide MTB Club

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Giant Otway Odyssey

Quite a few South Australians competing in the Giant Otway Odyssey today.

Quite a cold morning welcomed the riders -and suporters! – with temperatures not going above 1 degree (with some claims of -1.3 degrees!) it was certainly tough getting out of bed this morning! Thankfully there was no rain for the day, slitghly overcast, so not a horrible day for racing once the riders were set off. With enough rain falling over the past few days, there was still plenty of mud on the course and competitors came through the first transition in varying degrees of respectful MTB dirtiness.

Chris Jongewaard lead the race from the start, putting a 5 mins lead on the chasing racers – Adrian Jackson and Shaun Lewis – and maintaining it for the rest of the race. Adrian and Shaun seemed to stick together throughout the race, finishing it off with a sprint finish at the end – 2nd place was decided by a photo result – Adrian managing to squeeze Shaun out for the better place!

Some very strong results and quite a few SA finishers in the top 100:

Chris Jongewaard taking out 1st place male in 4hrs 27mins
Therri Rhodes taking out 4th place female in 5hrs 47mins
Rohan Baird coming in 15th male in 4hrs 54mins
Anna Puckridge coming 15th female in 6hrs 45mins
Tom Goddard coming in 17th male in 4hrs 58mins
Ben Hogarth coming in 19th male in 4hrs 59mins
Ollie Ollie Ollie Klein coming in 21st male with 5hrs 01mins
Matthew Ackland (El’ Presidento) coming in 39th male with 5hrs 14mm – 1st place SS!
Michael Denton coming in 53rd male (1st place Junior) with 5hrs 22mins
Ian McGraw coming in 65th male with 5hrs 28mins
Jason Morrison coming in 69th male with 5hrs 31mins
Kevin Pullen coming in 74th male with 5hrs 34mins
Matt Sanderson coming in 78th male with 5hrs 36mins
Patrick Walsh coming in 82nd male with 5hrs 38mins
Evan James coming in 86th male with 5hrs 39mins (claims he wasn’t actually trying….)

Many more mentionable finishes – the live results can be found on the Rapid Ascent website – click here – and the final results are usually released pretty quickly once the event is finished.

Don’t forget the UCI Cairns round is LIVE on SBS right now – also stream-able through RedBull TV if it suits you more – up to lap 3 of 6 now!

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2014 Melrose Fat Tyre Festival

Post author By P'An-Tau
Post date March 26, 2014
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Posted on behalf of Over the Edge Sports

2014 Fat Tyre Festival in Melrose, SA on 6th – 9th June 2014.

Fat Tyre Festival welcomes mountain bike riders of all ages and abilities to come and test out their skills on the trails around Melrose. The long weekend is a family-orientated event with street parties, stalls, food, live music, entertainment and awesome giveaways.

Riders can sign up for for Mini D time trials, mountain bike orienteering, modular pump track challenge, night rides, skills and bike maintenance courses and guided rides for all abilities.

A FREE return bus transfer service from Adelaide to Melrose is available for all registered riders and their bikes!

Special Guest Kelly McGarry will be running skills sessions and performing a jump display.

Kelly Mcgarry’s ratings went off the dial last year when he back flipped the 72ft gap at the Red Bull Rampage in Virgin Utah! He won the “Peoples Choice” award and second overall, for his amazing effort. The Youtube video went viral and has almost reached 17 million views and is still climbing. If you haven’t seen it, check it out!

He will also be hanging out, showing the kids some moves at Adelaide City Dirt on 1st June if you’re in town!

Sitting around the campfires at night, riding all day – it is going to be an awesome long-weekend of singletrack!

Tickets:

Weekend – $60 Adult / $20 Kids (Earlybird Special – $10 off adult weekend ticket if booked in March)
Day only – $30 Adult / $20 Kids

For more information – check out Melrose MTB webpage and join the Facebook event or head over to t

For bookings and enquiries please email melrosefattyre@gmail.com or call Kerri on +61 (0) 412 038 994

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A meter matters petition

The Amy Gillett Foundation has recently started a petition to enact new legislation that would require drivers to give reasonable space while over taking cyclists on roads.

Adelaide MTB Club will have petition papers for people to sign at the next race – Sun 16 Mar – at the registration table.

More information is available on the Amy Gillett Foundation petition page on the website.

If you’d like to print your own petition pages and get family, friends and work mates to sign, a PDF of the petition is available – click here – Instructions on how to return completed petitions are on the page – or alternatively, bring them along to the races and add them to the clubs pile.