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News Archives > November 2006
 | National DH #2: Glenorchy TAS Results
(46 comments) (link) Sunday, 26-November-2006 6:06 PM - by Scott |  |
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Elite Men:
1. 3:07.52 - Amiel Cavalier
2. 3:10.95 - Rick Boyer
3. 3:12.65 - Adam Smithson
4. 3:12.71 - Dave West
5. 3:13.44 - Ben Cory
6. 3:13.48 - Michael Kearton
7. 3:14.18 - Dennis Beare
8. 3:17.94 - Shane Wode
9. 3:19.10 - Brad Kelly
10. 3:19.54 - Timothy Eaton
Elite Women:
1. 3:50.66 - Tracey Hannah
2. 4:30.88 - Claire Whiteman
3. 4:36.57 - Julia Martin
4. 4:52.44 - Caroline Buchanan
5. 5:16.35 - Edwina Hughes
U19 Men:
1. 3:14.75 - Joel Bain
2. 3:18.98 - William Rischbieth
3. 3:19.67 - James Maltman
4. 3:21.27 - Joshua Button-Janco
5. 3:28.20 - Tom Patton
Full results here. |
| National MtnX #2: Glenorchy TAS Results
(3 comments) (link) Saturday, 25-November-2006 11:41 PM - by Scott | |
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Elite Men:
1. Terry Scar
2. Adam Nicholsen
3. Chris Pannozzo
More when they're available. |
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Coming loaded with a free sticker sheet inside (including a sweet farkin.net sticker)!
The full story behind cover boy 'Wacka' boosting this moto kicker on his hard tail, World Champs wrap including a blow by blow account of Sam and Tracy's golden runs, 'A season of photo's' by Damian Breach, Jared Graves pro bike check, Vegas Trade Show, Last words with Greg Minnaar, a full DIY guide to servicing your Boxxers, 40's, Travis's and 888’s, and of course all the regular bits and pieces including, Sharples Diary, Bryn's Diary, Jacobs trail, Grant Allan's rant, Low profiles, State checks, bike tests and fresh product.
Out in newsagents now (maybe Monday for some states).
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Hey All
Clict #6 comes packed with goodness from Australia's domination of the World Champs. As well as the coverage from Rotorua there are interviews with Steve Peat, all of the Panozzo clan, Luke Strom and Ricky Boyer. There is an in depth look at Steve Peat's World Cup winning bike and reviews on the Foes DHS Mono, Nicolai, Scott Voltage, Easton Havoc AM Wheels, TWE rims and Aerial hubs. To top it all off there is a photo special on Darren Pokoj smashing it up at the European Dirt Comps thanks to photographer extraordinaire Markus Greber.
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| Brindabella Challenge Entry system online
(2 comments) (link) Wednesday, 15-November-2006 4:51 PM - by demo man | |
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The Brindabella Challenge, to be held in Canberra over the first two weekends of December, is going to be huge. It will be the first event using the new Mt. Stromlo facilities, including the MTN-X, DH and Xc tracks for the 2007 australian National Championships.
You can now enter this event. Click here to see all the details and to enter.
If you want more details on the event as a whole, click here. |
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Elite Men
1. 4:18.53 - Shaun Lewis
2. 4:23.23 - Matthew Fleming
3. 4:27.24 - Dirk Van Der Walle
4. 4:34.44 - Shane Paton
5. 4:36.33 - Aiden Lefmann
Elite Women
1. 5:18.29 - Katrin Van Der Spiegal
2. 5:23.37 - Renee Fortunato
3. 5:44.00 - Kimberly Fleming
Full results can be found here |
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Australia’s largest and newest professionally designed Mountain Cross track is under way. Construction started today on this huge monster at Stromlo Forest park, by Glen Jacobs and the team at MV Australia.
Soaking up approximately 100 thousand cubic metres of soil, Glen made sure the man made structure could be seen from the other side of the city. It would have to be the largest mountain bike dirt design ever undertaken in Australia.
MV Australia specially flew in a Melbourne machine operator to attack this unique project.
"The latest Mountain Cross technology will feature in the new track with guaranteed passing, multiple lines, exciting options and pure mountain bike racing."
The course will be open for test racing at the Brindabella Challenge in December.
Click here for pics of the track work. |
| Brindabella Challenge Epic Social Ride: Dec 9th
(7 comments) (link) Wednesday, 8-November-2006 6:59 PM - by demo man | |
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CORC presents the Brindabella Challenge Epic Social Ride. Sparrow Hill, Kowen, Majura, Black Mountain, Green Hills, Stromlo: it’s a cornucopia of Canberra trails, it’s a salad of singletrack, an odyssean adventure, a human-powered rally and a game of chance involving 5 playing cards. If you have a GPS, that’s cool too – your geekiness will be rewarded with a number of geocaches in each of the riding sections.
Click here for more info |
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The Brindabella Challenge 2006 is a multi-sport event here in Canberra that, over two big weekends, hosts a very large number of cycling events all around the nation's Capital.
The events that will most interest Farkers are:
DH
On the same track as will be used for the National Championships in 2007, the first chance to ride it, freshly finished by Glen Jacobs, an entry fee of just $70 ($55 for CORC members), and a fantastic event will make it a well worth event to race. 9th and 10th of December at Mt. Stromlo. online-registration will be up very soon, and you will ba able to follow the link from here.
4X
On the 9th of December riders will be able to hit up the 180,000 tonnes of dirt freshly moulded into the biggest 4X track in Australia, the track for the Aus. National Champs in 07, and a Glen Jacobs masterpeice, for $30. More info here.
XC
There will also be a XC race on the 07 Nats track, with all categories from the CORC club series being run, and points being awarded towards that series. $30 entry ($15 for CORC members). More info here.
There are also a number of Skills sessions being run, as well as social rides and a Trials comp. a full list of all the MTB parts of the '06 BC can be found here.
If you also ride Road or BMX, or any of the other types of events being held, have a look at the main website and see what's there for you. |
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| Ashgrove Cycles are hosting a jump jam on November 12th (day after Renee's fundraiser day). The jam will be held at the Ashgrove jumps Barnett Lane, Ashgrove. Check the flyer for more details. |
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The press release from Pedal Power ACT:
Pedal Power today expressed its deep sorrow at the death of Paul Harty, an entrant in Fitz’s Challenge cycle event on the weekend.
Two cyclists, Paul Harty and Matt Huxtable, crashed during the event at Fitz’s Hill, 14km south of Tharwa on Sunday. The riders were seriously injured and were taken to hospital by ambulance on the day. Paul Harty subsequently died in Canberra Hospital.
Pedal Power spokesman, Tony Shields, said ‘Cyclists love their cycling, and to have someone die doing what they love doing hits home to all cyclists. On behalf of all the volunteers who organised the Fitz’s Challenge event, all the riders in the event and anybody who loves cycling we express our deepest sympathy to Paul’s family and friends.’
‘There were a record 546 entrants in the ride. This is the 19th year Fitz’s Challenge has been run and this is the first time something like this has happened,’ said Mr Shields.
There were no witnesses to the accident. ‘The investigation into the cause of the accident is in the hands of the experts, the police,’ said Mr Shields. ‘We have a risk management plan which was put into place as soon as the accident occurred.’
Matt Huxtable is in care at the Prince of Wales Hospital. ‘We express our deepest wishes for a speedy recovery for Matt.’
Pedal Power has over 1500 members and its mission is ‘More Canberrans cycling,
more often, for a better community’.
http://www.pedalpower.org.au/about/i...?IntContId=600 |
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