Sea Otter Australia: Canberra 2021
In 1991 the first Sea Otter Classic was held in North America and it fast became one of the biggest cycling festivals in the world. A place where amateurs and…
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Kooralbyn Mountain Bike Festival 2021
The first Kooralbyn Mountain Bike Festival is set to go ahead this year after having to postponed due to COVID-19 restrictions last year. It is set to be a stellar…
Global Mountain Bike Boom: The cost of Popularity
It’s pretty clear to all of us that we had no idea that a pandemic would change the world as it has and no idea exactly what the future may…
The Mullet Project: 297 or what?
The days of one wheel size fits all and one size to conquer all terrain are gone. No longer do we have brands touting that 27.5 is the wheel size…
2021 DH & XCO National Championships
The 2021 Cross Country and Downhill Mountain biking National Championships headed to Maydena Bike Park in Tasmania on the weekend just gone and what an event it was. For the…
2020: The Year in Review – Brakes Wide Open
2020 was an odd year for everyone and for us at Brakes Wide Open it was as well, restrictions meant limited racing at the start of the year and some…
Boomerang Farm Xmas Jam: Photo Epic
Boomerang Farm Bike Park is well known in Queensland as one of the premier locations for gravity riding and arguably the home of Free ride mountain biking in Queensland. One…
Downhill World Championships 2020
2020 has been a year of disappointment in many aspects of life and not withstanding that is the lack of World Cup Downhill racing that has taken place. Unfortunately the…
The Key to Progression: Tackling bigger features
Mountain biking is a sport that can be as gnarly as you want or as mellow as you want; we all have different limits, different goals and different things we…
Shane Finnerty: Everesting on an Enduro Bike
Many of us ride an enduro bike or long travel trail bike and consider a ride over 30k with 1000m of elevation a big day on the bike, but for…
In Focus : Zwift Indoor Training
Zwift is certainly not a replacement for riding your mountain bike outside and by no means is it anywhere near as much fun. In a time when many of us…
Revised 2020 QLD Enduro Series Dates – COVID Dependent
Just when you thought the year was a write-off for racing bikes and catching up with mates between the tape, the team at White Lightning Events manage to bring us…
Mountain Biking in the Apocalypse – COVID 19
If you believe what you see on the TV and social media then you could be forgiven in thinking that it is the end of the world and the apocalyse…
2020 Queensland State Championships: Enduro
It’s been a tentative wait but the details have been released by White Lightning Events. It looks like for the first time in some time State Championships will not be…
Ride Location: St Helens, Tasmania
The tale of Tasmanian mountain biking hitting the world stage is one that has been told many times with the overwhelming success of Derby, a location that is known world…
New Enduro Helmet Rules: what’s on our heads?
The 2020 race season sees the MTBA make some changes that will allow Australian Enduro riders to race without the need to don a full face helmet. Before you throw…
Scenic Rim Enduro Series 2020
The 2020 Racing Calendar continues to get busier and busier with no shortage of races available for the SEQ Enduro or DH rider. This year sees the return of the…
Coil Versus Air: The Great Debate
The move from coil to air shocks was a swift one when it came to light-weight cross country riding and the needs to shed grams, but with the emergence of…
2020 Queensland Enduro Series: On the Rise
After a stellar 2019 Queensland Enduro Series put together by White Lightning Events, one would expect that they may let the dust settle and take a breath before announcing next…
In Focus: Frank’d MTB Apparel
When it comes to mountain bike apparel there’s a few boxes to tick before we go ahead and say we are happy with the kit we ride in. The blistering…