A Colac district downhill mountain bike rider is preparing for an assault on a world cup series this year. Lavers Hill’s Aden Wyber, 17, will compete in the Union Cycliste International World Cup junior series. Aden, son of Malcolm and Marcia Wyber, said the [...]

Female World 24 hour solo and Olympic champion mountain bike rider Nicole Cooke, of the UK, and Australia’s own male World 24 hour solo champion Jason English will race at Forrest this weekend. The riders will join more than 800 of the country’s best endurance mountain bike riders at the Kona 24 Hour [...]

A Colac mountain biker has returned home from the trip of a lifetime, ready to take on a Victorian downhill series. Ryan De La Rue is back from Whistler in Canada, where he competed in the Pro Men’s class against some of the best riders in the world in the Kokanee [...]

A back injury has hurt the result of a Colac mountain biker in the first round of a state downhill competition. Ryan De La Rue finished 24th in the final of round one of the Victorian Downhill Mountain Bike Series in the You Yangs. After finishing fourth in the qualifying [...]

Forrest mountain bike star Jess Douglas has done it again. The 36-year-old conquered the rest of the nation and one of the country’s toughest endurance events by winning back-to-back Australian 24-hour mountain bike championships. Douglas overcame a pre-race illness and setbacks along the way to edge out [...]

Defending national 24-hour mountain bike champion Jessica Douglas is confident she can hit peak form in this weekend’s titles despite illness disrupting her preparation. The Forrest Mountain Bike Club star left for Canberra yesterday along with a clan of club-mates to defend her female solo crown at this year’s Australian 24-hour [...]

A Colac district mountain bike club will start a junior program this summer. Forrest Mountain Bike and Cycling Club will have free entry into events for primary school-aged children after receiving a community grant. The club received funding for the program through a Woolworths Colac Fresh [...]

Colac district thrill-seeker Tom Power has completed a top–20 finish in Forrest’s inaugural six-hour mountain bike race. The 16-year-old Forrest Mountain Bike Club speedster defied his age and inexperience to keep pace with some of Australia’s and the world’s top mountain bikers. Competing in the event’s showcase piece – the [...]

The rocky Canadian mountains are the next stop for a Colac mountain biker after he won a Victorian series title. Ryan De La Rue clinched the expert men’s class of the six-race Australian National Mountain Bike downhill series on Sunday after finishing second in the final round at Mount Beauty last [...]

Not even a nine-and-half-hour drive will stop Apollo Bay teenager Dion Thomas from having a crack at another podium finish in a state mountain bike championship series. The 15-year-old will make the long journey to Mount Beauty, near Falls Creek, this weekend for the sixth and final round of the Victorian [...]