A Colac mountain biker finished second at a national mountain bike championship despite a lack of practice time.Ryan De La Rue said a broken suspension forced him to abandon his practice run at the National Mountain Bike Series in Adelaide on Sunday.De La Rue, 20, said his front suspension broke after he swerved to avoid [...]

s will attend Australia’s first international mountain bike competition in 13 years at the weekend.Otway Mountain Bike Club founder Mike Kidd said about 20 mountain bike riders from Colac and district would travel to Canberra on Friday to watch Australia’s best compete in the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup 2008.Mr Kidd said the last world [...]

The Otways have missed out on hosting Australia’s top mountain bike race next year.Organisers of Forrest’s Otway Odyssey were unsuccessful in a bid to make the race the centrepiece for the 2009 Mountain Bike Australian Marathon championships.The Otways was one of three destinations on the short list for the country’s most prestigious mountain bike event.Officials [...]

The Otways might be home to Australia’s top mountain bike race next year.Organisers of Forrest’s Otway Odyssey have put the two-year-old mountain bike race in the running for the 2009 Mountain Bike Australian Marathon championships.If successful, the race would become one of the most prestigious in Australia and attract the country’s best mountain bike riders [...]

A famous visitor has boosted interest in mountain bike riding in the Colac district. Otway Mountain Bike Club founder Mike Kidd said the club’s iRide Mountain Bike Park at Apollo Bay had been attracting professional riders since world-renowned track designer Glen Jacobs arrived in the area. “Glen recently [...]