Archive for March, 2011

Cape Epic Live Updates

Sunday, March 27th, 2011

There is a big contingent of Aussie riders racing South Africa’s, ABSA Cape Epic this year, including Shaun Lewis and Peter Hatton racing in the mens pairs along with Niki Fisher and Jenni King racing in the womens pairs. These two teams have gone over to race in memory of James Williamson.

This year’s running of the ABA Cape Epic is offering real time updates for the race, as it’s happening and it will provide an opportunity to see how these riders are progressing throughout the 8 days of the race.

There are 3 different options available for the Absa Cape Epic, to keep you up to date with what is happening at the race in South Africa.
These are; Geo Data, Live Updates & Results Widgets.

 

Geo Data

Live Updates

Results Widgets

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James’ Memorial Race

Wednesday, March 16th, 2011

Fun trails, perfect weather, tight organisation and possibly the friendliest on-track atmosphere in history made the James Williamson Enduro Challenge a happy and fitting way to reflect on Jimi’s life and far-reaching influence on the mountain biking community. Held at Wingello State Forest, as a joint Canberra Off-Road Cyclists and Southern Highlands Cycling Club production, 600 riders took part in the 13/25/50/75km races on offer.

The races used all, or part of, a 25km loop that took in some fun, flowing trails, but had enough fire road to tick of the distance, have a drink, put some hurt in the legs, and get ready for more quality singletrack ahead. Dylan Cooper was looking set to take out the 75km men’s event until a puncture caught him out in the final 2kms. He recovered well to finish 4th, with Pete Hatton taking out the top podium spot. Niki Fisher looked set to take out the 75km women’s event, but was also overtaken in the final kilometres of the race, conceding the win to Michelle Ainsworth.

It was an emotional day out for many of Jimi’s close friends and family at the event, as well as for other people who may not have known Jimi very well, but are affected by his loss and the mark he has left on the riding community. The happiness experienced out on the race track and the chatter between riders at the event centre showed that many people are inspired by Jimi’s actions and enjoy celebrating the love of riding and life Jimi expressed so well through his writing and riding. It was also great to see so many first time enduro racers out at this event soaking up the atmosphere and enjoying the large lap format of the race.

We admire the strength and generosity of the people close to Jimi in putting this edition together and want to extend a big thank you for hosting this event. As a package, the event evoked all the good things of enduros past and built on these experiences to set a high standard for other events in the future. We were thrilled to hear that it will be run again in 2012, a sure sign of many more great days out on the bike to come!

Further details on the event including full results are available at www.jameswilliamson.com.au/enduro

A great video on the event from the NSW Singletrack Mind crew is available by clicking this link.

Thank you also to Dan Mackay for the great photos.

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JIMI’S BOOK

Monday, March 14th, 2011

To mark the anniversary of Jimi’s passing and to celebrate his work as editor of Australia’s endurance racing magazine, the publishers of Enduro have put together a compilation of Jimi’s work.
Available in limited numbers in hardback the compilation comprises 148 pages of work that celebrates Jimi’s short but full life.
Jimi may have touched as many, if not more, people with his writing as he did with his riding. His articles are filled with excitement, passion and enthusiasm.
While Jimi may no longer be with us, his memory and his written words still inspire us.

The book is finished to a high standard with 148 pages printed on a heavy 130gsm art stock for the internal pages, a hard case and a cover illustration by Niki Fisher

A COMPILATION OF THE WORKS OF JAMES WILLIAMSON | EDITOR OF ENDURO MAGAZINE |
The book is available on pre-order for $29.95 + $5.00 postage. Numbers are strictly limited and books will begin shipping on the 10th of April.

$10.00 of the purchase price of each hard back sold will be donated to the James Williamson Fund.

To order ::

 

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Issue 18 Has Arrived!

Monday, March 14th, 2011

We’ve been hard at work on Issue 18 and are pleased to see it hit the stands. This issue features a good amount of Solo Worlds coverage including interviews with Jess Douglas and Brett Bellchambers and a look behind the scenes of the event to discover the hard work of CORC’s tireless volunteers. There’s also a stack of articles on other races around the country and the globe, including Rotorua’s Whaka 50, the BC Bike Race and Western Australia’s Cape to Cape, plus B Sides to keep your mind ticking over elements of riding that extend beyond events.  Enjoy the read and enjoy the enthusiasm reading about biking adds to your next ride!

 

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